Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-14
WHAT R0NuNs DID
Transgressions of the Tame
Prairie Wolf.
FALLING FROM GRACE
HAD SUCCESSFULLY RESISTED
TEMPTATION TILL THIS.
Made Quick End of the Finest Gobbler
in the Farm
Yard.


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tame prairie Woll' s'oou upon d plnnacie VI
virtue. Not that he was what you would
call exactly SANITY" for he had spells of
,;aI -, -.
i'ii'Niie. !'he ~ ms
tho hear and null tufts of hair ont Of the
deer. or run off into the woods with his
masters can or gloves. It has even been
recorded that he once tore the trousers Of
a certain gentleman from the civ but in
that case the circumstances justified severe
methods. But the property of NV farmer
ne;pbbors he had never ,nterferod NTH
rre.s,tot;o 80 - 80. -
temptations were MANY out ne resisted
tEem all. lie never CHASED the cattle or the
sheep, though I'm sure that to have done
so would have proven keen sport for him.
and in passing a poultry yard he would
drop his head and turn his eyes away with
a "get-thee-behind-me Satan" sort of an
expression, which was highly commendable
in one so young and inexperienced But
alas for his character one of NV neigh
bors had dog, whose hide was black
and whose reputation was blacker. He had
no regular occupation and hung around
our house large part of his time, trying
to scrape acquaintance with the animals
Most of them would have nothing to do
with him, but the coyote was friendly lit
tie fellow. and after a day or two began
to rub noses with the dog. The latter was
much older than Romulus, and his inf1u-
ence upon the young wolf was very marked
from the first They romped about for
day or two, and then one afternoon they
together, as nearly uoMn 'n ne r t1o
fourfoots can walk.
STAYED Out All N;ob+
That evening Roup,us aid uot -
sumner and for tho fret t,,,o =, ~ ,,sa -
$500 -@-o 49,
he came hack stiu in cor,noa1r .';,n .,'e
black dog His manner no = 49, W." -, .as
g., a., -e'- a., on eouS eiiahseo
ioA 'he WI Sc ne uiu ilol want 10 De caught,
ana nnaily, When we did catch him, he was
very irritable and tried his level best to
plte.
we Kept him day or two, but on New
Year eve we relented and once more set him
at liberty. He was mighty pleased and
showed his gratitude by following us about
and at every opportunity throwing himself
on his back, that we might come up and
caresS MN. But IN the afternoon he saun-
tered OH, met the black dog somewhere
down the road and again failed to answer
tattoo roll call. Next morning early a
farmer drove up to the door in a sleigh.
some one suggested that he had come to
wish us happy New Year, but this proved
to be a mistake. He had come to inform
me that my wolf had, In the cold gray
dawn, attacked his flock of turkeys and had
killed the biggest gobbler in the bunch. The
family had attempted to drive him off by
setting the dogs on him, but the wolf
wagged his tail and refused to run, and the
dogs. simply turned round and played with
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49, So1o 'eSy'
II Wouio nave peen easy enough TO shoot
hiii' out there was no desire 10 be I'M
heishporiy' Hasuiy Swapping on pair OF
sho" SHOES. L hurried OH across lots 10 the
scene Oh the Tragedy II was something
over hlile from my house. III swamp
anu tHeIe saw d sisne ~4icn rscallea 1 oe-
more than an acre the snow was strewn
with feathers, and there was scarcely a
square yard in all that space which was not
splasheo or slreaked WIN plooo. Near the
IF the old enbhier fs1nnus for rniies 1000
and said to he the 1areest turkev IN SulIi,
van conntv N IA The wolf had evidently
I'D Fiji roaaI bnt oil he bad haar, ahIe
70 cot hod rnada b,t 1it+1a innrsssinn On
tba oorcaSs Of th;s a;ont h;rd wh;nb e,,en
-, deoth tory and n5i,ns hale ;ts featbers
eth Ioot,ed va leslie That he had heen no
easv nronosition for tho wolf was shown hv
tha otsidanna 81 q Iontr ona h,tter strnoaia
III n,ai.,LaS $500 r., +rytoa &C ro1,ct as
tho ooyota ana had a. coed tha+ animal
hacL go fortb .hronah 3ha snou, for a
ionr distanca before bis streneth had da-
narfad on6 10 bod s,,no,nohad 70 tha Of
tsc,rs of his nersistent little foe The LAT
tor whom T snaciaiIv sought was no.
u,hera ~ b. soan anS +boushI foIIou,ed
Mneie - pe seen, anu tnousn ioiioweu
nus nus sra, LOT upward OF Two i his uiG not