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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Young
Penroof,
as
though
in
answer
to
one
of
the
unput
questions,
said:
"Say,
boys,
I
believe
old
Billy
had
a
hull
bunch
of
Wolves
with
him
last
night."
"Didn't
see
but
one
track,"
said
King
gruffly.
In
this
way
the
whole
of
October
slipped
by;
all
day
hard
riding
after
doubtful
trails,
following
the
Dogs,
who
either
could
not
keep
the
big
trail
or
feared
to
do
so,
and
again
and
again
we
had
news
of
damage
done
by
the
Wolf;
sometimes
a
cowboy
would
report
it
to
us;
and
sometimes
we
found
the
carcasses
ourselves.
A
few
of
these
we
poisoned,
though
it
is
considered
a
very
dangerous
thing
to
do
while
running
Dogs.
The
end
of
the
month
found
us
a
weather-beaten,
dispirited
lot
of
men,
with
a
worn-out
lot
of
Horses,
and
a
foot-sore
pack,
reduced
in
numbers
from
ten
to
seven.
So
far
we
had
killed
only
one
Gray-wolf
and
three
Coyotes;
Badlands
Billy
had
killed
at
least
a
dozen
Cows
and
Dogs
at
fifty
dollars
a
head.
Some
of
the
boys
decided
to
give
it
up
and
go
home,
so
King
took
advantage
of
their
going,
to
send
a
letter,
asking
for
reënforcements
including
all
the
spare
Dogs
at
the
ranch.
During
the
two
days'
wait
we
rested
our
Horses,
shot
some
game,
and
prepared
for
a
harder
hunt.
Late
on
the
second
day
the
new
Dogs
arrived--eight
beauties--and
raised
the
working
pack
to
fifteen.
The
weather
now
turned
much
cooler,
and
in
the
morning,
to
the
joy
of
the
wolvers,
the
ground
was
white
with
snow.
This
surely
meant
success.
With
cool
weather
for
the
Dogs
and
Horses
to
run;
with
the
big
Wolf
not
far
away,
for
he
had
been
heard
the
night
before;
and
with
tracking
snow,
so
that
once
found
he
could
not
baffle
us,--escape
for
him
was
impossible.
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