The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-08

nearer The wolves were swapping their
jaws and snarliug and the dog was ki-yi-
ing as if somebody was pounding him,
says Uncle Joe in the New York Sun
The chase was round and round the
house, and the circuit was made so quickly
every time that it didn't seem to me as if
the procession hardly got by the window
before il was heading for II again. 1t
went by five times before | could recover
from my surprise. | got my breath at
last and then says to myself:
Il don't know much about wolf dogs,
but ii seems to me as If this one was act
ing pretty darn queer
We'll. whether he was or not | could
see, even by the glimpse got of the dog
anC the wolves as they flashed by the Win
dow that the chunk of moonlight between
the dog and the wolves grew smaller at
every circuit.
That dog may know his business - l
says, land | may be interfering where
I'm not wanted but it looks to me that
unless something is done pretty quick that
little So / invested in dog win be sunk in
wolves
so | ran to the corner where | kept my
gun, got it, and hurried to the door /
opened the door a few inches. My inten-
ton was TO stick the barrel of my gun
out Of the opening and give 4 broadside
to one of the wolves as they came tearing
L
planned all right
STRANGE CONDUCT or THE DOG,
But l hadn't counted on the tactics Of
my dog. When he came round that time
he saw that the door was open and he
made dive for it. He squeezed through,
COlHded with me, and tum bled me on my
back on the floor, and, with a yelp that
Icouldn't help but think was inspired by
terror, jumped on the bed in the
corner. The two wolves came right on
through the door, trampled all over me
and sprang on the bed after the
| dog. | jumped to my feet and put a bull
let through one of the wolves. He took
( mO.mOre interest in the evenings enter
tainment for he died right away. | had
kicked the door shut in getting up My
appearance on the scene with the gun
made a change i'll the calculation Of the
remaining wolf. He made a dash for the
| window and Sprang at ii. He knocked Il
good deal of glass out, but the sash held
and he fell back into the room. Before
he had time for another move | put ball
| through him, and he never knew what hit
him.
Having disposed Of the wolves. I
! turned my Intention to the dog. He was
| under the bed, and from the way he
Whined and shook and declined to come
out, although the wolves were dead |
1
scared to death as anything could be
Next morning | took the wolf dog over to
Deacon Mcclure, and said I'd like my
81 back
What for says he, looking surprised
Il told him what had happened
You said this dog would tustle wolves
so thatId feel like falling on his neck
with joy. says /. Instead of that l feel
like falling on his neck with an AK 1
says.
Hold on" What did tell you about
| that dog, | told you to just let that dog
| hunt wolves once and he'd tussle EN- till
! yol'd feel like falling on his neck with
! Joy. didn't II
That's what you said says l. That's
what You said and that's what I'm kick
ing about, want my - = says ].
'' i said just let that dog hunt wolves,
that's what / said" says the deacon
And you didn't do it, You let the wolves
hunt the dog, by jolly, and he wasn't
| broke for that I'll have to keep the
So Joseph. says he.
And | let him keep 'em. And I in
vested trifle more in the dog. 1t was 4
! few drains of powder and an ounce or two
Of lead ''