Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-10

had held his tongue. for the wolf
turned AMI fixed his eye upon h N
with 4 glare of recognition so to speak.
that froze my blood Teddy shivered
and hid his eyes on my sleeve, but the
wolf kept glazing a. him and drew
nearer and nearer till l thought he
was going to spring right over the
cattle's heads and seize US But in a
minute l heard the old bull muInhling
again in his throat and the wolf
sprang back just in time to keep from
being gored. How felt like hugging
that bull,
II cheered Teddy up and told him not
to laugh or make a noise again As the
little fellow lifted his eyes he looked
over my shoulder, and. instantly for
getting what l had been saving
shouted: Here comes father and Bill'
l looked ii the same direction and
saw them sure enough. riding furious
" toward us But the wolves didn't
notice Us ana resumed their providing.
.-On the other side Of the circle from
our champion, the black and white bull,
there stood a nervous young cow. and
Just at this time the wolf who had got
weak spot in the defense. Suddenly he
dashed like lightning on the timid cow,
who shrank aside wildly, and opened a
passage By which tke wolf darted into
the very center OF the circle. The brute
made straight for Teddy. whom l
snatcked from his persh and dragged
over against the flank OF the old bull
Instantly the herd was in confusion.
The young COW had bounded into the
open and was rushing wildly up the
iptervale. and two of the wolves were
=, her TANKS in moment The wolf
who had marked Teddy for his prey
leaped lightly over a calf or two. and
was almost upon US, when a red mool-
lev COW. the mother OF one of these
calves. butted him so fercely as to
throw him several feet TO one side. Be-
fore he could reach Us q second time
the old bull had spotted him. Wheeling
in his tracks, Us MIN BILE as a squirrel. he
knocked me and Teddy over like
couple of ninepiRs- and was on to the
wolf ike q fash How ne did humble
and grum BILE way down IN his stomach;
but ne fixed 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 at
this moment father and Bill rode up.
and snatched Us two youngsters on 10
their saddles
e Are you hurt?' questioned father,
breathlessly. But he saw in mo-
nent we We're not for we were flushed
with pride at the triumph of our old
bull.
And be they any more wolves.
SOS kin git shot al emp queried
Bill
"'OId Spot has fixed two OF en-
said I
And there's the other three eating
poor Whitley over there, exclaimed Ted
dy. pointing at snariug knot Of crea-
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 carcass But Bill
rode over and spoiled their fun He
shot two OF them. while the other left
like gray streak. And that's the last
Ire seen Of wolves in this part of the
country"
That was close shave" said I,
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. i must be moving.
Good day to you" Before he had taken
half dozen steps he turned round and
4 suppose. now, if those
had been Norway wolves. or Roossian
wolves, the critters would have had
no show
Very little, imagine" was my an
swer-Charles O. D. Roberts. in \. I.