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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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BADLANDS
BILLY
The
Wolf
that
Won
I
THE
HOWL
BY
NIGHT
Do
you
know
the
three
calls
of
the
hunting
Wolf:--the
long-drawn
deep
howl,
the
muster,
that
tells
of
game
discovered
but
too
strong
for
the
finder
to
manage
alone;
and
the
higher
ululation
that
ringing
and
swelling
is
the
cry
of
the
pack
on
a
hot
scent;
and
the
sharp
bark
coupled
with
a
short
howl
that,
seeming
least
of
all,
is
yet
a
gong
of
doom,
for
this
is
the
cry
"Close
in"--this
is
the
finish?
We
were
riding
the
Badland
Buttes,
King
and
I,
with
a
pack
of
various
hunting
Dogs
stringing
behind
or
trotting
alongside.
The
sun
had
gone
from
the
sky,
and
a
blood-streak
marked
the
spot
where
he
died,
away
over
Sentinel
Butte.
The
hills
were
dim,
the
valleys
dark,
when
from
the
nearest
gloom
there
rolled
a
long-drawn
cry
that
all
men
recognize
instinctively--melodious,
yet
with
a
tone
in
it
that
sends
a
shudder
up
the
spine,
though
now
it
has
lost
all
menace
for
mankind.
We
listened
for
a
moment.
It
was
the
Wolf-hunter
who
broke
silence:
"That's
Badlands
Billy;
ain't
it
a
voice?
He's
out
for
his
beef
to-night."
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