The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19
Tim FURLONG'S
y 50 WOLF DOG.
Buyer Didn't Observe the Terms OF
Sale and Therefore Didn't
Get His Money Back.

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Of late save hunting wolves. The wolf.
for some reason unexplained, has become
bold and aggressive in Texas his year,
trespassing even upon the limits OF towns
and cities, on the outskirts Of which 1t
seems to have suddenly discovered OPP
portunity for prey-chickens, pige, goat
kids and the like.
Therefore the talk where men assemble
is Of wolves and wolf hunting, and the
/ plant is that there is a sad lack OF wolf
dogs In Texas. This deficiency was the
subject that came uppermost the other
night in the lobby OF the Holland Hotel
OF which Col. Jim Furlong IL the landlord
in the course Of the discussion OF which
Col. Jim was prompted to say:
Il had a wolf dog once. ! bought him
OF Sam McNeely, Let me tell you about
him. When l say him. l mean both the
wolf dog and Sam
When Col. Jim Furlong intimates that he
wants TO tell about something every other
person in the company unships his tongue
and envies the mule it's ears. And 90, OF
course, Col. Jim was allowed to tell about
thiS wolf dog that he bought Of Sam Mo-
Nelly. and about Sam McNeely OF whom
he bought the wolf dog
when that aggregation Of sAnguine
and confident Northern persons with some
money came down into Texas ten or twelve
years ago and took up a few square miles
Of prairie along the coast with the intention
OF founding a model city, > said the Colonel,
1T hired me to see that the hotel 1t was
going to have was built right, and. as 1
was to run the hotel, ! YER Town to keep
my eye on the work.
That entire country was o big cattle
range in those days and there was no end
to the wolves that prowled around. They
annoyed me a good deal, and as they were
too willy to get into the traps ! set for EN-
and too cunning 70 let me get near enough
to 'em to shoot EN-. | looked around Tor
some one who had a good wolf dog that
would run the 'tarnal critters down and
give me a chance at EN-.
McNeely had just come in from his lumber
camp up the Sabine River. We got to
swapping troubles, and I told Sam about
how / was pestered by wolves down on the
coast prairie, and how i wa just more
than pining for a wolf dog.
Why. say Sam. I've got a dog l can
let you have. I've got a dog that surprise
you. Just let that dog hunt wolves once,
Colonel, says Sam, and you'll feea like
tussle 'em. just let him hunt wolves,
that's ALI And all 1 want for him Is S.
says Sam.
Il bought the dog, took him down on the
prairie and went to bed that night happy,
because i felt that / would now soon show
those pesky wolves a thing or two and make
'em give that country a wide berth.
1T was a nice, brisk night along In Oc-
tober. | was all alone in the house. and /
left the dog on the outside to kind o get
Some time in the night / was awakened
by the all-flredest oommotion / ever heard.
1t was a moving commotion, and 1t seemed
to lave q regular orbit around the house.
] jumped UP and ran TO the window.
"The moon was shining bright, and it
was almost as light as day outside. ! had
scarcely got to the window when / saw my
new wolf dog tear by. going like a steam
engine, and two or three jumps behind him
were two wolves. They were after the dog
70 keep them from getting any nearer to
him.
THE wolves were swapping their Jaws
and suarling and the dog was ki-yi-ing
as if somebody, was pounding him. The
chase was round and round the house. and
the circuit was made 30 quickly every time
that il didn't seem to me that the procession
hardly got by the window before it was
heading for it again. II went by five times
before / could recover from my surprise.
Il got my breath at last and then / says
to myself,
but it seems to me as II this wolf dog / got
from Sam was acting darn queer
We'll, whether he was or not l could see.
even by the momentary. glimpses got OF
him and the wolves as they flashed BY the
window, that the chunk Of moonlight be-
tween the dog and the wolves was growing
smaller at every circuit.
That dog may know his business !
saws, and | may be interfering where I'm
not wanted, but II sure looks to me that
unless something is done pretty quick, that
little three dollars l invested In dog will
be SUM In wolf
/ kept my rife. got the gun, hurried to the
door and opened It a few inches.
my intention was to stick the barrel OF
the gun out OF the opening and give O broad.
side TO one Of the wolves as they came tear.
ing along in the wake OF my dog. / had
the tactics Of the dog that / bought OF Sam
McNeely.
sWhen the dog came around that time
he saw that b door was open and he made
lided with me, and tumbled me on my back
on the floor, and with a yelp that / couldn't
| help but think was inspired by scare. jumped
on my bed in the corner.
"The two wolves came right on through
the door, trampled all over me-, and went
I got to my feet and put q bullet through
one Of the wolves. He took no more In
terest in the evenings entertainment, for
he died right away.
Il had kicked the door shut In getting
up. My appearance on the scene with a
gun made a change In the calculations
OF the surviving wolf. He made a dash
for the window and sprang at II.
sHe knocked all OF the glass out OF Il,
but the sash held. and he fell hack into
the room. Before he had time for another
move I put q bullet through him, too, and
he never knew what hit him.
Having thus disposed Of the wolves
I turned nv attention 10 the dog ] had
bought Of Sam MoNeely. He was, under
the bed by this time. and from the way
he whined and shook and declined 70 come
out, although the wolves were dead, / q
convinced that he vas about as near scared
TO death as anything could be and still
be alive. ! got him out, though. by and
by. and next dav escorted him TO Houston,
met Sam McNeely, and told Sam wanted
my IS back.
What for9, says Sam. looking as sur
prisAd as could he,
''Why, Just for this I says, and told him
what had happened,
s'You told me this dog would tussle
wolves 40 that I'd feel like falling on his
neck with Joy says |. Instead OF that I
feel like falling on his neck with an GXel'
Raye /,