Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-04
The sHe MOLE MAGGIE.

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ments which appeared recent1v q ~. n.
| Tribunes "Personar' columns J.st -
learn how the she wolf market stoo.i
now, whether It was buoyant g a.
| pressed, or merely dun. whether snv
one was "bulling~ Il or "bearing- Il !.
reporter was detailed "a look N ~
thing. He started out to find the cafe
/ Rudolph.
The Cafe Rudolph 4 1 myth. There q
20 such place II Chicago. and the Choata
house 10 not at the number indicated
There IL Choate house. though an
evidently thriving bostclry. few door.
north Of the number given. and there
the inquirer went He found IL the
hotel Office lady who seemed to 81 il !
degree Of authority, and who said she
was merely keeping guard while the day
clerk dined. She said also that thars
was no cafe attached to the hotel. and
that she knew Of no Cafe Rudolph IL the
neighborhood. Perhaps the clerk co,,Id
tell In time the clerk came down. he.
too. was puzzled. Finally light dawned
upon him. ut must DO the Cant. Rn-
dolph who IL here, said he; stbat's what
It means" Capt. Rudolph was out.
The lady at the desk said no she wolves
had teen or would be kept at the hotel.
The clerk suggested leaving q note for
the captain, which suggestion was acted
upon, and 20 the first effort to get figures
on the wolf market ended.
Eventually Cant, Rudolph was found
He proved to be a clean cut. bronze faced
man, half cowboy, half Chicaeoan in an
pearance, who lives at Evanston. and
eats at the Choate house when in town.
On his muscular neck was a bright red
scar. He was asked how wolves were
going now, and how she wolves were
quoted in particular. He laughed: "You
want to learn about Maggie!" he said
and then he became sober of counte
nance. II don't like to part with her.
he added.
/ The story Of Maggie was, of course
6SkeQ UIOluUtlY, anu Tile OuLcOme oil &.
the talk which followed was something
curious about wolves in general, and one
wolf especially. Capt. Rudolph is in
terested in a ranch on the Beaver riv
in Boone county, Nebraska. He 4
lived and worked on the ranch, an
going back there because his inter
demand it and because the Nwo n
folks" out there think he should be Z
ing after his own. That is why he W: iii
20 sell Maggie. the she wolf. He ca O,
carry her about the country with l.
He has tried that once, and has for il
is not only expensive but, occasionally
most embarrassing.
who and what is Maggie? Tell he
story" was the request made.
swell, Maggie is river wolf, but sh,
Is not like other wolves. have tried t,
tame them often, but couldn't. Maggi
is different. She became tame at once
She knows things. She is like gentl
dog"
How did you get herr"
"She was one of six cubs. There is
little story to it. The wolves got bad il
Beaver county and we turned out t.
hunt them. found lot of cubs in
cave. was coming out with them whel
the old mother met me. You SHOULD
have seen her. She got at my throat be
fore could stop her. She got her teet
in, too. See this scarf"
, The scar already alluded to was distinc
enough, red and Jagged and slightly pre-
, tuberant from the healing.
, WELL" continued the captain, 81 mar
aged to finish her with a revolver, and
took the cubs to a ranch and tried t
, raise them. They did not thrive. Onl
, one of them-that's Maggie-lived. Blu
/ she was worth all the trouble. She doe
/ not act like wolf She played with tn
! children and never got ugly. She eve
played with a tame badger we had. 70
can pat her head and treat her as 70
i would a setter dog. When [ came
Chicago brought her with me. 1t mad
me laugh to see people on the railroa
trains SO afraid OF her. She wouldn
hurt kitten. I've grown fond OF hel
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