River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
SAVED By THE CATTLE.
Two Boys Narrow Escape from a
Pack of Hungry Wolves.

Two Boys Narrow Escape from a
Pack of Hungry Wolves.
SLOW do Won account for the fact, If
{ is a fact said ], slipping cartridge
into the right barrel Of INV fowling piece.
''that the caribou are getting yearly
more numerous in the interior OF New
Brunswick. while other game seems To
be disappearing. As for the wild
pigeons. you may say they are all gone.
Here / have been on the 90 since before
sunrise, and that bird there is the only
sign OF pigeon ! have so much as got
GLIMPSE Of
''Well." replied my companion, an
old farmer of the neigh borhOOd. las
for the pigeons I can't say how it is.
In old times I've seen them 50 plenty
round here you could knock them down
with stick; that Is, if you We're any
WAYS handy with a stick But they do
say that caribou are increasing because
the wolves have disappeared You see
the wolves used u be- the worst enemy
of the caribou, because they would run
them down nice aud handy in the win
ter when the snow was deep and the
crust So thin that the caribou were
bound 10 break through it at every
step. However. ! don't believe there
has been a wolf seen in this part of the
country for fifty years, and it is only
within the last ten years or 80 that the
caribou have got more plenty"
We were sitting. the old farmer and
myself. on ragged snalSe-fence that
bounded a bucllwheat field overlooking
the river ~. John. some twenty miles
above Fredericton. The field was a
new clearing and the ripened buck
wheat reared it, brown heads among a
host of biac l1ened and distorted
stumpS- II WAS a crisp and delicious
autumn morning. and the solitary
pigeon that rewarded my long tramp
over the Upldnds was one that I had
surprised at its breakfast in the buck
wheat. Now. finding that my new ac-
quaintancc was likely TO prove inter
esting and further search for pigeons
uuprOftable ! dropped my gun gently
into the fence corner. loosened my belt
a couple of holes and asked the farmer
If he hal himself ever seen any wolves
in New Brunswick.
Not Ia say many" was the old
mans reply: but they say that trou-
blcs never come, single. and 81. what
wolves hUrs seen. / saw them all IN a
heap, So 10 spraS-
As he spoke the old man fixed his
eyes ON a hilltop across IN. river. with
far I'll look that seemei TO promise a
story. settle. into an attitude Of en-
couragiuE attention. and waited for
him ~ 20 ou. His hand stole deep into
the pocket If his gray hnr1espun trou-
sers. ami brought % view a tig Of black
Jack. from which H. gnawed a
thoughtful bite InStinctjvelv he
passed the tobIccu To me. and on nv
drclnir { IL. which did with grave po-
likeness. ne began the following story:
When I yva> a little shaver. about
thirteen years old. ! WAS living nu a
farla acrO.~ Che RIVER. some ten miles
up. d v.l> new farm winch father
was ~-.ttin out of tn, woods but II
had gp,J big bit IT 'intcrvalc. 80 we
wer.. able - keen q lot Of .tuclS
One afternoon, late in the fall. Ia
Their sent me down 70 tac Iutcrvale.
which was d good two miles from the
house "a bring the cattle home 'The&
yver,- pl~turjus ou the aftermath. but
the weather Was getting bai. ana the
grass was about doIe, and father
thought the critters, ~ we called
them would be better in the barn. My
little tcn-yrar-ali brother went with
me. Is help me drive them. That was
the time found at there were wolves
in New Bru1swic.S-
THE feet being scarce. the cattle
were scattered ia lIy. aud il was sup
per time b.fo-e we got them together,
at this. lower enI nf ths interval. NAV
BE- three m les and half from home
We didn't nfuI the lateuesS of the
hour. however. though We were get
ting pretty hungry. for we knew the
moon would bc NJ right after
suudawn The cattle after a bit
appeared 10 catch on u the fact
that they were going home Ia
snug quarters and gooi feed,
and then they drove easy ana
hung tor.the- When We hI gone
utaut hal way mp Jhs intcrvaie. keep
Ing along hy the river. the moon got
up and looked al n over the hills. very
sharp "a al ,h.u- a. rh- >lv> Tc,ldje -
me, in half whisper. don't she make
tine shadow, hIac', Tie hadn't got the
WORKS mo-e tEan ont of his mouth
when lie beard long. gu,er bowling
sounl from away over the other = l.
OF the iutcrvlle. ana the Little fellow
grabbed me 10y the arm with his eyes
fairly popping nIt of his heai- eau
see hi> StIrti, face nov. bni he
was a pluc.yy iai. for his size. "a ever
walked
Whats that be whispered.
= sounds mighty liLc the wInc. said
!. though * new II wasn'tta wind. FOR
there wasn't breath about Ia stir a
feather
-'.Thr >ounI came from wooded val
lev winding lov i between the hills II
trss something ike the wind. high and
thin bur 10y AMI by getting loud and
fierce and awful. a. If a lot more
voices were joining in. and I inst tell
You my heart stopped beating for q
mTr1te. The cattl. heard il. you'd
better believe, and punched together.
KIND 81 >Eiv ring. Then two or three
Young heifers started 10 bolt. but the
old ones knew better. and hooked
them back into the crowd Then il
flashed over - an at once You see
] was quite reader. having plenty 81
time IN tine long winter Says ! L
Teddy with a kind of sob in my
throat- 4 guess i must Dc wolves =
Thought 81 said Teddy. getting brav,
after his first start And then. not ;
quarter IF m l. away. we saw littl,
PAGES VI gray brute> dart out Of tbs
wo.st> INTO the moonlight ! grabbee
Tel y IN the hand and edged in among
the cattle.
Let : get NJ a tree" said Teddy.
ol course yve Will said I. with !
new hope rising in my heart ",
SOased about for suitable tree il