The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-31

Danes fighters, but they are no use ~
All without the crowning moral force OF OF
M grit. that none can supply so well ,,,a as
a Bull terrier. On that day the Cat,le.
men learned how to manage the WON
question. a.. amt.
versary % OF Snaps advent. The weather
was clear. bright, not too cold amu tnese M
was no snow on the ground. The mell
usually celebrated the day with hunt
of some sort and now. of course. Woives
were the one object. To the Iisnppo.n,,t, OIL,
his wound. He slept. ms usual. at my
feet. and bloody stains now marked me
place. He was not In condition 10 nsht'
hut we were bound to have Wolf-hnnt
so he was beguilcd to an outhouse anu
locked up. while, we went on. l. nt
least, with a sense of impending disaster
/ knew we should fail without my DOG,
but / did not realize now pau iaiiure
Afar among the buttes of Skull Greek
we had roamed, when "A white oail ap-
and in a minute more Snap came, growi-
ing and stump-waggling. up to my Horse 9
side. l could not send him back; he would
lake no such orders. not even from me:
His wound was looking bad, so I called
him, held down the quirt. and jumped
him to my saddle. ..,,
There. bds thought keep tSdusbt yon 'eut Snt
of Hilton. "Hu. hu." announced that he
had sighted a Wolf. Dander and Riley;
observation. with the result that they
collided and fell together. sprawling, In
the sage: But Snap. gazing hard, naa r
and before I knew it, he leaped from
the saddle and bounded zigzig. high. low,
in and under the sage. straight for the
enemy leading the whole pack for. for rrs0t rev
Greyhounds sighted the moving speck. and
the usual procession strung out on the plain
1t promised to be n fine hunt. for the Wolf
hnI 1aca hur n mi
the Dogs were fully interested.
They've turned up Grizzly Gully cried
Garvin. This way. and we can head
We galloped to the top of Cedar Ridge
By George here r,oht he is WsIs
came eGne lSmSerns nS @ across an seas open plain
ward us. His head was low. his tail
out level. and fifty yards behind him was
Dander sailing Ike Hawk VIZ tSn over with the
In a minute the Hound was alongside
and snapped. but bounded back. as the
Wolf turned on him; In a few seconds
rest in order of swiftness. Each came
up full of fight and fury. determined to
go right in and tear the Gray-Wolf. to
and leaped and barked around at safe
distance. After n minute or SO the Russians
appeared,iine big Dogs they were. Their
at the old Wolf; but his fearless front,
his sinewy frame and death-dealing jaws.
awed them long before they We're 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. 1 heard their heavy breathing
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 lie need be but sure
of this, he would not die alone--well,
| those great Danes--all three of them
were stricken, as the rest had been, with
n sudden bashfulness: yes, they would GO
as they had got their breath; they wero
not afraid of Wolf, oh. no. i could
read their courage In their voices. They
knew perfectly well that the first Dog to