The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

But now she looked up and saw them and lot
out a howl that shook the hill and that stayed
ny! 'Hs S Ss sIm minds ssi tpJ Js %an anS I h I"nS s, as hi. red
arrow IA he rolled and fired point blank NJ The
big blue monster.
but bless YOU. the arrow never went near N"
wolf AT all but oyershot the mark and went
over the rocks and NJ the same moment from
a." den cam" Blne~ki IN. Jr. ~ lare" n. n ~.
Bernard and n i%eroclons a. n h%londholnd ,,
And poor jed couldn't stop rolling but slld
mud rolled right into the arms Of the whelp,
who fetched him such n blow on the bead that
lad open his scalp and closed his mouth
for h" fninted with pain md fright.
dnrnsay thHt Mrs. Blla-kin told her son
that they'd have OIL extra mic" dinner In n few
minutes, hu' for III" present they must leave
Jed alone and try To get u breakfast and lunch
ont Of tho other kind little bows who had IN
vlt"d Themselves to visit them and stay for
m"hl-. certainly jed was not touched after
SKIN mad" ready for carroll. who with trembling
fng"r- was ilt'ing the blu" shaft into his bow
"" had managed 20 stop rolling a rod or 50
above" her den u" looked around but he
was alone, Iittle ned had disappeared Chr
roll "a~ too badly scared to take accurate
am. and whereas, h" meant to ht Mamma
Bln"skln, h" kr"led over the wh"lp, who fell
on ~ side with a fierce yelp.
When Hu"skin saw her hnbv 60 down 81"
ripped out n hldeous howl that sent CAROLS
blood down below freezing. Sh" bounded at
nm with her Jaws vide open and her red tongue
lolllnr and her scarlet eyes blazing like fire.
brands. \ few wards more and it would have
been all NJ with the poor boy. beCans" the
blue wolf was not thinking Of food now only
Of III" loss Of her whelp. But Just as she leaped
uinn INN a r"d-tlpped arrow followed IN her
wake and caught her IN the small Of the b0ck,
and She reared up on her launches, hovling
horribly. Carroll rolled ont 81 reach ~ her
terrible paws and saw Ned above the wolf den
nttins his own white. arrow into N" bow for
The ending Of the wolf
lie, had managed IA steer past the mouth of
ne, den and climbing the rocks behind II he
had found Jeds red arrow. This had come in
handy 10 save CAROLS life and now the white
one, carefully aimed and sent with a good will.
entered tho wicked brain 81 the big blue wolf
and the farmers Of Ocean county were free 10
keep all the sheep they cared 10.
Jed had meantime recovered consciousness
ara rose TO his feet saying, Wait ill | get an
other chance. but just then no saw old Mamma
Bln" and her offspring lying on the ground
.fou'vc saved my life. said Carroll to Ned.
bnt Ned laughed in a shy way and said I
wish "" could coast home with those wolves. "
Of rising as i had lone on their wav there
Quick witted Ned made the boys pull the baby
VOLS carcass on to the other and then al
the ground rose AT least a thousand feet and
tlted the hill the other way. OF course, with
SUCH n slippery crust ~ frozen snow the bodies
81 NE wolves were az good as ;leds and a Little
SHOVE started them on and they went dowr
Ike q meteor and in some mex plainable way
they never stopped until they reached the
town hall at latham.
II being Saturday the town was full ~ farm.
ere who had cone in 10 do their shopping. anC
when tho three boys came coastinc down MAR
street on their new tangled blue double ripper
why the whole town went wild and nothinS
was too good for Ned and his friends.
And want to tell Won that Ned divided the
reward equally with Jed and Carroll, so thai
f s1,Is :. e2 ny h ,ld ,1s, c 81 l-S b. And A.. t the woly" IS
the town hall. as any one may see whe drives
through latham.