The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-01

Danes fighters. but they are no use q
all without the browning moral force o.
grit, that none can supply 30 well al
Bull-terrier. On that day the Cattle
men learned how to manage the Vol
| question.
Next day was Hallowe'e en-. the ami
versary Of Snaps advent. The weather
was clear, bright, not too cold, and there
was no snow on the ground. The mel
usually celebrated the day with hum
%ere the so Sae opc e SEs
ment Of all, Snap was in bad shape witt
his wound. He slept, as usual, at my
feet, and bloody stains now marked thu
place. He was not In condition to fight
but we were bound to have a Wolf-hunt
locked up, while we went OF, I, at
least, with sense Of impending disaster
l knew we should fail without my Dog
but / did not realize how bad q failure
it was to be.
we had roamed, when a white ball ap.
peared bounding through the sage-brush,
and in minute more Snap came, growl-
ing and stump-waggling, up to my Horse &
side. I could not send him back; he would
take no such orders. not even from me:
His wound 'a , was looking ,S bad 50 called
him to my saddle,
till we get home. Yes, I thought; but
! reekoned not viii, Snap: The voice
had sighted wo panSep and 'l Re y.
observation, with the result that they
collided and fell together. sprawling, in
the sage. But Snap. gazing hard, had
sighted the Wolf, not SO very far of,
the saddle and bounded zigzig. High, low,
in and under the sage, straight for the
enemy, leading the whole pack for a few
minutes. Not far, Of course. The great
Greyhounds sighted the moving speck, and
the usual procession strung out on the plain.
had less than half a mile start and all
the Dogs were fully interested.
They've turned up Grizzly Gully" cried
them n on LIS way anu We Eau 'e'o
We galloped to the top of Cedar Ridge
and were about to ride down, when Hilton
shouted sl by George, here he is! We're
came numbering across an open plain to-
ward US. His head was low, his tail
out level. and fifty yards behind him was
ground, going twice as fast as the Wolf.
In a minute the Hound was alongside
and snapped, but bounded back, as the
Wolf turned on him. In a few seconds
the next GREYHOUND arrived, then the
iCot III OlucI VI cWllIueoS. IIdCu Cdulc
up full of fight and fury, determined to
60 right in and tear the Gray-Wolf to
pieces; but each in turn swerved aside,
and leaped and barked around at safe
distance. After minute or so the Russians
appeared fine big Dogs they were. Their
distant intention no doubt was to dash
at the old Wolf; but his fearless front,
his sinewy frame and death-dealing jaws,
awed them long before they were near
him, and they also Joined the ring, while
the desperate in the middle faced this
way and that, ready for any Or all.
Now the Danes came up, huge-limbed
creatures, any one of them as heavy as
the Wolf. I heard their heavy brea thing
tighten into threatening sound as they
plunged ahead, eager to tear the foe to
pieces. but when they saw him there,
grim, fearless, mighty of jaw, tireless of
limb, ready to die If need be, but sure
Of this, he would not die alone-well,
those great Danes-all three of them
We're stricken, as the rest had been, with
a sudden bashfulness: yes, they would go
right in presently-not now, but as soon
as they had got their breath; they were
NOT afraid of Wolf, oh, no. l could
'9new perfectly well that tie first Dog Y Z,