St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-05-05
A TRUE STORY.
How a Sheep Really and Truly Chased a
VOLTA Funny Sight.

How Sheep Really ana Truly Chased
VOLTA Funny Sight.
Did you ever hear of sheep chasing
a wolf? No, l don't mean wolf chas-
ing sheep. Of course you have heard
of that; but did you ever hear of a
sheep which really and truly chased
wolf?
No, it isn't an allegory, nor fairy
story, and it hasn't any special moral.
The only moral is that it is true.
Well, went one fall to stay with a
friend in Canada. My friend had Alarm
called Swamscot, near Collingwood,
little town at the head of Lake Super
Tor, the station whence the steamers
start for their trip through the lake
and to the far Northwest.
There was quite a number Of wolves
in that region when my friend first
went there to live; but he had a num-
Der of dogs on the farm, and some of
them were very fierce and strong; SO.
after few years, during which the
dogs and the wolves often met, the
wolves found it was hardly worth their
while to pay visit to Mr.. Noble-who
was the owner of Swampscot Farm
because one of those dogs would I'M
doubtedly be disagreeable enough to
bark at them, and then in moment
the whole pack would come tumbling
out, and the boys would run helter-
SHELTER to see the fun, and away would
90 Mr. Wolf, with such shouting and
hallooing and barking at his heels that
he would think the end of the world
was at hand. And very often indeed
it was so far as he was concerned, and
he might consider himself lucky if he
could reach the safe shelter of the big
woods which came down to the edge of
Mr. Mobiles clearing. For more than
once it happened that old Jowler came
sauntering back to the house with
grim look, which said just as plainly as
if he could talk, There's another of
those rascals out of the way And
soon the boys would come running in.
with the VOLTS head to nail up on the
barn-door; and that was the conclusion
of his little visit to Swampscot
So you see, it didn't pay the wolves
to come and see us on ordinary occa-
sions. Only when the little newborn
lambs were out in the fields with their
mothers, would a wolf now and then
find an opportunity to snap up one of
the babies and carry it off to his family
in the forest
Oh, you thought l was only in fun,
did you, and that / meant to tell you
about wolf chasing sheep, after alp
Just wait moment till tell my story.
So far I have written only what the
story-book people call an Introductory
chapter.
Now, the year was at Swampscot,
it happened that Mr.. Mobiles little
daughter Annie, dear little girl with
rosy cheeks and curly yellow locks,
took great fancy to have one of the
lambs for a pet. So her father had one
of the little. white, fluffy baby-lambs
brought into the house, and Annie
used to feed it and carry it about in
her arms as if it were little toy-ani-
NAL
However, the lamb soon grew too
heavy to be carried around
by 50 small a girl, and before summer
had we'll begun it was trotting about
everywhere after Annie, like Mary
little lamb in that poem which some of
you may have heard.
All the dogs were pets
of Annie's as indeed were all
the animals in the farm-yard;
and at first, when she took her baby
sheep out in the yard, the dogs did not
know what to make of it. They wag-
ged their tails and barked ''how-do-
you-do'' to Annie's new friend; but
the poor little lambkin did not under
stand the dog-language at all, and ran
frightened to Annie, and hid its little
head in her dress.
1t was not long, however, before the
dogs and the lamb were on excellent
terms. They seemed all at once to be.
come great friends, and when the lamb
was almost full-grown sheep it often
forsook even Annie for the company OF
its new companions, and ran about
everywhere with the dogs. Mr.. Noble
| declared that he once heard the sheer
trying to bark, but / am inclined *
think he was making fun of us. can
believe the lamb went 90 far as that