"Gif it to heem, by Gar! Gif it to heem, the dirty t'eef!" Spitz was equally willing.

He was crying with sheer rage and eagerness as he circled back and forth for a chance to spring in.

Buck was no less eager, and no less cautious, as he likewise circled back and forth for the advantage.

But it was then that the unexpected happened, the thing which projected their struggle for supremacy far into the future, past many a weary mile of trail and toil.
An oath from Perrault, the resounding impact of a club upon a bony frame, and a shrill yelp of pain, heralded the breaking forth of pandemonium.

The camp was suddenly discovered to be alive with skulking furry forms,--starving huskies, four or five score of them, who had scented the camp from some Indian village.