New-York tribune., 1886-02-22
WILD noes RESET A HUGE wOLF.

Dan DeQuttle" IN I5., ct~o'"na" E"qVtrer.
settlers Of Knox County lOhio was wont TO tell with
great glre the story OF adventure b" once had ID 'h
owl Creek bottoms among the wild hogs. Ills story
was follows: II out deer hunting one day In
the Owl Geek bottoms, when all at once heard ia
away in the woods, an astonishing roaring and boon
hOohin Of hogs What in thunder was up with ne
critters | couldn't conjecture but | determined TO
lnd out.
-. 1t was a wet drizzly day. and ! could get along
over the leaves without making the slightest noise
fcoocd along from tree to tree. aud at last came to
place where there appeared TO be about two acres o
wild boss.
Such grand gathering of hogs had never seer
before, ana nave never seen since All had their nrs
ties up, and all boOh-booh boolnns thcn
icrcest. There were white hogs, black hogs, 'andy
hogs spotted hogs and hogs VI all sizes colorT ana &c
grees OF cussedness. Mad They were just raging
jrohng al the mouth and champng their teeth at a
fearful rate! sort OF steam or log rose out oi ID
hair OF that OF enraged beasts that hIled al
the woods with an almost overpowern6 smell oI I'M"
hogs.
" What the cause of all this commoton was was not
long in discovering. Out in the midst oil The gIcai
convention OF hogs stood a big OAK stump about hyr
feet high, and III the center Of the stump stood h'g
cray woli-ds gaunt, hungry.lookmg dch aS ever
tawl
lie handsomely treed by the hogs. and wasnt
very pleasantly situated, ~ he was beginning to ma
thousands OF devsh eyes, frotting mouths aud gfeam
log teeth. Poor devil There he s,ood-his tan
tucked close between his legs aud all bis feet gathered
into the exact centre of the stump-and Lord, wasn't
be sick looking wolf! lie seemed 10 be thinking that
lie had sold himself swful cheap
:" Close about the stump and rairin' up against ~
was crowd Of the biggest and most uuprncplcd OLD
COWS that | ever set eyes upon. Every hall minute
pne OF the old shecevils would up get her fore
feet tho top of the stump and make savage snap
VI end the other OF the wolf her teeth ciaing
together like the Jaws oil a steel trap.
THE wolf would whirl round ~ watch that partcu-
Jar bog, when one on the other side OF tho stump
would make plunge tor his TAIL and 80 they kept the
poor, cowardly, corncrcd crter wbirliug round aud
found. lie had oil he wanted to do at hauling in hi"
feet and tail humping bis back, and in every possible
way reducing his average I'll bet bis entire innards
were drawn up into n bunch not bigger than my fist
Almost every instant there Was charge made
Dpon him from some quarter and sometimes from three
pr four directions at tho same moment Lord, wasn't IL
hurryng times with him then
When the poor devil had a moment III which TO
rest and gaze about him, all lie saw WAS those two
Of restless brsles open mouths and hery eyes
His long red tongue hung out OF his open jaws and
A. he nneasIly moved his head from side TO side he
,eened TO have about the poorest opinion OF bis smart
less OF any volt ever he had got himself into
pretty pcs e by trying TO steal pig, and he knew IT
lust as well as # lie had been human thief and was
ashamed OF himself accordingly No quarter could he
hope for anywhere among those open, upturned, roar
Ing @oIfh,: a.. .,...,. and u,.,,nu on,
fro that hardly felt safe tbnd my tree one hundred
gards away.
- I determined TO try experiment on that wolf !
raised my gun and hred IL III the air At the report
he cntter forgot buiself lie bounded from the stuuip
t the crack OF my rifle, but he never touched ground
Hall a dozen big mouths reached up for INN. and in
,hein he launched. There was just one sharp yelC.
.hon for q rod around seen flying strips of wolf
IkiI, innards legs and halr-for half II minute was
leard crunching Of bones, and then those old sows
we're licking their chops ralsin up onto the stump aud
,untinR about for more wolf.
About that time ] thought there might be- some
couting out 10 my direction, and peeled 1t for the
iearest clearing"