Middletown transcript., 1896-08-15
HOW WOLVES PLAN.
In Some Respects They Are Even More
sasscious Than the FOXES.

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HOW WOLVES PLAN.
In Some Rsspects They Ars Even More
saSncious Than the Foxes.
i No matter how hungry they may
be. wolves are 30 very fearful of be-
ing trapped that If a hunter has to
leave deer or any other game "
ing on the ground and places in q
circle around it a single strand Of
rope. wire or twine, 1t will Be per-
fectly safe, though SO wolves may
prowl about it all night.
When / couldn't find tree to
hang my deer on, have successful-
" tried this plan several times. Yet
the very same wolves, coming upon
him after dark, might attack q we'll
armed man and kill him, even after
he had shot half q dozen of them.
In the one case they braved known
danger; in the other the mystery Of
the thing scared them. But a single
wolf will never attack q grown per-
son. Unless the beast has one or
two comrades he is too cautious to
do it. When ] was a boy, there were
q great many wolves in our neigh.
borhood. Ibave known them to 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
off 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 18
sheep before Carlo came back from
his long chase. We knew all about
it by tracing the tracks next morn
ing. I could tell about a score of like
clever lodges that I have personally
known OF. For two years we had a
pet deer, lovely doe, that I caught
when it was q little spotted fawn
only / day old. We called 1t Fan,
after one of my sisters, and it was
so tame that it would follow any
one that 1t knew we'll anywhere.
One afternoon in March the pretty |
thing went with me to the sugar
bush, half q mile from the house, |
where one of our men, John Park,
was boiling down sap to make ma. |
pie sirup. Carlo didn't see Us start,
so staid at home. A little while
before dark a 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 had
no gun there.
Why, that old rascal is SO lame ]
guess we can overhaul him, " said.
John. He caught up his ak, and both
of as started after the wolf, while
Fan, not liking the looks Of the
stranger. trotted homeward. The
wolf staggered and stumbled along
as If he would drop directly. At one
time we got within 20 feet of him,
but somehow we couldn't quite
catch up. We were going at right
angles to the road the deer was on.
When we got about 800 yards from
the camp, all of q sudden the wolf
Strengthened up, turned in the di-
rection of the house and was out of
sight in moment. He'd been sham.
ming all the time.
"Sure's you live, he'll get Fam"
shouted John Park, and we ran as
fast as we could. But we were too
late to save our pet. The wolf had
swept around and crouched on the
path, not 200 yards from the house,
for her. When we had come
near enough to see him again, he
had got the innocent thing down
md was sayagely tearing at her.
However, his triumph was short
Carlo had scented him and came
pounding up the lane, and before .
he busy wolf saw him his strong
eeth were fastened in the beasts
heck. Though the wolf plunged he ,
,ould not at once shake off that grip.
3e dragged the brave dog several
,ards. and perhaps would have got Z
ree had not John rushed up and !
With his sharp ak made a third in
he tussle. Little Men and Women. )
Dom Paul Krhger.
President Kruger. who came from :
APE Colony as a boy of 10 in the
reat trek of 1885, has, since he
cached manhood, been conspicuous
n the military adventures and civil