Young Matt felt smothered.

He loosened the collar of his shirt.

The moon--the moon was so bright! He could even see the muscles in the beast's heavy neck and shoulders working under the sleek skin.
Suddenly the words of the shepherd came to him, as though shouted in his ears, "Remember the other beast, lad.

Don't you see it is this victory only that gives you the right to think of yourself as a man ?" Ollie was almost brushed from his place as the big mountaineer sprang from the shadow, while the panther, startled by the appearance of another man upon the rock, paused.

An exclamation of fright burst from young Stewart, as he took in the situation.