New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-03
UHEN UOLTES KEEP SILENT.

TuTs OF TALK rEFORE MENNGENE CAGE
An old man stood I'm front Of the cage OF wolves
for a long time and then said to tile keeper VINO was
trying TO sell him a catalogue, That wolf In the
corner has familiar air about him. lie REMINDS me
strongly Of tho only wolf ! ever had close a'-
ounintnncc With was n boy about sixteen years
old and Iowa was pretty Wild then. lived
on ms fathers farm there. and we had
big hog which ran away from home every chance he
got lie was the mcanest stubborneSt. most contrary
crittcr YOU ever see. and hated him like poison
Many's the weary mile had tramped after him, ana
many the sore back and tired arms had got through
driving and cDexug the brute home. one day no
wa, particularly ageravatine. and after had tried to
COAX him with feed. etc. he bolted of into WOOD
where | could not see 10 follow him.
Il wa, about to give up the chase in disgust.
when | hear, him squeallng terribly. II some one
was cutting his throat. Guided by the sound soon
found him fast In the teeth OF what nj first took
10 be "A big dog had stout stick In my hand
and brought II down with all my force on the dogs
backbone. lie let go Of the pig without making
yclp of any n the blow. and looked at Then
( SAW tina, II was a wolf terribly scared. but
stood my ground We each looked at the other
few minutes in silence. and the hog skunk around be-
nind my heels, for all the world like q dog
AS the wolf did not attack me backed away from
him. so did the hog. The wolf step nearer.
continued TO retreat; did the hog. and the wolf
walked with an air which seemed 10 say: II
You don't attack me won't attack YOU; but just
would Hike Ia meet that hog ont alone As soon as
got over my fright at meeting the wolf. could not
help laughing at that hog. Usually stubborn. not
To say pig headed he walked along the other
side OF me from the wolf. like spaniel For joke
tried to drive him OF and he squcaled with terror
| kicked him, but he would not leave me. Then was
mean enough To fall him with my stick and take
some satisfaction out Of his thick hide for the many
bad turns owed him: but he seemed 10 like II.
Nothing could make him bulge from my side, and even
after the wolf left he continued TO hold his place
until the door Of the sty opened before him.
What You said about the VOLS silence under your
blow" remarked the keeper ais characteristic Of the
species. They howl loudly enough at times. but
when fighting they dumb. one OF Barnum ~
Ialcy's wolves raised litter of her pups In winter
quarters at Bridgeport last year. and was interesting
to watch her train them. She began young. and
would grip their tails and their slightly at first
II they cried out, she would bite them hard II they
silent, she would lick and fondle and feed them.
Finally she got them where they would stand lots OF
punishment without a whlmper."
What nre you giving us ?" asked the old man.
I'm willing to believe It, slid "A reporter who had
been listening. You know what Macaulay says In
his Prophecy of Capys' about the wolf:
When all the pack. loud baying
Her bloody lair surroundS
She doo IN silence biting hard
Amidst tho dyiag hounds
81 alnt mach poetry replied the keeper. " but
the man who wrote that knew something about wolves