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Show FIGHT WITH WOLVES. Contest In a Wyomlnu Cave That Discounts Famous Exploit ot Putnam. tTrtmuNn sit.ciai Cheyenne, v'so, May 11 The pres. entatlon ot the county clerk's ofllco yes. terday of eleven gray wolf pelts, on which bounty was demanded, brought to light a wolf story that discounts rutnnm's famous exploit, Seeral dajs ago William Sturgeon, John MacTar-lane MacTar-lane and Trank Seabolt of Owen followed fol-lowed gigantic wolf tracks to tho entrance en-trance of a cave In n ravine. Henbolt stood guard at tho mouth of the holo while Mncrarlane and Sturgeun entered, en-tered, pushing n torch at tho end of a ten-foot pole before them . They were armed with 30-30-cnllbro rifles. After the men hnd proceeded for fort-ftvo feet the passage narrowed down, until they were compelled to crawl on their hands and knees Mountain Moun-tain rats had littered tho floor with cacti an I their limbs wero filled with the sharp spikes, riially they were compelled to wilgglo nlong on their sloina,chs, drugging ihelr guns bonenth them A short Journey In this fashion took them Into a chamber, where they were confronted by n gigantic she-wolf, about which clustered ten partis -grown whelps The old wolf shoved fight and being afraid to try their rllles In so conllned a space, MacTarlane nnd Sturgeon retreated Lew lip the other two men on guard Mncrarlane. walked three miles to a ranch nd borrowed n 45-cnllbre Celts slx-shooicr. With this weapon ho nnd Senbor. ngnln crawled Into the den Tho wolves retreated before their advance, ad-vance, until all but tho mother wero hidden behind boulders MacF.irlano filed nt tho old one nnd sho chatged, snarling frightfully. A stream of bullets bul-lets met her, ono tenting nit her nose nnd nnother entering her brain. Hhe fell dead within a. foot of the revolver Mnrrarlano and Seabolt killed the cubs without dllllculty. The men will reccivo 1!5 bounty on the hides |