The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-28
TIE CIncLE or DEATH.

TIE CIRCLE or DEATH.
Take Your stand here ON this blum
and YOU can lo K down upon spectacle
n, exciting ~ ANYTHING offered in the
DAYS of hlood.thir,ty Roman sports.
Stretching aNaV to the west i dip and
hollow and broken ground for mile.
Then comes the grand prairie, sweeping
clear tu the north fork oi the Republican
before IL Surrcndcr> 90 the hills.
I'D ever human King have grandcr
throne? lie stand, uu = huo.l covered
with rich, sweet grass, AMI even with
the naked CNC Vuu can src the viulctS
aud hluc-hcll> and forget mr-uotS peep
iug between tie blades. II i a throne
of Wild flowers.
Ten mile, away arc dozen moving
black sICck,. They arr bufaloc,.
Nothing else with liic in il ,ucarcr. The
Kings domains arr rich in focd and
drink. AMI the lazy sunshine tells of
peace AMI harmony.
H. stand, with head elevated. and
n. he slowly turns in his tracks hc
sniff, the air for scent Of danger.
Who = our kiu.2 \ buffalo hull.
Natures monarch OF Natures grand
pl,,uragc.
How came hc here. alone and deprived
Of Cumpauiou~hip' Men become cynics
and world-hut'rS and shake oil all
attempts at iricndlincSs. ~ with AM
mails This monarch is here IL puut
and Sulk and feel ag-ricyed and plan
for rcycusc.
Nh. lligh above him. with every foot
uf ground under YOUR eyes, you could
see uo danger. lli, keen scent warncJ
him uf peril. an we'll breaks cove"
not one hundred feet away. lie seemed
to rise from the very earth not with "a
huun and yell. lat with u quiet cool
Mc,S tha, bO lc, evil
The bull lowers his head, an his ewes
flash 40 tie sigh, oi the enemy who has
come 10 disturb his rcycric~. Compare
their size and strength. and YOU laugh
al the i,lca of wolf bringing harm to a
Lullalu. One blow frum u hOof-onc
toss from the horns and the wolf would
lie crushed AMI dead.
Pooh lis WW enemy not worth n
second glance. The wolf may look with
longing ewes, and lick his chops for
taste of blood, hut he is wasting time.
In that grove to the left party Of ln-
d.an> campcd last night. lie hll best
shamllc across the broken ground AMI
hunt for bones and scraps
What another. - the quail rises
from cover. 80 that second wolf sud-
denly shows himself above the grass.
You can not saw that the beasts even
suspect each others presence. They
nrc iiltv feet apart. and both sit and
stare straight nj the monarch ol the
plains. The hull gives hi> head "a toss
~ lc sight, the second arrival. Wulye,
hunt in pairs. Here i, the pair Moth
M strange in that
Yes, rub vour ewes 20 see IL they arr
clear. aud YOU will lind they haven't
deceived yOu. Up pops third, fourth,
tfh AMI sixth wul,Sh head, followed
by q body which j ever gaunt AMI lean
ever the SYNONYM Ot hunger. One
wolf created nothing beyond moment
AIRY surprise; the pair bred a feeling OF
contcmpt; the six Of them may bring
peril
And 80 the monarch evidently rca-
sons. lie paws the ground. shakes his
head. and that low below expresses
anV cty a. well n defiance. lie could
wheel and rush away, AMI in an hour
lc could bc feeding with the hord. liut
there arr pride and oh,tinacy and jcal-
uusy tu bc consulted. No dcputatiOn
has come from the herd to coax and
reason with him and he will do battle
Tor his life rather than give in. II is
both man-likc and brutc-likc.
What Have the six multiplied -
fast? just moment ago we saw unly
the halfdoIcn; now tlorc arr ten
twelve siNiccn--thcv are rising from
the earth all around him! The bull
turns as II on pivot. Wolves TO the
ru.th-thc east the south the west.
The circle i complete. Watch him,
When y man must die in the presence
oi his enemies let him die Ike "a war
r.0r. The monarch knows what this
gathering means. lie secs the lolling
tongues. AMI he hears the gnashing OF
teeth. There is NO help for him. lie
must die like u craven or prove his
courage.
See tho head 80 up. Hear the roar
of defiance. l. there anything craven
in that att.tudc'
The wolves have been sitting rs quiet
n So MANY blocks of stone placed ON
the grass. That roar of defiance puts
life intothcm, and they move nearer.
Curious pantomimc. A grand old
buffalo turning slowly round and
round in bis tracks To eve each sepa-
rate wolf and watch every motion. A
score and half of gaunt. grim. wait
ing bcaSts-Gvcry eye fixed upon COM
mon ccntcr-cyery fang sharpencd for
n feast.
Swish swirl-rnsh.
The circle closes in at the signal. and
for fifteen seconds the eye is confused.
II appears us il some one hidden in
the grass was tossing and waving
strips Of gray and white cloth. The roars
of the bull aro almost drowned in the
yclps aud growls and howls Of the as
sa!lantS.
Good! There Is game there! The
monarch has used his horns and hoofs
e. such good purpose that the circle has
opened away from him. Legs and
ilanks and shoulders have been bitten.
and teeth have drawn blood where
bullet would hardly penetrate, but he is
not ,lisarme,l. Under his feet are two
dead wolves two more limp around out
side the circle.
Um.m-n-m! Pawl Toss. Come again
II YOU dare!
There Is the rush. the swirl, the
strange spectacle Of gray-white bundles
jumping over each other. and the circle
falls back again to breathe.
Ho. no! There are long tufts OF hair
on the grass. more dead wolves, spots
Of blood. The bull shakes his head and
seems weak on his legs. A spy-glass
would show you blood trickling down
FROM scoce OF savage bites, while he