The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-10-03

tie prize was simply taken out II lis
mouth. A gray anlf-a savage Ola
male that also had Just nnlshed an
unsucoessful huht-had been stealing
through the tldckeis IN search ~
lair, and he came out on the trall MOI
any feei distant. halfway between the
bear and the fawn The enc vas Al.
most ~ surprised as the other. The
fawn turned With a frightened hleat
and dnrted away; the wolf swung into
pursuit
The bear lunged forward with
howl ~ rage. he leared Into the trali
mouth, then ran as fas, as he could
IA pursuit n the running wolf lie
was too enraged to stop % thlnk that
a grlaslt bear has never yet been able
a. oVeriake wolf. once the trim legs
got well into action. A. first he
coul'nt think about anything be had
been cheated 10 many times Ills
first impulse was one of tremendous
and ovcrpowerfng wraih-n fury that
meant death TO the first living erca.
tusr thar he met
But IN a single second be realized
That this wild chcse Was fairly good
tactics. after oil The chances for
meal we're Silll rather good The
fasn and The wolf we're IN the open
now. and Il was wholly e,lden, that
the gray hunter would overiuke the
quarry IN another moment Il was
true that the Killer would miss the
pleasure ~ staying bis own gnme-
the ecsiGilc blow 60 the shoulder and
the bite to The throat that followed h.
In this cnse. the wolf would DO that
part ~ the work for him. II was Just
a simple matter Of driving the crea.
tnfe away from his dead.
lipi az thar Instant fate took hand
IN the merry little chase 70 the
fnvn. q was nothing hu, sharp clang
~ metal behind ham and an answering
'shriek of paln-sonnds that ln Us
terr0r IL heard but dmly Bui II was
m unlnnkedfor and tragic rruliiy 70
The wolf Ills leap Was suddenly ar
rested ln mldalr. AMI he was hurled
Ia the ground with stunning force
Cruel metal teeth had seized his leg
AMI strong chain held him when he
tried 10 e-cape He fought II with
desperate savagery The fnwn lesped
on 70 SAFETY
But there Was no need Of the grizzly
continuing iis pursuit. Everything had
turned out quite well for him. after
all A wolf Is ever 50 much more ON.
ing than any Kind u seasonal fawn
and the old gray pack leader was I'm.
prisoned and helpless IN one OF Hud.
sons traps.
. .
In The flrsi gray of morning. Dave
Turner started back toward his home
"Iil 70 with you 10 the forks Ia the
trail. Hudson told him. Il want 20
take a look al some Of my trnps, any.
how"
AZ the same hour-as soon as II was
light enough 10 see-Bruce was finish
Ink his breakfast IN preparation for
the last lap Of his Journey. lie lad
passed the nigh, by a spring on long
ridge almost in eye range of Hudson's
camp. Now be was preparing 10 dip
down into the Killers glen.
Turner and Hudson followed up the
little creek.
The nrst Of Hudson's sets proved
empty. The second was about a turn
IN the creek. and wnll of brush made /
IL impossible for him % tell az q dis. /
tance whether or not he had made .
catch. But when stu a quarter ~ a
mile distant. Hudson heard q sound /
that De thought he recognized II WIS
a high. sharp agonized bark fhpt
dimmed into low whine. i believe
I've got q coyote or a wolf up there"
he said They hastened their steps
The whole picture ioomed suddenly 4
before their eyes. There was 10 wolf I
IN the trap. TIE steel had sprung.
certainly. but only hideous fragment 4
u a foot remained between the Jaws /
The bone had been broken sharply 4
on. As n man might break a match IN 4
his fingers. There was 20 living w0lf 4
Life had gone out ~ the gray body
many minutes before. The two men 4
saw all these things asa background
enly-diln details nbeut the ceniral
hgure. but the thing that froze them
~ their tracks with terror was the
great. gray form of the Killer. not
twenty feet distant. beside the man.
gled body q TIE wolf
The events that followed thereafter
cnue In such quick succession ~ %
seem simultaneous. For one fraction
Of an instant an three figures stood
nlofioniess. the Two men staring. the
grizzly halfleaning over his prey. his
head turned his little red eyes full q
hatred lie uttered one hoarse. saw
age note. a sound in which all his
hatred and his fury end his savage
power were made manifest. vhified
With incredible speed. and charged
Hudson did not even have time 10
turn. There xas no defense: his gan
vas STRAPPED on his hack. and even
II II had been in MS hands. ifs bullet
would not have Mastered The sting of
a bee IN honey-robbing. The only
possible chance Of breaking that dead