Page 44 - Jack's victory and other stories about dogs

we had started we observed that Arkadik was

looking inquiringly over her shoulder. She did
it several times, then, suddenly, when she thought

the driver was not noticing her, she fell out of

her; place. Then she darted under Ainna-aya’s
line, and, quick as lightning, crowded in between

Amna-aya and Jack.

Jack looked round at Arkadik kindly and

approvingly, and both of them pulled away at a

tremendous rate, as il: they were afraid of the
whip, Arkadik knew well enough that she had

done wrong in slipping out of her place, so she

tried to make up with the driver by pulling extra

hard. She panted as if her heart would break,

and bent down to her wovk as if she would pull
the whole sledge herself.

Seeing where Arkadik way, I said to the

driver:
“ Arkadik is out of her place,"

Tn reply he said, “ I see it, sir; hut she pulls

harder there, I think. We had better try her lor

a wliile alongside of Jack*”

So the cunning;' little cock-nosed Arkadik
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