lead-deer

Updated: June 26, 2025

But now with a wolf-pack on their trail, with the nearest human habitation many miles away, with her reindeer doing his utmost to keep up with the racing lead-deer, that slender jerk-line with which she could do so little seemed a fragile "life-line" in case of emergency.

Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell - The Blue Envelope