The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-12-11
Il 2aie Of WIZ Western Life.
HI BROOKS

All Cilifornians, who has ever
Travelled in the q ,llcn State IN ich,
have either seen or hoard ofcJyotes.
Therefore. it will bu unnecessary for
M to give very innate dsscrlp-
ton Of the amin lis.
Asa general thug they resemble
the dog are however, sm i,lor than
q conan )n-siz,l cur, aul lave Il
long. pJinteI nJse tuoy are lnY5t>
crate cJwards, and very rarely attack
Ineu. unless hard pressed hy hunger
Many II weary mluor hls hal hlS
elumbCrs rnthlcssly broken by tIs
uuea,thly hJwlingS Of cbyotes, anl
in his extreme indignation has seized
his gun with tho intention vf putting
m eli to SONS Of lis torm3 ltors,
hat salliod out only to see the wh i.
punk s,ampar of. ilIwisor CIV
ardly cJyetes may usually ho, |. frr
uue, have iu't cause for bit g. hatred
for the uuimlli. as l uuca bad aa
adventure with them that ci.no near
costing me my life
II tue winter Of 50 wis rasil.
iny in one of oar mJuutain town',
ana often, by way Of recreation
would take, my gun aud go to Il
small stream called Dry creek, ab1uL
three miles from tho town, in pur-
snit OF ducas-which articles ofgane
was very plenty there.
One afternoon l took ny fowling
piece aud sought nv usual hunt
flr dncks 1 was very fortunate, aal
beiore nighlf,l had baged more than
/ ha anticipated consequence was
ran out ef powder. lnwardly
upbraiding myself for not bringing
more started for homo, by this
time it was probably an hour after
sunset.
1t was glorious night. The stars
were ont in all their brilliant magnifi
cence ; the moan scared high in the
nnclouled sky. aifordiu2 me suM
cient light to travel with case.
| was charmed with ths beauty Of
the evening, aud was walking ut a
dow pace, humming snstches Of
tunes had often heard from the
lips Of loved ones, when suddenly
hoard the familiar howl Of d CO.
vote.
".Ah, you cowardly beast / men,
tally calculated, "wore you only
within gunsshot and l had my new
nr filling Old Toio (that was the
name always called my gum load.
ed, would send you into the mid
die Of next week making q differeu /
ncise from that
Az proceeded further, the howl-
iugs increased, and occasionally q
.oyote more bold than the rest
,yould vonture out OF the thicket,
AXE good look at me aud disap'
i,ear. "a.
"3ipposing they should attack
mo how" thought 1, "here in this
,iesolate aud lonesome place, With no
power to use in my defence. Pooh T.
! laughed at the idea. "What CO.
votes attack man Those skulk
ing devils that throwing stone at
hOuAo utivo oWoy AA"t -" a.. .
As ! proceeded farther toward
home the howlings became more
humorous, and gangs Of two and
three would cross my path at dis
tance of probably 100 feet, and
Bcamper of on my throwing stone
at then.-s, " tFse''fa
! was probably Q mile and half
from vbere Z had been hunting
whom I noticed .that thu coyotes be-,
gan throwing of their hmidity, and
would approach quite near me-.
"Getting tame," thought | /; ''uu-
doubtedly know / am out Of powder,
aud think TO inpress me with the
iioa that you are courageous SGT OF
hounds. oh, You cant como that
game r. and threw q stone at a
large. long g-aosed f<liows which
stack him on the head and had .
tendency 70 acsslsrais his move
~, saa sssrsr tho asly sAiuss
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