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           Againandagain,ashelookedateachbrutalperformance,thelessonwasdrivenhometoBuck: amanwithaclubwasalawgiver,amastertobeobeyed,thoughnotnecessarilyconciliated. OfthislastBuckwasneverguilty,thoughhedidseebeatendogsthatfawnedupontheman,andwaggedtheirtails,andlickedhishand. Alsohesawonedog,thatwouldneitherconciliatenorobey,finallykilledinthestruggleformastery. 

           Nowandagainmencame,strangers,whotalkedexcitedly,wheedlingly,andinallkindsoffashionstothemanintheredsweater. Andatsuchtimesthatmoneypassedbetweenthemthestrangerstookoneormoreofthedogsawaywiththem. Buckwonderedwheretheywent,fortheynevercameback; butthefearofthefuturewasstronguponhim,andhewasgladeachtimewhenhewasnotselected. 

           Yethistimecame,intheend,intheformofalittleweazenedmanwhospatbrokenEnglishandmanystrangeanduncouthexclamationswhichBuckcouldnotunderstand. 

           "Sacredam!"hecried,whenhiseyeslituponBuck."Datonedambullydog!Eh?Howmoch?" 

           "Threehundred,andapresentatthat,"wasthepromptreplyofthemanintheredsweater. "Andseem’it’sgovernmentmoney,youain’tgotnokickcoming,eh,Perrault?" 

           Perraultgrinned. Consideringthatthepriceofdogshadbeenboomedskywardbytheunwonteddemand,itwasnotanunfairsumforsofineananimal. TheCanadianGovernmentwouldbenoloser,norwoulditsdespatchestraveltheslower. Perraultknewdogs,andwhenhelookedatBuckheknewthathewasoneinathousand"Oneintent’ousand,"hecommentedmentally. 

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