The Critter and Other Dogs

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Albert Payson Terhune. The Critter and Other Dogs

The Critter and Other Dogs

Table of Contents

I

WILD HEATHER

II

DYNAMITE

III

JOCK

IV

THE “CRITTER”

V

YAS-SUH, ’ATS ER DOG!

VI

FOREST LOVERS

VII

HEROISM, LIMITED

VIII

THE COWARD

IX

A CRIME OR SO

X

“HUMAN INTEREST STUFF”

XI

SNOW WHITE

XII

“MASCOT!”

XIII

MY FRIEND, THE GENTLE MAN-HUNTER

XIV

“ALL IN THE DAY’S WORK”

XV

MAROONED

XVI

SEVENTH SON

XVII

THANE

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Albert Payson Terhune

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Soon it was he, not she, that did the bulk of the killing. It was he, not she, for example, that learned the wolf-trick of cutting a fat fawn out of the wandering deer herd or from beside the doe, and of driving the bleating fugitive into a ravine pocket whence there was no outlet; there to pull it down at his leisure and to devour the feast with Heather.

When they were not hunting or sleeping, there was a spot to which Heather used to lead the way, almost daily, from the time the pup was strong enough to follow her so far. This was a tumble of rocks atop a knoll which overlooked a stretch of hillside pasture land. Amid the huddle of split boulders there was ample space for the two dogs to lie or sit unseen and to scan the fields just beneath them.

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