He glanced round wildly and the first component he noticed was once a canine coming at him from useless ahead. Then another. They bounded thru the trees at him. He heard a sound from at the back of him. The crunch of ft and the flick of branches. Then the equal sound from his right. The snicking and slapping of a weapon from his left. The puppies have been at his feet. He spun in a panic-stricken circle. All round him guys were coming at him via the trees. Lean, bearded men, in camouflage gear, carrying rifles and machine guns. Grenades slung from their webbing. Maybe fifteen or twenty men. They stepped forward flippantly and purposefully. They have been in a entire ring, proper round him. He turned one way, then the other. He was surrounded. They had been raising their weapons. He had fif
