right. But
in his
prayer was
very
little
faith. For
under such
a
fusillade
it seemed
impossible
that at
least one
highpower
bullet
should not
reach the
collie
before the
slope
could be
traversed.
A
fast-running
dog is not
an easy
mark for a
bullet--especially
if the dog
be a
collie,
with a
trace of
wolf--ancestry
in his
gait. A
dog, at
best, does
not gallop
straight
ahead as
does a
horse.
There is
almost
always a
sidewise
lilt to
his run.
Bruce was
