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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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An
hour's
rest
was
the
best
Mickey
could
get
for
him.
Then
he
went
as
before,
with
Fango
and
Minkie
in
pursuit.
He
seemed
less
stiff
now--he
ran
more
like
himself;
but
a
little
past
the
Stand
he
was
turned
by
Fango
and
again
by
Minkie,
and
back
and
across,
and
here
and
there,
leaping
frantically
and
barely
eluding
his
foes.
For
several
minutes
it
lasted.
Mickey
could
see
that
Jack's
ears
were
sinking.
The
new
Dog
leaped.
Jack
dodged
almost
under
him
to
escape,
and
back
only
to
meet
the
second
Dog;
and
now
both
ears
were
flat
on
his
back.
But
the
Hounds
were
suffering
too.
Their
tongues
were
lolling
out;
their
jaws
and
heaving
sides
were
splashed
with
foam.
The
Warhorse's
ears
went
up
again.
His
courage
seemed
to
revive
in
their
distress.
He
made
a
straight
dash
for
the
Haven;
but
the
straight
dash
was
just
what
the
Hounds
could
do,
and
within
a
hundred
yards
he
was
turned
again,
to
begin
another
desperate
game
of
zigzag.
Then
the
dog-men
saw
danger
for
their
Dogs,
and
two
new
ones
were
slipped--two
fresh
Hounds;
surely
they
could
end
the
race.
But
they
did
not.
The
first
two
were
vanquished--gasping--out
of
it,
but
the
next
two
were
racing
near.
The
Warhorse
put
forth
all
his
strength.
He
left
the
first
two
far
behind--was
nearly
to
the
Haven
when
the
second
two
came
up.
Nothing
but
dodging
could
save
him
now.
His
ears
were
sinking,
his
heart
was
pattering
on
his
ribs,
but
his
spirit
was
strong.
He
flung
himself
in
wildest
zigzags.
The
Hounds
tumbled
over
each
other.
Again
and
again
they
thought
they
had
him.
One
of
them
snapped
off
the
end
of
his
long
black
tail,
yet
he
escaped;
but
he
could
not
get
to
the
Haven.
The
luck
was
against
him.
He
was
forced
nearer
to
the
Grand
Stand.
A
thousand
ladies
were
watching.
The
time
limit
was
up.
The
second
Dogs
were
suffering,
when
Mickey
came
running,
yelling
like
a
madman--words--imprecations--crazy
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