The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-06
TIE WOLVES.

fi.thItS vi Iit N' ttAN sun cAttn A'A"N At'~
horizon; where tho suow lay deep and I'm
spotted save by the multiudlnoas Triuts Of
their own restless feet-there. on tic out.
skirts OF the forest. at the wane q day, the
wolves were gathering themselves together.
Hungry they were and eager FOR wois 20 be
gin. There was 10 play among them. 10
icaping over ono anothcrs backs or wrest-
ling, or growing prcicuses nj fighting. They
were on business--the first business Of life; 70
keep life; and 20 keep life If You happen to
bc a wolf means hard work and plenty Of IT,,
with but little time 10 spare on the amenities
Of existence.
And now their old gray leaders warriors
who have survived mary sceno Of death
md disaster 70 man and wolf-leap out to-
gethor from tho woods upon the darkeniDg
plain They raise heir noses. sniff the
wind and shake themselves. Ono yawns AID
stretches his paws, while pai Of hot breath
rises from bis red tongue, and, as he shuts
bis narrow jaws witt a snap. sharp canine
teth, white as the snow Itself, glitter IN the
dusk
Then begins that long, slouching, iireless
trot, that internal ealopthat beats horseand
man and all things living for combined speed
and endurance The pack covers nearly Eve
aud twenty square yards Of snow, and settles
into stride. each beast moving and turning
l. unison .th the rest asa 4 sht Of birds
rnys,erlously wheels in dir. They arc Nor
way wolves these and experience bias long
since taught them what work viii ne nfccs-
sary before supper and n return to their for
est businesses
Note what happens almost nj the start.
One ii.hc brute suddenly slips anl strains
b. hg. Teaffuuy he ciances ~ bis comran-
ions on the right AMI laif. brit as yet they
know not Of the accident An TOO soon,
however, the pace tells upon the injured ga
nal Nature asserts herself in tho great
gray wolf. his eyes glow like red ho, c.abars.
bis s.ucwy leg gives under him, BE icsl- Dds
farewell 10 dear Life, -al DIS place u The
ranks know him no more But the manned
crea'arss sr'feria1s are over almost it,
stantly, for tie iuest alone survive '1 o
PACK Of wolves a ravcuous IrA'rs mass
q FIR and les and teeth closes iArlcn LIN,
and he is gone, leaving DO mcnumcrt more
enduring than drops q his OWE bet hioal
which have fallen end meitei for themselves
deeq holes in tie tlaml'ed snow.
4hen forward they sweep, the carrUdls,
On the lest possible terms with one another
end seel!ag as you would Gee! after anchogy,
or an olive, or some such preliminary to
more important easuQn0We efforts.
Z: But now, ahead, there stands solitary
tree, naked save whore, OH It's topmot
branches tic darl pine needles miaglei u ore
sharoless ciunip. or where. lowcr down.
dead cones sim cling o. the paren. bow in
tie rough bark az It's foot are necls of wool.
tat tic sheep which rub themselves there 10
tie summer are far AWAY instn0w.
Somethin., Of greater interest roets Die
wolves here Along tie snow { the base 81
tbs tree, aud running at right angles o. the
course they have. TIL now, been t4hinr. ex-
tend two parallel lines, cut by tie irons #
q sledee. One vehicle alone has Pr sol since
the snow last fell. la. i: appears 10 have
gone by quite recently. for the scent is
stron, and the pack tale il un without q
moments halt Now supper becomes a pro-
liability. for where there Is r. sled~e tiere
Is q horse. PERHAPS two: where there is q
sledge there is q man, possibly moro than
|pre~
Havo Won ever heard the boyglino of
wolves,
II have soofod ~ n comfortable nlooa ~
entertainment with INV mind m cas-. mud
certain kuovle1oa tla- many iron hars SON
ars,ed me from tho io.i.ilo b,c,lors r,en
,ynaor those cjrcnrnstanoes the sound was ono
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turc bal produced ANYTHING So bideous II
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