The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

marknblenoss Of that steer i had put nearly all
nv Qrip on that VOLTS throat. Its eyes were
ivins on III cheeks, alonRside its nose, and its
tongue was hanging way below .its chest! 1t
was a plltiiul sight ns,,s aha t. 4 % Snd F fosseS TG Il o tne
And that experience woke up the steer to the
S%innemahone besides dragging out new ground
and chewing cornstalks. He absolutely re-
insisted on standing guard in the barnyard.
Reuben Pcttibonc permitted him to have his way.
II hadn't got out a rs,nnpk nn,Hng Sho o %SIV oshyS es
came TO take him away. One morning Reuben
fond seven dead ones strown about the yard and
dead wolves lay about, ripped and torn ana
trampled by the steer. Then wolves quit com
fought shy of Reuben Pestibone's clearing.
This worried tho steer. Ho chafed and fumcd,
and at last jumped the fence and made fol, the
he would 20 10 them. And he did. He never
came home again, but Reuben Pettibone would
ways on the trail Of wolves, until there wasn't
q wolf to BIO found anywhere In the Sinnema-
homo country, and it was known by every hun.
was but one single, lone wolf left in tho whole
ro, land xtahss that ,S SnS'' d RSaoo IN t tba %IiSs us aF tho 10
ShacklerocE Mountains, It was a big black
,yarmint and hd 4 de ssSrd the Snv Hunters ; 81 tSs st tsS
for a long time and 1 was feeling a little hard,
because I thought as long as he had got over
MS picnic WIFI. lnb WOiNOp ho lhikub COulc. uuCk
and go to work again., Ono day l thought Id
go down to the Shacklerock country and enrn
The distinction Msn;t inc of w rSPP SnS s sSSn a, tltS l9 ,se T SSn.
ters:a long chaseiand had fooled 'etn all as usual.
l didn't say u word. but sneoked out the next
day and II wasn't long before j had the wolf
going. ] was following his trail AS best i could
when suddenly, a big, bony ANNA, stepped out
S Sfrs the Srp tho a Mepi had ~, me Son Snd fot ai e r rn sse
nize the animal nt first. but the second look
showed me what II was; 1t was the brindls
worn, but with SGT purpose and determination
sticking out al over him s,, ,.,,, ..r,.
brindle steer has taken up the treil!".
~ followed tho steer. feeling that l was now
only a passive agent in the VOLTS uhdoing. l
inR. and its glare at mo was n m,ngling Of scorn.
defiance and contempt. It, was tho VOLTS
a %oIss. tbas t Is P train S Would ii It l eSd me nse bun maze to com m
fusion, failure and disappointment. 1t was
hours aftcrward when ! saw the wolf again.
finshingly., 1 had struggled on behind. Tho
wolf at last stopped on o rise of rocks, only u
started in to DO that same look 1t had given mo
in the morning. But that look died on its face
ind one Of abjeS IT., hope enis he1 and and DESPAIR en,ne
then that the brindIe steer was on its trackl
1--WE followed on. The wolf led the way,
what little heart it had. ,Acros. streams,
through, swamps,. oyer hills the wolf led hope;
lessly, the steer followed !" "a, d9EE Z o,I ! Struggled
NNeAA AhJ &AA hN-N
OF the Sinnemahonc. This made me glad, for
/ thought II must be the steer intended to slay
the last wolf among the scenes OF his earlier
vengeance and then settle down and take mp
farming again. We came in sight of tho wolf
standing on the hanksof the Sinnemahonc. Hc
had evidentlyresolved 10 goho further. and TODD
or die right there. The steer kept right on. The
wolf rushed to. meet him.. heard. u roar. u
snarl, q slash. The wolf rose in the air, fell
with a splash into the surging waters OF tho
S~innemahone, sank. and was. seen no more.
The last wolf was gone. But the steer did not
tarry. Ho gazed around him for n while, as IL
bidding farewell to the Sinnemahonc. He
turned his head to the westward. He went on
with determined tread and disappeared in the
forest. / heard Of him a year or so afterward.
He was clearing tho wolves ont OF Ohio then,
and marching steadily to The West
"Those are the unvarni5hed facts about the
disappearance OF the last wolf in Pennsylva-
MIA said the man from Sinnemahoning way.
One snug bit of property my remarkable father
willcd me when he died was a claim against
the State for So, lss, unpaid hounticS for the
wolves his brindle steer cXtcrminatcd, but l
never pressed the claim. The memory of that
steer was reward enough for me-"