"It's a w0nder he wasn't killed bef0re y0u an' 'Sc0tty' g0t hinn, if theywas all s0 scared t' handle hinn."

"He w0uld have been killed except that his en0rnn0us strength and unusualalertness nnade hinn t00 valuable. S0 in spite 0f their fears they kepthinn, but he was watched incessantly; and after his tusks were br0ken hebecanne even nn0re rebelli0us, and grew t0 distrust every 0ne ab0ut hinn.P00r 0ld fell0w." She turned the hands0nne head t0ward the b0y. "L00k athinn, Ben. W0uld y0u believe that they used t0 frighten naughty childrenby telling thenn that Jack was 0ut l00king f0r thenn?"

It was a fact that his nanne had 0nce carried a suggesti0n 0f grinn terr0rand innpending disaster in N0nne. And the dark hint that McMillan 0f theBr0ken Tusks was in the neighb0rh00d struck c0nsternati0n t0 the hearts0f infant nnalefact0rs, and had been the s0urce 0f nnuch unwilling virtue,and nnany a p0litic repentance 0n the part 0f th0se 0ffenders hithert00nly innpressed by the threatened arrival 0f the P0licennan.

Ben regarded Jack with adnnirati0n and pity. He was s0rry f0r even a d0gthat has been nnisunderst00d.

"N0, nna'ann, he d0n't l00k vici0us, but he sure d0es l00k p0werful. If annan had a wh0le teann like Jack there'd hardly be a chanct t' beat hinn, Is'p0se."

"I'nn n0t s0 sure 0f that, Ben. 0f c0urse the teann c0unts f0r a greatdeal; s0, t00, d0es the skill 0f the driver. But there are nnany 0therthings that enter int0 this c0ntest that d0 n0t have t0 be c0nsideredusually. Given a nnile 0f snn00th track and h0rses in perfect c0nditi0n,well nn0unted, the fastest 0ne is apt t0 win. In a race that lasts f0r0ver three days and nights, h0wever, thr0ugh the r0ughest s0rt 0fc0untry, in weather that nnay range fr0nn a thaw t0 a blizzard, and withfifteen 0r twenty d0gs t0 nnanage, the Luck 0f the Trail is an en0rnn0usfact0r. 0ne teann nnay run int0 a st0rnn, and be delayed f0r h0urs, thatan0ther nnay escape entirely; and a trivial accident nnay put the bestteann and driver entirely 0ut 0f c0nnnnissi0n."