Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-19
SAVANNAH TENNESSEE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 49, 1889.

sent shot after him, but it was ap-
parently without effect, and was
likewise wholly unnoticed by the elks.
IN half an hour the combat was
ended, and the fury Oh the elks being
appeased-as II might well have been,
Tor they had killed the last one of the
wolyes-they withdrew, so that we could
see the torn and bleeding bodies of the
wolves that lay scattered about the dead
Iawn. The deer began now to betray
their old uneasiness at Our hidden pres
ence, and we, Judging it was time to
have some sport in our own behalf, sent
a volley of shot into them. Three of
tho beautiful, stately creatures fell
plunging to the ground in the death
agony, while a fourth, splendid buck
and the leader of the herd, was making
a succession of agonizing springs to fol-
low his companions that had dashed
down the glen with the laundering tread
OF troop of cavalry. The three fatally
wounded elks died as we watched them,
and couple of well-directed shots
brought down the fourth, so we bound
them and the wolves to the horses and
turned our faces homeward, feeling that
our wolf hunt on the whole might be
considered successful.
We issued from the glen and took to
the open road. We had our attention
attracted by low growing and moan
ing in the underbrush to our right
Stopping to investigate the cause of this,
we discovered white wolf rolling over
and over on the ground, tearing at its
shoulder, in which was gaping, irregu-
lar wound, torn by glancing shot. We
decided that this must be the wolf that
Mr.. T had fred at as it broke away
from the elks, and that his shot must
have taken effect after all. 1T any rate
Mr.. t claimed the wolf as his, and,
drawing his long hunting-knife, walked
up to it, and, STOPPING down, was about
to finish the animal by cutting its
throat. But the creature, though weak
ened and exhausted by the loss of blood,
appeared maddened by the pain, and as
Mr.. t bent over 1t sprung at his
face. Mr.. T threw up his arm, and
the teeth of the wolf nearly met in it,
jerking him, from the suddenness of the
attack, from his STOPPING posture, so
that he fell forward on the
body of the wolf. The two rolled over
and over on the ground, Mr.. T try
ing to disengage his arm and get at his
knife which had fallen from his grasp as
ho fell, and the animal, in an agong of
pain, grasping the arm desperately and
holding it in his vise-like jaws. The
rest Of the party were afraid to fire for
fear of hitting the gentleman, but Ma.
jor C-and your correspondent, watch.
ing every favorable opportunity, plunged
their knives into the animals every
presenting part, until at last nearly
hewed to pieces, the wolf, with one
final plunge, fell over dead. Mr.. T
was by this time insensible from pain,
and his arm hung limp in the VOLTS
jaws, that were fairly locked in the flesh
and had to be broken apart before they
could be disengaged Fortunately only
the fleshy part of the arm had been
caught, the bone escaping; and, though
the wound was severe and painful one,
there was no danger from it. The skin
of the VOLTA magnificent one-now
adorns his hall, and, no doubt, never
fails to remind him of his singular and
most dangerous adventure.