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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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RUN
DOWN
AT
LAST
It
was
the
roughest
of
all
rough
riding.
It
was
a
far
longer
hunt
than
we
had
expected,
and
was
full
of
little
incidents,
for
that
endless
line
of
marks
was
a
minute
history
of
all
that
the
big
Wolf
had
done
the
night
before.
Here
he
had
circled
at
the
telephone
box
and
looked
for
news;
there
he
had
paused
to
examine
an
old
skull;
here
he
had
shied
off
and
swung
cautiously
up
wind
to
examine
something
that
proved
to
be
an
old
tin
can;
there
at
length
he
had
mounted
a
low
hill
and
sat
down,
probably
giving
the
muster-howl,
for
two
Wolves
had
come
to
him
from
different
directions,
and
they
then
had
descended
to
the
river
flat
where
the
Cattle
would
seek
shelter
during
the
storm.
Here
all
three
had
visited
a
Buffalo
skull;
there
they
trotted
in
line;
and
yonder
they
separated,
going
three
different
ways,
to
meet--yes--here--oh,
what
a
sight,
a
fine
Cow
ripped
open,
left
dead
and
uneaten.
Not
to
their
taste,
it
seems,
for
see!
within
a
mile
is
another
killed
by
them.
Not
six
hours
ago,
they
had
feasted.
Here
their
trails
scatter
again,
but
not
far,
and
the
snow
tells
plainly
how
each
had
lain
down
to
sleep.
The
Hounds'
manes
bristled
as
they
sniffed
those
places.
King
had
held
the
Dogs
well
in
hand,
but
now
they
were
greatly
excited.
We
came
to
a
hill
whereon
the
Wolves
had
turned
and
faced
our
way,
then
fled
at
full
speed,--so
said
the
trail,--and
now
it
was
clear
that
they
had
watched
us
from
that
hill,
and
were
not
far
away.
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