The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-22

ard slidiusT' said Jed, preparing to do -.
Hold on" said Ned. there's a shinsIe
On such a grade as this thatn do as vel
as a toboggaR You boys make a double
| ripper OF yourselves and III s!t on you
| and wen so kitlng.
so Jed and Carroll locked legs. Jed or
his stomach and Carroll sitting down and
the shingie under them. Then with Ned
| In place on this human toboggan they
went killing down that h!ll Nckety cuti
Bat before they reached the foot OF tbs
hill they saw pile Of rocks right acroS,
their path and there sitting in front OF u
| cave was the wolf, old Blueskn, eating a
sheep.
Ned saw her first and he said: "Quick.
| boys. unis.ck and roll OF from the shlngle.
| or you'll be in the VOLTS den In less'n a
minute. Get your bows ready and shoot
| steady
The boys minded instanter and the three
went rolling off to one side white the
| shingie sped on alone and hit the wolf
square In the nose.
That was unlucky because she hAa not
| seen them before. being too busy with her
dinner. But now she looked up and saw
them and let out howl that shook the
hill and that stayed In the boys minds
for many a long day.
III fix him" said Jed. and he fitted hts
red arrow as he rolled and nred point
blank at the big blue monster.
Bu; bless you. the arrow never went
near the wolf at all. but overshot the
mark and went over the rocks and al the
same moment out from the den came
Blueskin. IT. as large as a St Bernard
and as ferociOus as bloodhound.
And poor Jed couldn't stop rolling. but
slid and rolled right into the arms Of the
whelp, who fetched him such a blow on
the head that IL laid open his scalp and
closed his mouth-for he tainted with
pain and fright.
dare say that Mrs. Blueskn told her
son that they'd have an extra nice dinner
in few minutes but for the present th,v
must leave Jed alone ana Try to ge.
breakfast and lunch out Of the other kind
little boys who had Invited themselves 20
/ visit them and stay for meals Certainly
Jed was not touched after his head had
been damaged. but Mother Blueskin maze
ready for Carroll, who with trembling
I fingers was fitting the blue shaft into his
bow. He had managed 10 stop rolling 4
rod or so above her den. He looked around
but he was alone. Little Ned hal dis
appeared. Carroll was too badly scared
10 take accurate aim. and whereas he
meant TO hit Mamma Blueskin, he keelri
over she whelp who fell on its side with
a fierce yelp
When Blueskin saw her baby 90 dawn
she ripped out 4 hideous howl that sent
ldFFoiIs blood down below freezing She
bounded at him with her Jaws wide open
ana her red tongue lOlling and her scarlet
eyes blazing like fire brands A few
yards more and ii would have been all
up with the poor boy because the blue
"oII was not thinking Of food now. only
Vi Tue loss OF her Whelp But Just as she
Iedped upon hun red tipped arrow fol-
Io"td IN her wake and caught her in the
small or the back. which Is a blue woIrs
most vulnerable spot, and she reared Nh
on heF launches hOrIing horribly. Car
roll rolled out Of reach of her terrible
paws and saw Ned above the wolf den
httlng MS own white arrow into the bow
for the ending of the wolf
He had managed to steer past the
mouth OF the den and climbing the rocks
behind II he had found Jed's red arrow.
rms had come in handy to save Carrors
life and now the white one. carefully
aimed and sent with a good will. entered
the wicked brain of the big blue wolf and
the farmers Of Ocean County were free
to keep all the sheep they cared 10.
Jed had meantime recovered conscious
ness and rose to his feet. saying: Whit
tiL | get another chance" but tust then
ne saw old Mamma Blue and her on
spring lying on the ground and knew that
MS snare IN the fun was over.
We saved my life" said Carroll TO
Ned, but Ned laughed IN shy way and
sald. 1 wish We could coast home with
these wolves"
As he spoke the ground gave Indications
Of rising as it had done on their wav
there Quick-Witted Ned made the bows
pull the baby VOLTS carcOss on to he
Cther and then all three boys sat down
On them and In jiffy the ground rose az
least thousand feet and tilted the mill
Inc other WAY. Of course with such a
slippery crust Of frozen snow the bodies
OF the wolves were good as sleds and a
little shove started them Of and thcy
went down Ike a meteor and In some un-
eXplainable way they never stopped until
they reached the town hall al latham
II being Saturday, the town was full Of
farmers who had come in 10 do their
shopping and when the boys came coast
ing down Main street on their neW-fan-
eieG blue double rippeC why the wf~o,s
town went wild and nothing was tCO
good tOF Ned and his friends.
And ] want TO tell you that Ned divided
the reward equally with Jed and Carroll
so that each boy had 1888 80 l-3 And the
wolves blue skins are stretched on the
front wall Of the town hall. as any one
may see who drives through latham.
Copyright. 1900. BY Charles BagteIl LO0nisJ