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It had been a big brute, of nondescript breed, with a rough black and brown coat. Something had clawed it deeply about the head, its throat was slashed transversely several times, and it had been disemboweled by a single slash that had opened its belly from breastbone to tail. IT HAD BEEN A BIG BRUTE OF NONDESCRIPT BREED WITH A ROUGH BLACK AND BROWN COAT SOMETHING HAD CLAWED IT DEEPLY ABOUT THE HEAD ITS THROAT WAS SLASHED TRANSVERSELY SEVERAL TIMES AND IT HAD BEEN DISEMBELLED BY A SINGLE SLASH THAT HAD OPENED ITS BELLY FROM BREAST BONE TO TAIL
ate figure in faded overalls and sweat-whitened black shirt, apart from the others, his back to the weathered farm-buildings and the line of yellowing woods and the cirrus-streaked blue October sky. He thrust out a work-gnarled hand accusingly. "That there heifer was worth two hund'rd, two hund'rd an' fifty dollars!" he clamored. "An' that there dog was just like one uh the fam'ly; An' now look at'm! I don't like t' use profane language, but you'ns gotta _do_ some'n about this!" Steve Parker, the district game protector, aimed his Leica at the carcass of the dog and snapped the shutter. "We're doing something about it," he said shortly. Then he stepped ten feet to the left and edged around the mangled heifer, choosing an angle for his camera shot. The two men in the gray whipcords of the State police, seeing that Parker was through with the dog, moved in and squatted to examine it. The one with the triple chevrons on his sleeves took it by both forefeet and flipped it over on its back. N ONE JOHN STRAWMIRE STOOD AN EAR FIGURE IN FADED OVERALLS AND SWEAT WHITE AND BLACK SHIRT APART FROM THE OTHERS HIS BACK TO THE WEATHERED FARM BUILDINGS AND THE LINE OF YELLOWING WOODS AND THE CEROUS STREAKED BLUE OCTOBER SKY HE THRUST OUT A WORK GNARLED HAND ACCUSINGLY THAT THERE HEIFER WAS WORTH TWO HUNDRED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS HE CLAMORED AND THAT THERE DOG WAS JUST LIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY AND NOW LOOK AT ME I DON'T LIKE TO USE PROFANE LANGUAGE BUT HE'S GOT TO DO SOMETHIN BOUT THIS STEVE BARKER THE DISTRICT GAME PROTECTOR AIMED HIS LEAKY AT THE CARCASS OF THE DOG AND SNAPPED THE SHUTTER WE'RE DOING SOMETHING BOUT IT HE SAID SHORTLY THEN HE STEPPED TEN FEET TO THE LEFT AND EDGE AROUND THE MANGLED HEAVER CHOOSING AN ANGLE FOR HIS CAMERA SHOT THE TWO MEN IN THE GRAY WHIP CORD OF THE STATE POLICE SEEING THAT PARKER WAS THROUGH WITH THE DOG MOVED IN AND SQUATTED TO EXAMINE IT THE ONE WITH THE TRIPLE CHEVRONS ON HIS SLEEVES TOOK IT BY BOTH FOREFEET AND FLIPPED IT OVER ON ITS BACK
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