Page 15 - Jack's victory and other stories about dogs

CHAPTER I I

JACK A T S E A ; DOG L IF E ON BOARD S H IP ; JACK'S
c o m p a n i o n s ; t h e d o g t e a m s ,

wore many days at sea; and during’ that

time Jack suffered terribly from seasick­

ness. The waves washing in on deck some­

times half-drowned him, and since he could not
be allowed to run about muck, lit often suffered

greatly from the cold. Still, lie was better off than

the other dogs who had treated him so badly; for
while be was allowed a great deal of liberty, they

were kept always in confinement. It was amus­

ing to see Jack walk up and down in front of
their pen, as if mocking them. Sometimes he

would stop and look at them in a half-playful,

half-contemptuous manner, as much as to say, “ 0
don’t you wish you could— don’t you, thoughV*

By-and-by Jack got fully reconciled to his new