further converse with the of the beast and to withdraw himself from a sight so to his feelings in the meantime with operation with an alacrity that showed the innate i horse shoe cruelty of his temper he made a cross through the skin from the point of one shoulder to the other the devoted subject of his torture remaining all the time motionless and silent having thus severed the skin to suit his purpose the now with an affectation of the most dainty precision flourished his knife over the animal s back and then burst into a loud laugh i can t help laughing he exclaimed to think what a fine holiday coat i am going to make of it i shall strip her as low as the ribs and then the will hang handsomely she will be considered a beauty in the sheep folds and then she may borrow a coat you see from some lamb a wolf in sheep s clothing is no uncommon sight in this world h said horse shoe angrily i ve a mind to take the wolf s part and give you a you are the wolf in sheep s clothing yourself that it was ever my luck to see you think so horse shoe cried you might chance to miss your way to day so don t make a fool of yourself hi will would only take away from you a finger post � and it isn t every road through this district that goes free of the tory your own day will come yet replied horse shoe afraid to provoke the too far on account of the dependence of himself and his companion upon s information in regard to the route of their journey we have to give and take quarter in this world you see horse shoe said beginning to u i don t like these no how that s the reason why they are cruel themselves and i like to be cruel to them it b a downright pleasure to see them for bless your soul they don t mind common throat cutting no more than a calf now here s the way to touch their feelings at this moment he applied the point of his knife to separating the hide from the flesh on either side of the and then in his eagerness to accomplish this object he placed his knife between his and began to at the skin with his hands accompanying the effort with muttered expressions of delight at the involuntary and but ill suppressed agonies of the brute the pain at length became too acute for the wolf with all her characteristic habits of horse shoe robinson submission to bear and in a desperate struggle that ensued between her and her she succeeded by a leap in herself from her place of the energy of her effort of rescued her from the s hand and turning short upon her she fixed her deep into the part of his where as the foam fell from her lips she held on firmly as if determined to sell her life dearly for the pain she suffered uttered a groan from the and in the hurry of the instant dropped his knife upon the ground he was thus compelled to bear the torment of the grip until he dragged the still beast a few paces forward where grasping up his knife he planted it by one deeply driven blow through and through her heart she silently fell at his feet without or bark her hold only in the of death curse her i cried the hard hearted bloody minded devil that s the nature of the beast � cruel and wicked to the last damn her he continued with pain as he stamped his heel upon her head damn her in the wolf s hell to which she has gone robinson stood by and not displeased to see the summary vengeance thus inflicted by the victim upon the this calmness provoked the who with that which belongs to life seemed determined to take away all pretext for the s exultation by affecting to make light of the injury he had received i don t mind the scratch of the cursed creature he said assuming a badly expression of mirth but i don t like to be cheated out of the pleasure of such mischievous it s well for her that she put me in a passion or she should have carried a that the might have fed upon before she died but come � where is mr butler f i want that guinea ho sir he continued to butler as he tied up his wound with a of taken from his my guinea i ve killed the devil to please you seeing you would have it butler now rode up to the spot and in answer to this appeal gave it an angry and indignant refusal horse shoe robinson f u lead us on our way sir he added u we hare lost too much time already with your brutal delay lead on sir you will get soon enough to your journey s end replied with a smile and then sullenly took up his rifle and led the way through the forest a full half hour or more was lost by the incident at the trap and butler s impatience and displeasure continued to be manifested by the manner with which he urged the forward upon their journey after the road and a piece of intricate and tangled by a bridle path into which their guide had conducted them they soon reached a broader and more beaten highway along which they rode scarce a mile before they arrived at the fork i have seen you safe as far as i promised said the must now shift for yourselves you take the right hand road about ten miles further you will come to another there strike to the and if 