But when the brute was thoroughly aroused, it was hard to restrain him.

The thick, loose skin on the back of his neck did not afford Dan a very good hold, and almost before he knew it, Bose slipped from his grasp, and bounded toward the cabin.

At the same instant, a chorus of loud bays sounding close at hand announced that the rest of the pack were coming at the top of their speed.

Bob and Lester had never before been in so much danger as they were at that moment.
Dan, who began to fear that the plan he had adopted for protecting the quails was about to result in a terrible tragedy, was very badly frightened.

He stood for a few seconds as if he had been deprived of all power of action, and then caught up his rifle and took to his heels.