Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09

by the Wise Old Bull.
On a sudden, as if at premonton of peril the old
bull halted with loud snort Neither smell nor sound
of his enemies had reached him. but he took ALARM and
gave the signal to form phaanx for defense at the
time galopng round the flank of the herd to close up
and strengthen the rear Ihe evolution was prompt
from the white obScurty of the Storm IN silence came
the leaping wolves.
Straight into the gap, in the of the herd, they
hurled themselves desperate with baffed fury, and
slashng every side with the aim of spreading panic
young BULL just in the act of whring dauntessy to
confront the attack, caught full on the flank and
went down coughing his throat torn clean out Ayoung
COW, with wolf slashng at her side but failing to
gain vital spot and another on her back biting for her
neck through the matted name, went mad with terror
and charged in among the calves at the center of the
herd, making way for the whole pack
In second several of the calves, bawling frantically
were pulled down. The wolves, mad with blood and
their ate triumph the in riot of slaugh
ter The herd cleft and rent asunder to the heart
The victory seemed overwhelming.
RUT there was one thing the pack had not reckoned
- wth,-the ndomitable pluck and generalship of the
hung together stoldy instead of disintegratng The
ront ranks turned inward upon the bloody CONFUSION
of the center At the same time the old bull. followed
pungng in behind the pack and fell upon its
like battering In moment the TANKS closed in
behind them and the completed circle instead of flying
to pieces, began ponderouSy to construct.
AS the wolves realized what was happening, the two
hindermost whred about just in time to leap savagely
at the old bulls neck each side. But they had
to act effectively, no chance to choose their
hold. AS he charged with head down and the full i'm
pets of his bulk their fangs gashed him to the shoulder
but slantngly that the wounds not Deep In
his rage he felt them. The next moment his two
assaants borne down, gored and tramped by the
frantic cows while he lurched onward into the hdeous
melee at the center second more, and the churnng
snorting became wedged almost solid. Swapping
silently whatever reach, the wolves
borne, trodden down with the dead or dying calves.
The leader of the pack. with of the asute of
his followers, succeeded in dragging himself forth upon
the packed shoulders of his adversares, the
heavng sea of backs, and raced away through the
storm, gored and streaming. Soon there was sign
of wolf anywhere to be But still the packed herd
went with its tramplng and churning sullenly
lutte to make end of the matter till the sturdy
unwounded calves in danger of being downed and
the weaker ones persisted miserably.
At last, in way, the old bull managed to make
his orders understood. The milling slackened. The
pressure relaxed Ponderously he shoudered his way
out and started off toward the northeast.
Instantly the herd followed. numbering at his heels.
few badly wounded, lmped and staggered in the rear;
and three cows their eyes rolling wildly, remained
standing certain shapeess that lay trodden
into the red For minutes they stood there
moong disconsolatey them after the other. they
shook their shaggy heads and gaoped away in pursuit
of the herd, appalled, at the solitude AID the sight of so
much death.