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after coon and deer in their seasons not because they much wanted to； but because it was an expected thing。 And the dooryard around the house was a blighted patch of dirt with tracks all overlaid in a meaningless tangle。 They went around the barn； and saw almost at once why Bowser； a bad biter but a good barker； hadn't sounded the alarm。 He lay half in and half out of a doghouse which had been built of leftover barnboards （there was a signboard with the word Bowser neatly printed on it over the curved hole in the front … I saw a photograph of it in one of the papers）； his head turned most of the way around on his neck。 It would have taken a man of enormous power to have done that to such a big animal； the prosecutor later told John Coffey's jury 。。。 and then he had looked long and meaningfully at the hulking defendant； sitting behind the defense table with his eyes cast down and wearing a brand…new pair of state…bought bib overalls that looked like damnation in and of themselves。 Beside the dog； Klaus and Howie found a scrap of cooked link sausage。 The theory … a sound one； I have no doubt … was that Coffey had first charmed the dog with treats； and then； as Bowser began to eat the last one； had reached out his hands and broken its neck with one mighty snap of his wrists。
Beyond the barn was Detterick's north pasture； where no cows would graze that day。 It was drenched with morning dew； and leading off through it； cutting on a diagonal to the northwest and plain as day； was the beaten track of a man's passage。
Even in his state of near…hysteria； Klaus Detterick hesitated at first to follow it。 It wasn't fear of the man or men who had taken his daughters； it was fear of following the abductor's backtrail 。。。 of going off in exactly the wrong direction at a
