Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-04-08

L mad the incest shot in the world at
| that wolf said the Major. I hid on the
/ opposite bank among the willows. and the
minute he showed his muzzle-pop down
he went
Just so, assented Ankers.
As they approached the spot where the
wolf had been shot, Dick fell behind
'Hurrah cried the Major, gailv.-
There he lies I swear he hasn't stirred
from the spot where he stood It was a
good shot, l say. It's at least fifteen rods
across to where [ stood and | aimed
right between his eyes. BY Jonas
The Major had approached near enough
to rec gnIze Tiger His countenance
suddenly changed from an expression of
triumph and gaiety. to one of disappoint-
ment modification and surprise-most
I ludicrous
Dick as 77e have seen was very absent
minded, Although he glanced at the Ma
Jor from beneath his eye brows he did not
+ appear to observe the singular change in
his cOuntenancc.
IT was a good shot, he said. in an en-
thuslastic tone. You re lucky to dav Ma
jor. The bounty, and the price Of this
skin will make quite pile
BY Jonas 2 repeated the astonished
Major, in a voice which seemed to come
all the way up from his boots-it was so
/ deep and expressive. BY Jonas .
w ell MajOr,you makeas much fuss over
1t as if it was an elephant p
Bullock [ never made such blum
der before in my life It's-Its-a-
DOG
My dog Numbered Dick, feignina
great amaZcmeut. .1ircr-that I've been
whIstelin' for the last half hour How
coHLd You make such a mistake, Major
how could you Shoot a dog for wolf
my dog too. that don't look more like
wolf than cow does like hippopotamus
l swear, Major, you're crazy 2
See here Dick said the Major. with
face glowing Ike a great coal It's
laundering mistake, Enow-never see a
dog look quite so much like a wolf-could
have sworn twas a wolf Now Dick
don't tell Of this | should never hear
the last of it, if the people found it out
Shoot dog for a wolf BY Jonas |
own the bluuder, and agree to pay you a
round price for your dog, provided you
won't tell Of it,
1t isn't the valley of the dog I think so
much about muttered Dick. looking
mournfully at Tiger But I've had him
50 long, set by him so consumedIy! Poor
Tiger But | won't be hard on vOu. Ma
jor, seeing it's mistake. and you're will
ing to do what's right about it. III say
FIVE dollars, and mann
Very well, said the Major. with long
breath. I don't happen to have the tin
in my trowsers, but III get it for you in
a few days
After some more conversation, tie Ma
jor left Dick alone with Tiger, whom he
said It was his intention to skin
An hour after, Dick had not only skin
ned Tiger, but, remembered something
about the wolf, he had also peeled the
hide off from him. Ankcrs spread it out
before him. 1t was a splendid hide He
thought Of the price it would bring and
also contemplating the bounty money. At
that moment somebody slapped him on the
shoulder. lie looked around 1t was
the Major Dick turned all sorts of col
ors.
Well said the Major laughing, I new
er saw two skins taken off from one dog
and one of them a wolf skin Beats the
devilp
IJ Is impossible TO describe DICK $ con-
fusion. lie turned considerably redder
than the Major did when lie saw the wolf
that he had shot transformed into dog
Don't say a word, pursued the Major
But It's queer though. Now suppose
you divide, and I take the wolf skin
TO be sure stammered Dick. I was
going to take it to you-aftcr fooling you
u little
Thank you Z said the Major cleerfully.
I'm really much obliged Now when you
lraut tha, fre-sDot, Just send in your bilIp
1t IS needless to add. that Dick never
did send in his bin, for either the loss of
Tiger. or his labor, skinning the Majors
wolf