The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04

1 "Give her a chance-I bet on Jimmy" We crept on bit nearer with rifles
 ready The pack-a big she-wolf and
 now three cubs-circled round and
 round, snapping, snarling, leaping, but
 Jimmy, we saw at once, was at a terrible disadvantage with the picket rope, straining at the very end of it--and-
 we both remembered, elephants could
 not tear those hitches loose. Suddenly
 she turned, galloped back the full
 length of it and was brought up with
 a sudden jerk. But the jerk in front precipitated a jerk behind; second cub scared aloft and came down with broken fore leg.
 Jinhy turned again to run a rope | length, caught Jlnks with it by the heels and down he sprawled. The three
 wolves rushed at him at once--we knew
 he was done for-and then Jimmy went
 over him like a bird, landed between
 the she-wolf and her cubs, snapping
 right and left and scattering them
 afield.
 1 Jinlss got up on his little stilts again He was now between us and Jimmy, the
 cubs and mother separated, they at tackled him in front and the old wolf
 worrying the rear. We sighted on
 tn em but dared not shoot. Then Jimmy s
 head went down, her heels went up in I that instant one of the cubs leaped at the colts throat, caught, held Quick 1 as lightning Jimmy snapped-once-
 missed him-twice-his back was in her 1 aws-erunch i've could h ear the bones l break. She tore him off and shook him l out of her mouth as a terrier does a | rat.
 That's great" cried Three to her credit Go it, Jimmy. go it."
 "Jumpin' giraffes!" was Brandt's eu- | logy on the. last feat. Tt beats jumpin' l giraffes."
 1 The moment she had flung the cub from l her, Jimmy turned to do her rope-length l trick again; came to the end, jerked too 1 suddenly, staggered to save herself and 1 tripped up poor links, who went down 1 fiat. Instantly she straddled him; told 1 him lie still if he valued his little life. | and, planted over him, began a perform ! ance: right leg, kick left leg, kick, both l legs, kckl-as fast as she could go and as regular as machinery. And Jinks lay all this while still as a mouse-how she kept herself from trampling him l don't know
 Backs brolSe.' I heard Brandt mutter. I was so excited by this time that was
 gripping Brandt's arm, and crazily whi-
 pering. Eat 'em alive; Eat 'em alive,
 Jinny!'
 The broken-iegged cub was making up for his share of the fighting by lmping
 about in a circle snapping and snarling the undamaged cub had become dejected, : but the old she wolf was wild. She saw that attacking in the rear was a losing
 game for her and gave it up; but as soon , as she attacked in front she found her advantage. With links under her, Jimmy could not execute any quick turns to
 bring her heels into play. Twice the wolf
 nipped her neck: twice Jimmy parred. But the wolf had her now and she knew it.. So did we We sighed for shot, to take her the instant she was out of direct line with links. At that moment the wolf rushed for a grapple that should end the fight. AS she sprang Jimmy rose straight in the air. caught her. head and shoulders, and brought her to earth. Down and down and down came the iron shod hoofs, pounding, crushing and the wolf lay still. And then Jimmy, with her forefeet planted on the dead, lifted up her voice and laughed-shrieked out the most diabolicaI
 and unholy bray that ever came from living creatures throat
 We ran. The broken-legged cub went licking his paw. the other. back brist- ling, tail dropping, was slinkiug out of Jinnys reach. But they saw us now, vanished behind Jinny, and before we got them in range they disappeared un- der the dark pines at the clearing side. And Jinks? No, his back wasn t broken. He hopped up when he saw us coming-wasn't hurt a scratch ex- throat. which we plastered up with lard and rag (Jinny chewed 1t off the minute our backs were turned). A to