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32 JACK S VICTORY.
fact, each team became, after a while, a sort of elan,
ruled over by the strongest anti most active dog
of the number, who could, in fair fight, whip any
single dog among them. In any general quarrel
within the team he always had Lackers enough
to win an easy victory, and in every team there
was at least one dog disposed to dispute tlie
superiority of the leader, but he usually suffered
severely for it if he made the attempt.
Erebus was the leader of the leaders, or rather
the master o£ the masters. In any general fight he
always came olf victorious, and his way of course
the conquering team. Sometimes! one team
regularly squared itself for battle against another,
and fierce and furious was the contest If one
of these happened to be the team of Erebus,
Jack, as in duty bound, followed his leader into
the fight, and helped to win. But he had no
heart in the business, Erebus did not like him,
nqr he Erebus; and thinking himself an ill-used
dog, he resolved to become a conspirator. He
aimed at nothing less than the supreme power
himself. Re determined to hurl Erebus out of
