Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-01
row wolves Plan.
l. sonae Respects They Are Even More
sAxzej0c. Than ,he Foxes

. matter boT huugrE they Day
=. wolves a1e So Tsry tear:1l q BE-
trapIed ;.sat Il hunter RS 70
sz.s dee- Or ar otae- gaze =
- u tae ground AID places Il a
circls a-o11d = single strand o
rope, w:re II tm:oe, i Wi i>e pr
fecrly safe. though . yFolTes nay
p4oyl a5ozs = a. night
Wen ! couldn't ind a t-es u
barg ~ deer u, ! have successful
= -.s5 ,h:s PIN =eTera- tines Yet
ne ye- same .zolres, coming upon
h.aa a:-e- cs1E. nigh: attack vel
ar-aei .oao erd XII hin, even after
Il haG sto- talt dozen 81 1hem.
J. lie enc case they b-aTed a Known
G-zags-; Il iae other the myste-y Of
- raing sca-ed them. BIT single
Ioli vi! ueve- ATTACK q grown pr
so2. Uu!ess fhe beast has one OF
,wo comrades he l. 80 cautious TO
81 IL Wien / v-as bo--, there were
q great many woiTes IN o1r Nigh
bcraood. l have known them 70 plan
s9.ae strange things IL order 70 get
prey. One night wolf came close
= there Carlo vas watching the
sheppard As son as me cog went
q ztre- tin Two other wolves, who
LAD helred 70 play rbe trick. came
CIT 9: TIE woods. Jumped over the
feZce and k;lied 10 less than Is
--ccp before Carlo came tack from
rs .ong chase. We knew al about
= tracing inc tracks next morn
~. could tel about score OF Ike
clerer dodgeE trar have personally
Known q. For two years We had
u deer, a lovely doe. that l caught
1aea II vas l:ttle spotted fawn
enly | day old We called il Fan,
a:ter one o. ny sisters, and It vas
- ta-ne that il would follow any
ere that il Knew well anywhere.
O.e afternoon IL March the pretty
rh;ng went with me 70 the sugar
lush, ha.; mile from the house,
wnerc one of cur men. John Park,
was bo:l;Dg down sap 70 make ma
r.e strip. Carlo didn' see Us start,
. said al home. = little while
before DARK wolf that seemed 70
be lady crippled limped up within
= yards q the camp. have 10
doubt that he reconnoitered at some
distance and discovered that we had
10 gun there.
Why, that old rascal Is 50 lame I
guess We can overhaul him, +" said
John. He caught up his az, and both
II Us started after the wolf, while
Fan. not liking the looks Of the
stranger. trotted homeward. The
wolf staggered and stumbled along
Is Il he you'd drop directly. At one
time We got within % feet Of him,
bit somehow we couldn't quite
catch up. We were going st right
angles 70 the road the deer was On.
When we got about 800 yards from
the camp, ali Of sudden the wolf
Strengthened up turned in the d.
rection Of the house and vas out Of
sight in a moment. He'd been sham
ming all the time.
sure you live, he'll get Fan,
shouted John Park, and we ran as
fast Us we could. But we were too
late to save our pet. The wolf had
swept around and crouched on the
path, rot 200 yards from the house,
waiting for her. When We had come
near enough TO see him again, he
had got the innocent thing down
and vas savagcly tearing at her.
However, hiG triumph was short.
Carlo had scented him and came
bounding up the lane, and before
the busy wolf saw him his strong
teeth were fastened in the beasts
cheek. Though the wolf plunged he
could not at once shake off that grip
he dragged the brave dog several
yards, ana perhaps would have got
free had rot John rushed up and
with his sharp AK made third in
the tussle. Little Men and Women.