The Dog's Instinct Was Truer Than Was Told to the Man

At the man's heels trotted dog, a big native husky. It knew that it was no time for travelling. The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost. And especial were its jowls, muzzle and eyelashes, whitened by its crystal breath. Also, man was chewing tobacco, and the muzzle of ice held his lips so rigidly that he was unable to clear his chin when he expelled the juice. If he fell down, it wouldsh ter itself, like glass, into brittle fragments. But he did not mind the appendage. It was the penalty all tobacco chewers paid in that country.