The morning call., 1893-11-25
| Mr.. JONES OF OJIBWAY.
How He Utilized Wolves That Had
Him Up a Gum Tree.
Saxby's Magazine.

Ca4Oy'5 Magazine.
81 remember little brush had with wolves
In Northern Wisconsin before the war;" said
man OF the name Of Jones. "The wolves there
were OF the large timber variety. and it being
hard winter they were constantly hungry.
Ihey were fierce and dangerous. and would
attack man even when there were no more
than two or three OF them together.
"One day In January was going from Ojib-
way City to Pomme de Terre River on foot ac.
companied only by my dog Bones was not a
dog that would ever 20 about the country ask
Ing iolks In mis- poor. dumb way where he
could nnd large pack OF wolves. When about
nfteen miles from POmme de Terre / noticed
that Bones was becoming uneasy Five min
ufes later observed that he was wearing the
halr on his back Pompadour. / suspected
wolves. and | was right. They soon came up
not nffy yards behind. There was at least 100
or them-laIge, gaunt, hungry, savage wolves.
Ihelr nerce howls reverberated through the
startled forest like the diabOllcal shrleks of
1fenZied demons In torment. saw hat hand
to-hand contest with them was out of the cues
tlon. Flight was my only hope. Picking up
Bones by the nape OF the neck, l tucked him
under my arm and started.
"For forty minutes, gentlemen, ran like
cat in dog show. l suppose l covered ten
miles. Notwithstanding that the snow was deep
In some places, and in others the underbruSh
lnterfered. The wolves kept close behind.
When L turned my head l could feel their hot
venomous breath on my cheek. They leaped
up aud nipped at the tail OF poor Bones, which
was waving and tossing behind on the terrific
OF Knight OF Old going into battle. Their
howl. weird ana hideous the sinking wall OF
zen thousand lost souls, shook the pine needles
from the trees and tore the nerves of the uufor-
tunate Bones in a way which was painful to see.
"At the end of ten miles / began to tire. A
large spruce tree stood in my path and
climbed ii. Perchlng myself on lower limb
some nifty feet from the ground, and tying
Bones in place On another with bit Of string,
L looked down ON the angry, surgng sea OF
wolves below l felt safe and lit my pine and
gave my dog ham bone which 1 had In my
pocket. But soon, to my surprise, the wolves
began most extraordinary tactics-nothing less,
gentlemen, than gnawing down the tree. One
hundred sets OF rayenouS fangs tore and bit The
trunk. l saw that the tree could not stand half
AN hour. Knocked the ashes out OF my pipe
and began TO look at the situation seriously. I
noticed on the branches about me chunks of raw
spruce gum about the size of nv fist. Taking
my knit L price one on and dropped 1t to a
wolf below. He snapped his jaws upon it with
fainished greed. He never opened them again,
the resnous mass holding them flrm as a wise.
"At the end OF twenty minutes l had the
Jaws of every wolf welded together past all
hope of opening. l then descended with Bones,
who now barked savagey and attacked the
l drove the baffied, helpless creatures to
Pomme de Terre like flock Of sheep There
was at that time $40 bounty on wolves. We
rounded them up in the courthouse yard and
drew $1,000 from the County Treasurer, after
which l repaired TO the LIE Grand MOnaruue
Hotel and ordered supper, not forgetting TO
bespeak the largest soup bone in town for my
dog. 1 returned to OJbway City the next day,
but saw 10 wolves"