WHOHASWONTOMASTERSHIP

    "Eh?WhatIsay?IspeaktruewhenIsaydatBucktwodevils."

    ThiswasFrancoissspeeextmwhenhediscoveredSpitzmissingandBuckcoveredwithwounds.Hedrewhimtothefireandbyitslightpoihemout.

    "DatSpitzfightlikehell,"saidPerrault,ashesurveyedthegapingripsandcuts.

    "AndatBuckfightliketwohells,"wasFrancoissanswer."Andnowwemakegoodtime.NomoreSpitz,nomoretrouble,sure."

    WhilePerraultpackedthecampoutfitandloadedthesled,thedog-driverproceededtoharhedogs.BucktrotteduptotheplaceSpitzwouldhaveoccupiedasleader;butFrancois,notnotighim,broughtSol-lekstothecovetedposition.Inhisjudgment,Sol-lekswasthebestlead-dogleft.BuckspranguponSol-leksinafury,drivinghimbadstandinginhisplace.

    "Eh?Eh?"Francoiscried,slappinghisthighsgleefully."LookatdatBuck.HimkilldatSpitz,himthinktotakedejob."

    "Goway,Hook!"hecried,butBuckrefusedtobudge.

    HetookBuckbythescruffofthenedthoughthedoggrowledthreateningly,draggedhimtoonesideandreplacedSol-leks.Theolddogdidnotlikeit,andshowedplainlythathewasafraidofBuck.Francoiswasobdurate,butwheurnedhisback,BuckagaindisplacedSol-leks,whowasnotatallunwillingtogo.

    Francoiswasangry."Now,byGar,Ifixyou!"hecried,ingbackwithaheavyclubinhishand.

    Buckrememberedthemanintheredsweater,areatedslowly;nordidheattemptteinwhenSol-lekswasoncemhtforward.Buthecircledjustbeyondtheraheclub,snarlingwithbitternessandrage;andwhilehecircledhewatchedtheclubs