Show A calr 0 panthers smut creek afi a small stream in the big horn mountains A rancher in the valley set a trap for panthers which he thought had been stealing his sheep the trap was of steel extra largo and heavy and baited with mutton four days in succession the rancher visited the trap and found nothing he omitted the day and when he came on the sixth he heard a groaning sound lie fouad that every bush within five yards had been torn up by the roots tho ground itself looked as if it had been plowed and the trap was gone following the sounds be saw the tips of the ears of an animal behind a rock lie made a detour with rifle cocked and finally came upon not one but two panthers one had its leg in the trap the other was licking the trapped panther as a cat would her kitten the rancher shot panther and then easily dispatched the other |