Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-02-16


other trap took hold hard; o. 1t sprang
We could hoar wolf yelp.
"Meks 'en holler." said D'fi, 'thet
Of hetrap does, when II ticks holt Stay
here by the sheep. n I'll 20 over n
give 'em somethin' fer spfaint ankles"
Other wolves we're swarming over
the dead deer, and the two In the traps
were snarling and swapping at them.
My father and D'ri hred at the bunch.
killing one Of the captives and another
the largest wolf ever saw. The
pack had skunk away as they heard the
rifles. Our remaining captive strug-
gled to get free, but in moment Dri
had Drained him with an Ak. He and
my father reset our traps and hauled
the dead wolves into the freight.
There they began to skin them, for the
bounty was $40 for each In the new
towns--a sum that made our adventure
profitable. ] built fires on the farther
side Of the sheep, and. az they bright
ened, I could see, here and there, the
cleaning eyes Of o wolf in the dark
ness. was up all night heaping wood
upon tho fircs, while D'ri and my
father skinned the wolves and dressed
the deer. They had just finished when
the cock crew.
"Holler, We gol-dum little cuss!"
D'ri shouted as he went over 70 him.
Cant NO snookin wolf crack our
bones fer U.S. Peeled 'em.--thet's what
we done tew EN- TUX n knocked 'em
]
can peck a mans finger some. can't
he?"
/ The light was coming and he went
| of to the spring for water. while I
/ brought the spider and pots. The
great. green-roosed temple of the
woods. that had SO lately rung with the
howl Of wolves, began to All with far
wandering echoes of sweet song.
They was a big cat over there by
the spring las night" said D'ri. as
We all sat down 10 breakfast. Tracks
bigger n a griddle. Smclt the NUT
ton mos II ely"
Like mutton?" | inquired.
"Yis-sir-ee. they dew" said he.
Kind O. mince-pie fer 'em. Like deer
meat, tcw. Shook eroun' the ponds
after dark. IF they see deer n the
water they wallop i'm quicker n
llehtnin'; jump right in k'sap n TEX
i'm"
We were of az sunrise. on a road
tina, grew roughor every mile. At noon
we came TO a river so swollen as to
make a dangerous ford. After dinner
my father waded In going hips under
where the water was deep and swift
Then lie cut long pole and took my
mother on his shoulders and entered
the broad stream, steadying himself
with the pole. When she had got
down safe on the other side. he came
back for grandmother and my sisters
and took them over in the same way
Dri. meanwhile. bound up the feather
beds and carried them on his head
leaving the dog and me to tend thu
sheen. All our blankets and clothing
were carried across in the same man
ner. Then ! mounted the cart, Will
my rooster, flashing the oxen till theI
took to the stream. They had tied thu
bell-wether TO the axle, and. as
after me. The oxen wallowed in the
deep water, and our sheep. after some
hesitation. be. AN to swim. The bic
cart fioated like raft part Of the way
and we landed with no great difficulty
Farther on the road became nothing
better than q rude trail. where, fire.
Quently we had to stop and chol
through heavy logs and roll them away
On steep hillside the oxen fell. break
ing the tongue, and the cart tipped side
wise and rolled bottom mp. My roos
ter was badly flung about. and bega
Growing and Mapping as the baske
settled When opened it he fe'
out. running for his life, as il finall
J resolved 10 quit us. Fortunately. "
were all walking, and nobody wa
> hurt. Ny father and D'ri were bus
half a day Fighting up" as the
/, called IT,. mending the tongue an
; cover. and getting the cart on II
wheels and down the steep pitch.
After two days of trail travel "
: came out on the Chateaugay roa'
r stopping awhile to bait our sheep an
cattle on the tame grass and tendt
!. briars. 1t was a great joy to see tt
Q clear road, with here and there a Sc
tiers cabin. its yard aglow with Il
q marigold. the hollyhock and the fri
7. grant honeysuckle. We got to the ta'
9 ern at Chateausay about dusk and p'
z up for the night, as becomes Chr
e tian.
v Next afternoon We came to roue
= roads again. camping at shutdown alor
t. the shore Of q noisy brook. The dc
s began to bark hereely while supp
was making. and scurried OF into
e thicket.
IS D'ri was STOPPING over, cooking Il
IL meat. He rose and listened.
Tibet air dogs leetle scairt.' sa
,e he. Guess We better go n see WIN
n S the matter"
i, He took his ride and my sword
" I never thought Of another weapon
making OH through the brush. III
rs dog came whining to D'ri and rusn'r
ID on. eager for us to follow. We hu
Of ried after him. and in moment u
So and the dog, who were ahead OF IN
halted suddenly.
Id ITS q painter" said D'ri. a. can
IN up See i'm in tibet air tree-top'
he iarrun I'm with or BeeGwax then j