Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-10-12
CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XIV (
The Killer had had an unsuccessful
night. He had waited the long hours
through at the mouth Of the trail, but
only the Little People % the
rabbits and similar folk that hardly
constituted single bite In his great
jaws-had come his way. Now Il was
morning and 1t looked 40 if he would
have to 60 hungry. He started to
stretch his great muscles, intending to
leave his ambulh. But ali at once
he froze again into q nfelass cray
patch In the thickets. There were
light steps on the trail Again they
were the steps Of deer but not Of tho
great, wary elk this time. Instead It
was Just fawn, OF q yeariing doe at
least, such a creature a. had not yet
learned to suspect every turn In the
trail The forest gods had been good
to him, after all. ~.
He peered through the Tickets, and
In moment more he had q glimpse Of.
the spotted skin. It was almost too
easy. But even Is the Killer watched,
the prise was simply taken out Of his
mouth. A gray wolf-a savage old
male that also had Just finished an
unsuccessful hunt-had been stealing
through the thickets In search Of
lair. and be came out on the trail not
fifty feet distant. halfway between the
bear and the fawn. The one was Il.
most as surprised a. the other. The
fawn turned With a frightened bleat
and darted sway; :. the wolf swung. into
pursuit.
The bear Mnged forward With
howl Of rage. He leaped into the trail
mouth, then ran a. fast a. he could
In pursuit q the running wolf. He
was too enrased to stop to think, that
a grizzly bear has never yet been able
to ovestake wolf ooce the trim legs
got well into action. At first he
couldn't think shout anything; he had
been cheated TOO many times. His
hrst Impulse was one Of tremendous
and ovstpowsring wrath fury th1t
meant death TO: the nr1t living Gsat
ture that he met 5-..s - d, 8
/ But II single second hs realized
that this wfld chase was fairly good
tactics, after ell The chances for 4
meal were stu rather good The
fawn and the wolf were IN the open
now, and It was wholly evident that
the gray hunter would oveztake the
quarry IA another moment Il was
true that the Killer would miss he
pleasure Of Staying his own game
the ecstatie blow to the shoulder and
the bite TO tie throat that followed u
IN this case, the wolf would DO that
part Of the work for him. Il was Just
q simple matter Of driving The Gea-
ture away from his dead.
But at that instant fate taok . hand
IN the merry little chase. 10 the
fawn. It vas nothing but sharp elanS
Of metal behind him and an answering
'shr1ek Of pain sounds that IN its
| terror 1t heard but dimly. But Il was
an unlooked-for and tragic reality %
; the wolf. His leap was suddenly ~
! rested In mid-air, and he was hurried
70 inc BfOu00 WIN otu001uB xOkG0s
Cruel metal teeth had seized his Leo.
| and q strong chain held him when be
/; tried to escape. He fought Il With
/; desperate savagery. sTha lawn lsapsd
on to safety. II,
But there was no nssd of The srissly
continuing its pursuit Everything had
turned out quite well tor him, afteR
al. 4 wolf b ever % much moro M
ing than any kind Of eeasoeal nwA:
and the old sray pack header was N
pFisoned and hsapases p 90 q Hoo
sons trapA
= .
In the first nay a. morning, Duvl
Turner started baek tswa1ds III homa
tn 90 with you % ehe 4esks II tn
trail" Hudson told him Z vsAt 4
take q look ct some Of M u1p4 aay'
how 'a = IS tl, Z: ..-'s5..''s
4 AZ the same hour-ss soon % 4 vi
nsht enough to sse-Bruee was Aaish.
ing his breakfast n preparation tps
The Last lap OF his Journey. He hsA
l - annA ia ulnan< nv : .npaS,o,. ~, Z. In, .