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CHAPTER V.
T H E DAWN Oi' T H E R E V O L U T IO N ; A LOVEli'S R U S E ;
A. R EG U LAR SCRiilJilAGE.
S^REBCTS was evidently very tired and not
-^4^ in a mood for fighting, or he would very
soon have attempted to break up this nice
little arrangement He was too shrewd a dog not
fco p e r c e i v e it all. But in the morning he went
round to tlie three offenders separately. First
he made at Karsuk> and bit him on the side of
the face, which did not, you may be sure, make
Karsuk love Erebus any better. Then he did
the same to Aikadik, before Jack had a chance
to interfere. When he did so, it was in a very
iierce maimer, and Avhadik ran away crying,
while Jack and Erebus stood facing each other;
pawing the snow, and growling* Neither of
them made any further advances towards a fight,
