The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-03

the young coyotes were unoeslraoie companions, know not, but at any rate, one of the little wolves lay on the floor of the cage, kicking his last and a second lay, limp as a rag, in the teeth Of The sprite." who was chew ing it to q pulp as fast as his wicked little jaws would work. The third wolf seemed fully aliyeto the situation, and was whining piteousIy and hunting for a place to escape. I took him out in hurry, of course. Had arrived i've minutes later, this story would never have been written; there would have been three dead coyotes instead of two. As it is, We still have the third young wolf, and we have called his name RomulIs. .-..-. Yesterday took Romuius for walk, and Romulus, with all his appetite, would sooner go for a walk than eat his dinner. When he saw me approach ing, he began to skip about his cage, wagging his tail, smiling with all his might, and executing a rather ridicul- ous prancing dance, intended, no doubt, to express his delight. As soon as opened the door, he ran to my feet, rolled over on his back, and opened his mouth, acting almost exactly as many playful young dogs will do. I put down my hand to pat him, and he seized me in a most gentle grip, but, in spite Of his care, the sharp fangs cut through the skin in half dozen places. "The
 Sprite" has chewed me playfully a hun dred times without once breaking the skin, but it seems impossible for the wolf to do it. His fangs are extremely sharp, and much curved, and many of the other teeth, noticeably the middle pair in the upper jaw, are saw-edged. As soon as had caressed him, Romu- Jus jumped to his feet, and dashed away through the long grass, returning presently at my call, to throw himself smiling at my feet as before.
 As we set out. we had to pass "The Sprite's cage, and the little wolf ran up with friendliness written in every look and act. But The Sprite" did not even pretend to be be friendly, Instead of wagging his tail, as he would have done to almost any dog which came to call on him, he rushed to the point of the cage nearest to the wolf, and followed it's every movement with an intentness which had but one meaning. If he could have got out, there would have been dead wolf, though the latter was the bigger of the two. E.
 The next Incident occurred a few minutes later. when we met the bear cub, Jimmy" sanntering down the road with the air of young man with plenty of money in his pockets, and lots of time to spend 1t. Jimmy really didn't care two cents about the young wolf, but the wolf didn't know this, and the reception accorded the little bear was anything but fiattering to that husky young gentleman. "Jimmy' swung over toward Romulus as though he'd just as soon say "Howdy as not, but the little wolf struck pose which made me wish had my camera with me. He lowered his head opened his mouth. and, drawing back his lips, un- covered his long rows of white teeth. He arched his back, and the hair from the back Of his head to the root of his tail-was not only erected, but It pointed the wrong way, while his bushy tail was curved inwards between his hind legs, until it's tip touched the belly. Ac- companying this attitude was snarl which had about as much effect on Jimmy as the buzz of fly would have had. With good-natured in- difference the bear walked up sniffing, but before he could get quite near enough to touch noses the coyote snapped his jaws savagely and slunk quickly away turning d moment later to See if he were pursued.
 After that we went quietly along the road for some time, Romulus darting into the fields from time to time in pur- suit of butterflies or grasshoppers. Once he found a bone, which he car- ried very proudly, with his head held high in the air. Another time he found a piece Of white paper. which he also carried for some distance. Then we turned into the fields, where the young wolf dashed ahead, chasing in- sects or snapping at them as they pas sed him in the air. He was very sensi- tive to sounds, and at every strange noise he was all attention, eyes, nose