harsh-breathed

Updated: May 15, 2025

With a second screech, he reeled back from the unseen peril which had assailed him. But Lad would not have it so. There was a harsh-breathed growl, from down in the tonneau; and, on the instant, a tawny giant shape came catapulting over the top of the shut door and hurled itself upon the staggering negro. The Master, turning at sound of the yell, was just in time to see the attack.

Albert Payson Terhune - Further Adventures of Lad