American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-05-06

any udnger-eXcept Inht night WIN u
cougar. I did intend to-but what does
II matter now?"
"We're a couple Of wise ones, going
after that wolf with only three shots
to our name. OF course by himself
he's harmless-but he's likely enough
to lead us straight toward the pack.
And Snowbird-I didn't like his looks.
He's too gaunt and he's too hungry
and l haven't a bit of doubt he waited
in that brush for us to come, intend
ing to attack us-and lost his nerve
the last thing. That shows he's des-
perate. l don't like him, and I wouldn't
like his pack. And a whole pack might
not lose Its nerve.
'sThen yod think we'd better turn
backG"
eyes, 1 do, and not come out any
more without a whole pocket of shells.
I'm going to carry a rife, too, just as
Lennox has always. He's got only a
fesh-wound. You saw what you did
with two cartridges-got in one flesh
wound. Three Of 'em against a pack
wouldn't be a great deal of aid. /
don't mean to say you can't shoot, but
a jumping, lively wolf is worse than
a bird In the air. We've gone over
three miles; and he'd lead us ten miles
farther-even If he didn't go to the
pack. Let's go back"
IF you say so. But | don't think
there's the least bit of danger. We
can always climb a tree"
"And have 'em make a beautiful
, circle under 1t! They've got more pa
+ tience than we have-and we'd have
: to come down some time. Your father
can't come TO our help, you know. It's
2 the sign of the tenderfoot not to think
: there's any danger-and I'm not going
p to think that way any more"
q They turned back and mushed in
silence a long time.
G 81 suppose you'll think I'm a cow
A ard" Dan asked her humbly.
r Only prudent, Dan" she answered
? not know. I'm just beginning to I'M
" derstand that you-living here only
= few months-really know and under
: stand all this better than I do" Sh'
stretched her arms wide to the wilder
. ness. ST guess it's your instinct"
"And I do understand" he told he
q earnestly. "T sensed danger bacl
- there lust as sure as l can see you
~ face. That packard It's a big one
Is close. and it's terribly hungry. An
Won know-you can't help but know
- that the wolves are not to be truste
in famine times"
" 81 know 1t only too WE'LL" she sal
IN Then she paused and asked ~
~ about a strange grayness, III sno
~ blown by the wind, on the sky ov'
,,o the ridge.
BERT Cranston waited In a clump
ieu exnosed thlcket on the hillside un
.he he saw two black dots. that he knf
were Dan and Snowbird, leave I
VI Lennox home. He lay very still
YES they circled up the ridge, notici
that except for the pistol that
she knew Snowbird always carried, tn
8 d we're unarmed. There was no p
'les' tIcular reason why he should be int
PTS oa.a5 T. .ho+ notn+ II was inst
eng mountain way always to look
and It is rather difficult
? OF trace the mental processes behind I
lhen impulse. Perhaps IL can be laid
the fact that many mountain FAM
are often at feud with one anotl
I OF and anything in the way of viole
they may happen before the morning.
over The two passed out Of his s.!
mo- and after O long time he heard
the crack OF Snowbird's pistol.
next guessed that h had either shot
Dt nj some Wild creature. or else was m
was ly at target practice-rather a {
DOTS; mon proceeding for the two y
b red they were on the hills together.
II Is TO be seen that Cranston k
n his their habits fairly we'll. And sine
PAGES had kent a close watch upon then
f his several days, this IA 10 he expe
find He had no intention Of being !
with rupted in this work he was aboi
do. He had planned It all very
know The elder Lennox was still hell
eezing Cranston had noticed that when
Id his and Snowbird went out, they
lways usually gone from two TO four n
means and that gave him plenty Of tim
his undertaking. The moment
half come AT last to make a thol
such search Of Lennox's house for tho
come eliminating documents that Oar
the found near the body Of Landy
dislike dreth. .
! such The only really dangerous pa
resent, his undertaking was his approac
,tter. by any chance Lennox were lc
ont Of the window. he might be
intent. waiting with a rife across his
n that II would be quite like the old
tsineer to have hir u beside
sMe.eu and TO shoot 1t quick and e1cep
' ~ straight, without asking que
at any stealing figure in the sno
Cranston felt fairly sure that
e was still too helpless to raise
TO a shooting position.
shoot