The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-02-23
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little animal of the vol Spaces that
in-a0aSs the so2-ai1as of the Rocky
Moant&9r2z- He IS about Is Inches
4 high and Ion. in proportion. and Is
the eu1o55aseas Of deps5cis.. HIS
color Is T-a1es--i bale. He I. neither
4 white nor black nor yellow. nor any
other asil 6eins5 color. b.. so-t Of
blending 81 al, tsrosrE-5ng a hue thu:
can 5@rr be Ges-Fatea Is COYOTE He
( Is Nd. beautiful ei;3=r IN appearance
OF Character Tas- L. nothing at
/ t-acsire about h5n- He is 30:
4 troubled about conscientious .cr8ple=.
Neither - ne b-age, and be WOE.
tghs Unless be Is conpsjled 20. He :.
a scrub Wolf II every sense 0: the
/ word.
HIS physical beauty Is sbou. on q
par with his moral aspect. He has q
little peak shaped head, in the front Of
which. ye-y close together, i= pair G.
The 5righsast. olzckes.. a;caedest little
eyes that ever shone II the moonlight.
He does 40: appear 20 be possessed OF
any great snoan: 0. brains, BIZ. there
Is more nnadal.e-a.ei cunning wrap
psd up III bis hide than can be found
u the sane amount Of space any
where else q creation The man who
imagiass TIA. coyote does no. IN
ders-and biz business just because he
has not high forehead will soon learn
that the principles o: phrsnology DO
not apply 10 this epitone of every
thing that is smart, rascally, tricky !!
and impuden:.
In regard to his ability 10 get OYER |
gEoand-:n other words, to change bis /
spo.s-.oo much cannot be said. II il |
good deal Ike the wind. You can
not tel whence be come.h nor whittier
he goesh. When be makes I'D hi.
mind TO place certain amount Of
space between himself and a given
locality, he does not stand On the order
OF going. He does not run in the
common acceptasion Of the term, but
he suddenly Transforms himself into
dinly defined streak OF gray light tina.
shimmers across the landscape for an
instant and then sinks into oblivion so
Tar az mortal view Is concerned.
He Is seldom seen in the DAYTIME. |,
/ he glare Of the sun does not seem to
be suited TO his make up. He prefers
. waltz around among the sagebrush
In the soft light of the moon. During
he day be is OF a retiring disposition
and recuperates bis exhausted vitality
rom the previous nights debauch ,
lnder the friendly shade OF projecting
'ock Or in the deep seclusion of
'iump OF quaking ash away from the
'nsy haunts OF men and remote from =.
my trail Or road.
The coyote is not choice as to his
llet-that Is. he can accommodate him
elf to circumstances. His favorite
lish is live jack rabbit, 6 nd a moon 2
light race between coyote and Jack q
abbit Is an interesting affair. It is
on the strictes. OF business +
principles, and no time is lost in ar q
angling preliminaries. There is no
ippodroming OR selling out in that
ace. 1t is square deal and fair
lay. If the jack rabbit comes out a
head, 1t Is a new lease of life for him. a
the coyote scores In that inning, it
leans Thanksgiving dinner for him.
tut fond as he is Of jack rabbit he will .
OF disdain luncheon of dead mule Q
hen be is playing in hard LUCK. He e;
eats prairie dog. but not
item, for prairie dog is not good eating
ven for coyote. Once in awhile az
ungry coyote will prolong his nightly ~
wells till comparatively late hour in +
re morning. In that case he NAV 81
cal up to the hole of prairie dog be-
re the latter is up and conceal him
III within easy springlng distance. As
I'd the first time the prairie dog W
nerges from his house to take a look :.
the rising sun the coyote will "
ounce upon him and carry him off to
quiet spot somewhere in the recesses
the foothills and make a breakfast 81
him. :"
Frontlersmen often wonder what an
'comes of coyotes, for nobody ever fac
" dead one. A mountain lion or
ay get one occasionally, bu. 1T is not '"'
common occurrence. Sometimes a
vote is accidently started from his
st by hunter, but il he can once ~
tree between himself and the NC
inter, no IA after If there ia not or, A>