The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-09
A Home
In The Wilderness
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Turk and Juno, without pity for
their youth of beauty, had worried
all the rest. l did not much regret
this. however, for l firmly believe
that, had he saved them all, Jack
would have insisted upon bringing
ND the whole litter. AS it was, |
considered that M jackal was,
with our young bull, quite suffi-
cient an addition to u livestock.
During the halt we had made
I had fastened the buffalo to a
small tree, and as l was now
again about to move on, recog-
nized it as the dwarf palm, whose
long. sharp leaves form an excel
lent barrier if it is planted as a
hedge. l determined to return and
get some young plnats to strength
en- our hedge at Tentholm. 1t was
late before we reached u camp
where we found our family anX-
iously awaiting our return.
The sight OF the new animals
delighted the children immensely,
and in their opinion amply com
pensated for the loss Of our poor
donkey. Jack had to answer a lot
of questions concerning their cap
ture. and to give a minute account
of the ARRAY with the b~uffaloes.
This he did, with graphic power
certainly. but with so much boast
ing and self Qualification that l
was obliged to check him, and to
give a plain u~nvarnished account
OF the affair.
Suppertime arrived, and as we
sat at the meal, for which Jack
and I were heartily thankful, my
wife and her party proceeded to
give a account Of their days
work.
Ernest had discovered a sago-
palm, and had, after much labor,
contriyed to fell it. Franz and his
mother had collected dry wood,
OF which a huge heap o stood
before the tent. sufficient to keep
ND a fire all the rest of the time
we should stay on the spot. Fritz
he'd gone eff shooting and had Sc
cured a good bag. While they had
been thus v~ariously employed, a
troop of apes had visited the tent
and when they returned they
found the place ransacked and
turned upside down. The provis-
ions were eaten and gnawed, the
potatoes thrown about, the milk
drunk and split; every box had
been peeped into, every pot and
pan had ben Invested Of its lid;
the palisade round the hut had
been partly destroyed. nothing had
been left untouched. Industriously
had the boys worked to repair the
damage, and when we returned
not a sign was to be seen Of the
disorder. No one would have CUES
sed what had occurred from the
delicious supper we were eating.
After matters had been arrang-
ed again, Fritz had gone down to
the shore, and, among the rocks
at Cape Disappointment had dis
covered a young eaglet which Ern-
est declared to be a Malabar or
Indian eagle; he was very much
pleased with his discovery, and l
recommended him to bring the
bird up and try to train it to hunt
as a falcon.
Look here, though, boys said
/, you are now getting a good
many pets, and / am not going to
have your mother troubled with
the care Of them all; each must
look after his own, and if l find
n neglected, whether beast or
bird, l set it at liberty. Mark that
and remember it,"
My wife looked greatly relieved
at this announcement, and the
boys promised to obey my direct
ions. Before we retired for the
night I prepared the buffalo meat
I had brought. I lit a large fire of
green wood, and in the smoke Of
this thoroughly dried both the
tongue and the steaks. We then
properly secured all the animals,
Jack took his little pet in his
and we lay down and were
soon fast alseep.
At daybreak we were on 1901
and began to prepare for a return
to Falconhurst.