When the dog came to the weed-grown border of the clearing, he stopped.
Without purpose or plan, the blood of all these breeds had mingled to produce this big mongrel..
His fur was silky, like a collie\'s, and there was a suggestion of bloodhound in his somewhat flabby jowls.
There was a hint of staghound in his massive head and in his carriage, and somewhere along the way he had acquired a trace of Great Dane.
He was of no recognizable breed, though all of his ancestors had been large dogs.
In all his life the dog had never feared anything except the terrible torment that beset him now.
But there was nothing craven in them and little fear.
He was tense and quivering, and his eyes bore a haunted look.
Then, knowing that his back could be seen over the weeds, he slunk down so that his belly scraped the earth.
When the dog came to the weed-grown border of the clearing, he stopped
