Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-09-17

had hed Ms tcnvne. fuw de wolf
turned and axed his eye upon him
With a glare OF recognition. - to speak.
that frOze my blood Teddy shivere1
and hid hfs eyes on my sleeve. but the
wolf kept glaring az him and drew
nearer and nearer TIL / thoueht he
was going 70 spring right over the
c~attle's heads and seize Us Bot in =
rninafe / heard the old bull mumbling
again in his throat and the wolf
sprang back Just in time To keep from
being gored How I felt like hugying
that bull.
II ekeered Teddy Hp and told him not
10 laugh or make a noise again. As the
little fellow lifted his eyes he looked
over my shoulder. and. instantly for
getting what I had bcen saving.
shouted Here comes father and Bill
! looked in the same direction and
saw them. sure enough. riding furious
IL toward ~ But the wolves didn't
notice us and resumed their proving.
.On the other side of the circle from
our champion. the black and white bull.
there stood a v young COW. and
Just at this time the wolf who had got
his eve on Teddy seemed to detect this
weak spot in the defense. Suddenly he
dashed like lightaing on the timid COW.
who shrank aside wildly. and opened a
passage by which the wolf dars~d into
the very center OF the circle. The brute
made straight for Teddy. whom I
sussehed from his perch and dragged
over against the flank of the old bull.
Instantly the herd was in confusion
This young COW had bounded into the
open and was rushing wildly up the
intervale. and two Of the wolves wers.
NJ her tanks in a moment The wolf
who had marked Teddy for his prey
leaped lightly over a calf or two. aud
was almost upon u. when a red mool-
ley cow the mother of one Of these
calves. buited him 50 f~ercely a. to
throw him several feet to one side. BE-
fore he could reach us n second time
the old bull had spotted him. Wheeling
u ais tracks aSnirble A. squirrel he
knocked ne and Teddy over ike n
couple OF ~ninepinS and was on to the
Welt like n issh How he did humble
and grumhle way down in ais stomach.
but he sxed the wolf He pinned the
brute down and smashed him with his
forehead, and then amused himself
tossing the body in the air. and Just az
this moment father and BIZ r-le M.
and snAtched Us two youngsters On to
their saddles
Are you hurt? questioned father,
breathiessly. But he saw ia a mo-
ment we were not. for We were flushed
with pride At the triumph Of our old
bull.
And be they ms more wolves
so'sI kin git a shot al 'emg queried
Bill.
"old Spot has fixed two OF en-
said l..
And there's the other three eating
poor Whitley over there. exclaimed Ted
dy, pointing at n snarling knot Of erea-
lures two or three hundred yards across
the intervale.
SURE enough they had dragged
down poor Whitley and were making a
fine meal of her careasS But Bill
rode over and spoiled their fun. lie
shot two Of them. while the other left
Ike a gray streak And that's the last
r., seen of wolves in this part OF the
country.
That was a close shave. said /.
and the cattle showed great grit I've
heard before Of them adopting tactics
like that
Well said the old farmer. getting
down from the fence rail and picking
up his tin can. 4 mus; - moving
Good day 70 you Before he had taken
half a dozen steps he turned round and
remarked i suppose. now, il those
had been Norway wolves. or R0ossian
wolves the critters wOald have had
no show.
VERY little. ! imagine" was nv an
swer-Charles 6. d. Roberts, in y. \.
independent