The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-09-04
HOW WOLVES PLAN.


3AM8NA88A AaM1 - A@ANA~
No matter how hungry they may
be. wolves are so very fearful of bs-
ing trapped that II n hunter has 70
leave a deer or any other game ly-
ing on tho ground and places in q
circle around IL a single strand OF
rope. wire or twine. it will be per-
fectly safe, though so wolves may
prowl about it all night.
When oouldn't find a tree to
hang my deer on. i have successful
ly tried this plan several times. Yet
the very same wolves, coming upon
him after dark, might attack q well
armed man and kill him, even after
he had shot half q dozen of them.
In the one case they braved n known
danger; in the other the mystery of
the thing scared them. But n single
wolf will never attack a grown per-
SON. Unless the beast has one or
two comrades he Is too cautious to
do il. When Was n boy, there were
a great many wolves in our neigh
borhood. Ibave known them 70 plan
some strange things in order TO get
prey. One night a wolf came close
TO where Carlo was watching the
sheppard. AS soon as the dog went
of after him two other wolves. who
had helped TO play the trick, came
out of the woods, jumped over the
fence and killed no less than IS
aska.vz tsnFe-e. EF..-Ts.
his long chase. We knew all about
il by tracing the tracks next morn
ing. could tell about a score of like
clever lodges that have personally
known Of For two years we had q
pet deer, n lovely doe. that caught
when it was a little spotted fawn
only l day old. We called it Fan,
after one of my sisters, and IL was
so tame that it would follow any
one that it knew well anywhere
One afternoon in March the pretty
thing went with me to the sugar
bush, half a mile from the house,
where one of our men, John Park,
was boiling down sap TO make ma
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so staid at home A little while
before dark n wolf that seemed TO
be badly crippled limped up within
so yards of the camp. have no
doubt that he reconnoitered at some
distance and discovered that we bad
no gun there.
Why, that old rascal is so lame ]
guess we can overhaul him, " said
John. he caught mp his ax, and both
of us started after the wolf. while
Fan, not liking the looks Of the
stranger, trottcd homoward. The
wolf staggered and stumbled along
rs II be would drop directly. At one
time we got within 20 feet OF him,
but somehow we couldn't quite
catch up. We We're going at right
angles TO the road the deer was on.
When we got about 800 yards from
the camp. all of sudden the wolf
Strengthened up, turned in the di-
rectiOn of the house and was out Of
sight IN n moment He'd beun sham.
ming all the time
"Suro's you live. hen get Fan.
shouted John Park. and We ran as
fast as we could. But we were too
late 70 save our pet The wolf had
swept around and crouched ON the
path, not roo yards from the house.
waiting for her. When we had come
near enough TO see him again, ho
had got the innocent thing down
and was savagely tearing at her.
However. his triumph was short
Carlo bad scented him and came
bounding mp the lane, and before
the busy wolf saw him his strung
teeth were fastened in the beasts
cheek. Though the wolf plunged be
could not At once shake on that grin.
He dragged the brave dog several
yards. and perhaps would have got
free had not John rushed up and
with his sharp AK made a third IN
the tussle.-Little Men and Women.