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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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IV
Next
day
was
Hallowe'en,
the
anniversary
of
Snap's
advent.
The
weather
was
clear,
bright,
not
too
cold,
and
there
was
no
snow
on
the
ground.
The
men
usually
celebrated
the
day
with
a
hunt
of
some
sort,
and
now,
of
course,
Wolves
were
the
one
object.
To
the
disappointment
of
all,
Snap
was
in
bad
shape
with
his
wound.
He
slept,
as
usual,
at
my
feet,
and
bloody
stains
now
marked
the
place.
He
was
not
in
condition
to
fight,
but
we
were
bound
to
have
a
Wolf-hunt,
so
he
was
beguiled
to
an
outhouse
and
locked
up,
while
we
went
off,
I,
at
least,
with
a
sense
of
impending
disaster.
I
knew
we
should
fail
without
my
Dog,
but
I
did
not
realize
how
bad
a
failure
it
was
to
be.
Afar
among
the
buttes
of
Skull
Creek
we
had
roamed
when
a
white
ball
appeared
bounding
through
the
sage-brush,
and
in
a
minute
more
Snap
came,
growling
and
stump-waggling,
up
to
my
Horse's
side.
I
could
not
send
him
back;
he
would
take
no
such
orders,
not
even
from
me.
His
wound
was
looking
bad,
so
I
called
him,
held
down
the
quirt,
and
jumped
him
to
my
saddle.
"There,"
I
thought,
"I'll
keep
you
safe
till
we
get
home."
'Yes,
I
thought;
but
I
reckoned
not
with
Snap.
The
voice
of
Hilton,
"Hu,
hu,"
announced
that
he
had
sighted
a
Wolf.
Dander
and
Riley,
his
rival,
both
sprang
to
the
point
of
observation,
with
the
result
that
they
collided
and
fell
together,
sprawling,
in
the
sage.
But
Snap,
gazing
hard,
had
sighted
the
Wolf,
not
so
very
far
off,
and
before
I
knew
it,
he
leaped
from
the
saddle
and
bounded
zigzag,
high,
low,
in
and
under
the
sage,
straight
for
the
enemy,
leading
the
whole
pack
for
a
few
minutes.
Not
far,
of
course.
The
great
Greyhounds
sighted
the
moving
speck,
and
the
usual
procession
strung
out
on
the
plain.
It
promised
to
be
a
fine
hunt,
for
the
Wolf
had
less
than
half
a
mile
start
and
all
the
Dogs
were
fully
interested.
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