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Into the Primitive

           AndBuckwastrulyared-eyeddevil,ashedrewhimselftogetherforthespring,hairbristling,mouthfoaming,amadglitterinhisblood-shoteyes. Straightatthemanhelaunchedhisonehundredandfortypoundsoffury,surchargedwiththepentpassionoftwodaysandnights. Inmidair,justashisjawswereabouttocloseontheman,hereceivedashockthatcheckedhisbodyandbroughthisteethtogetherwithanagonizingclip. Hewhirledover,fetchingthegroundonhisbackandside. Hehadneverbeenstruckbyaclubinhislife,anddidnotunderstand. Withasnarlthatwaspartbarkandmorescreamhewasagainonhisfeetandlaunchedintotheair.Andagaintheshockcameandhewasbroughtcrushinglytotheground. Thistimehewasawarethatitwastheclub,buthismadnessknewnocaution. Adozentimeshecharged,andasoftentheclubbrokethechargeandsmashedhimdown. 

           Afteraparticularlyfierceblow,hecrawledtohisfeet,toodazedtorush. Hestaggeredlimplyabout,thebloodflowingfromnoseandmouthandears,hisbeautifulcoatsprayedandfleckedwithbloodyslaver. Thenthemanadvancedanddeliberatelydealthimafrightfulblowonthenose. Allthepainhehadenduredwasasnothingcomparedwiththeexquisiteagonyofthis. Witharoarthatwasalmostlionlikeinitsferocity,heagainhurledhimselfattheman. Buttheman,shiftingtheclubfromrighttoleft,coollycaughthimbytheunderjaw,atthesametimewrenchingdownwardandbackward. Buckdescribedacompletecircleintheair,andhalfofanother,thencrashedtothegroundonhisheadandchest. 

           Forthelasttimeherushed. Themanstrucktheshrewdblowhehadpurposelywithheldforsolong,andBuckcrumpledupandwentdown,knockedutterlysenseless. 

           "He’snoslouchatdog-breakin’,that’swotIsay,"oneofthemenonthewallcriedenthusiastically. 

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