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The Southland

           Fromtheheadofthelawn,onthefirstsoftswellfromthevalley-level,lookeddownthedeep-porched,many-windowedhouse. 

           LittleopportunitywasgivenWhiteFangtoseeallthis. Hardlyhadthecarriageenteredthegrounds,whenhewassetuponbyasheep-dog,bright~eyed,sharp-muzzled,righteouslyindignantandangry. Itwasbetweenhimandthemaster,cuttinghimoff. WhiteFangsnarlednowarning,buthishairbristledashemadehissilentanddeadlyrush. Thisrushwasnevercompleted. Hehaltedwithawkwardabruptness,withstifffore-legsbracinghimselfagainsthismomentum,almostsittingdownonhishaunches,sodesirouswasheofavoidingcontactwiththedoghewasintheactofattacking. Itwasafemale,andthelawofhiskindthrustabarrierbetween. Forhimtoattackherwouldrequirenothinglessthanaviolationofhisinstinct. 

           Butwiththesheep-dogitwasotherwise. Beingafemale,shepossessednosuchinstinct.Ontheotherhand,beingasheep-dog,herinstinctivefearoftheWild,andespeciallyofthewolf,wasunusuallykeen. WhiteFangwastoherawolf,thehereditarymarauderwhohadpreyeduponherflocksfromthetimesheepwerefirstherdedandguardedbysomedimancestorofhers. Andso,asheabandonedhisrushatherandbracedhimselftoavoidthecontact,shespranguponhim. Hesnarledinvoluntarilyashefeltherteethinhisshoulder,butbeyondthismadenooffertohurther. Hebackedaway,stiff-leggedwithself-consciousness,andtriedtogoaroundher. Hedodgedthiswayandthat,andcurvedandturned,buttonopurpose.Sheremainedalwaysbetweenhimandthewayhewantedtogo. 

           "Here,Collie! "calledthestrangemaninthecarriage. 

           WeedonScottlaughed. 

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