The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-11

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THEY IEAPED LONG BEFORE THE DOG
STRUCK THE GROUND.
came up beside me snarllng. turned
and kicked at 1t again, and it jumped
so far that It slipped OFF the platform
and fell among the wolves. Before it
touched the ground the wolves leaped
Mt it, and in a moment it was torn to
bits. 1 shuddered as / thought what
mans fate would be IL he were at
the mercy Of that bowling horde.''
The gate at the lower end of the
stockade does not open directly into
the main yard, but into a smaller. pen,
connected with the larger one by
gate somewhat similar to the one at
the river end of the ravine. only
smaller.
Natural Home For Varmints.
!, THE rocks and brush In the ravine
furnish an excellent retreat for the
wolves, and in the numerous gloomy
dens in the ledge hundreds of young
wolves have first seen the light of day.
/" But 1 don't depend altogether on
raising wolves said the girl That's
too slow
"TIen. with the enthusiasm that a
young society bud would display in de
scribiug her first ball dress, she told
how she led into the stockade large
packs of the most cowardly, yet most
daring and Disqualification hungry
denizeus of the pine woods-the hell
dogs of the north
"The end of the ravfne farthest # ON
the river opens into a big lamar ck
swamp, so dark and thick as to be nj
most impenetrable, and is an excellent
stronghold for wolves. This fact lhas
shrewdIy been taken advantage of by
the wolf queen who two or three
times year throws out big drag net
and captures lots OF the animals.
Her method is to make n tour of the
swamp. dragging behind her on the
snow or pine needles the carcass Iof a
newly, killed deer. now and then cav
ing piece OF the meat. She en- Erries
this trail into the first pen of the
stockade.
THE trap is set by opening the gate
leading into the swamp. The ca cass
Of the deer is the bait. Then the fwolf
queen conceaIs herself to await the
coming of the pack. -.
Strike the Trail.
g When the wolves strike the) trail
and get the scent OF the fresh 4neat,
the girl said, they follow it directly
into the outer pen, for they nevef have
been known to leave the trailI until
they have overtaken, pulled dow Ia and
torn to pieces the animal they are
after or until they havd been sh pit and
killed.
'rOn the ledge, holding the ropes con-
trolling the gate, the gill watches
The long drawn. motlrnful hoI wi an
nounces the start, and soon the pack is
In fun cry, tearing through the under
brush. their blood thirst arou sed to
the highest pitch.
Nearer aad nearer they coule, and.
crowding and snappinak at eaclh other,
they press through THE gate y pull
atithe rope releases the gate. shutting
in the wolves.
Il don't know whit hadef. filed
with maddened amin 3lls. WOULD look
like, but 1 do know that the scene
when pack of til lnber Wolves is
trapped by this girl N lust be THE sight
OF lifetime and one well calculated
to strike terror to tlhe heart OF the
strongest man, let aloI inc young half
blood Indian girl.
Her method of 4laughteI ring the
wolves when she wishes to market the
skins is effective, safd and POSSIBLY as
humane as any that tkould be devised.
twenty-five or thirty animals are
lured into the smaller pen from the
main stockade and THE gate closed.
Miss GIssler takeSl her position on
the ledge and with Der rife picks of
the animals one by oIne until all have
been killed. One bullet for each wolf
IS all she needs TheI wolves are skin.
ned and the carcassesk used as food for
the rest of the captIv{ss.
THE skins are allowed to freeze,
after which thsS ara tied in big bun.
dies ready 10 I've TAX en- 10 Fort Fran
CTS. on the Canadian side of the river,
where a buyer Is olwNays to be found. :