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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Though
not
a
regular
traveller,
I
was
ordered
out
on
the
road
in
the
autumn,
and
then
Snap
and
the
landlady
were
left
together,
with
unfortunate
developments.
Contempt
on
his
part--fear
on
hers;
and
hate
on
both.
I
was
placing
a
lot
of
barb-wire
in
the
northern
tier
of
States.
My
letters
were
forwarded
once
a
week,
and
I
got
several
complaints
from
the
landlady
about
Snap.
Arrived
at
Mendoza,
in
North
Dakota,
I
found
a
fine
market
for
wire.
Of
course
my
dealings
were
with
the
big
storekeepers,
but
I
went
about
among
the
ranchmen
to
get
their
practical
views
on
the
different
styles,
and
thus
I
met
the
Penroof
Brothers'
Cow-outfit.
One
cannot
be
long
in
Cow
country
now
without
hearing
a
great
deal
about
the
depredations
of
the
ever
wily
and
destructive
Gray-wolf.
The
day
has
gone
by
when
they
can
be
poisoned
wholesale,
and
they
are
a
serious
drain
on
the
rancher's
profits.
The
Penroof
Brothers,
like
most
live
cattle-men,
had
given
up
all
attempts
at
poisoning
and
trapping,
and
were
trying
various
breeds
of
Dogs
as
Wolf-hunters,
hoping
to
get
a
little
sport
out
of
the
necessary
work
of
destroying
the
pests.
Foxhounds
had
failed--they
were
too
soft
for
fighting;
Great
Danes
were
too
clumsy,
and
Greyhounds
could
not
follow
the
game
unless
they
could
see
it.
Each
breed
had
some
fatal
defect,
but
the
cow-men
hoped
to
succeed
with
a
mixed
pack,
and
the
day
when
I
was
invited
to
join
in
a
Mendoza
Wolf-hunt,
I
was
amused
by
the
variety
of
Dogs
that
followed.
There
were
several
mongrels,
but
there
were
also
a
few
highly
bred
Dogs--in
particular,
some
Russian
Wolfhounds
that
must
have
cost
a
lot
of
money.
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