Bob"s first impulse was to flee, but such tremendous leaps did the

creature take that he realized it would be only a few minutes before the
dog would overtake him
Bob"s first impulse was to flee, but such tremendous leaps did the
creature take that he realized it would be only a few minutes before the
dog would overtake him. Then it flashed through his mind that this might
be the ranchman"s way of 'trying out' strangers who came to his door,
and the boy determined to stand his ground.