Show ja the thrilling story of snap the bull terrier ernest thompson semons last book animal heroes 18 it if possible more than c ver ever up till to tile the standard of his In tensly interesting te wild titles to tile the lover m or tills this new collection will ile he read with absorbing attention mr air seton tins haa been objected M to lo criticism liy by other naturalists natura lists notably john burroughs tor for endo whig liln ills animal characters with un till intelligence nod and powers which it la Is i 1111 ined nrc are not lot secil by any duall very likely no na a clam lint but no na mr seton litin self admits in it W preface to Atil vil 1 these histories while in ia alii life se founded on tile actual life doingo of nf 11 r mil clise cli ea I 1 un linal are anro more or less rol posIt adint indeed doia does not liot 4 bombine tile the most striking characteristics of f several individuals to construct his 11 ii an here who appeal to the reader lender ua na 9 nn an ex cs line ne character so hits mr air seton taken tile the record of a number r of 0 wood or other and cm boillod thir thi ir most 0 tricking kills lill ls or follings of 0 tile tho pick pack inta oue ne brave anti gigantic glant lc specimen take nil 0 of his books animal if eroes ts Is 1 delightfully illustrated by boint two hun dred drawings nod sketches from ills own slid and his hia wife cifes s pencils interest Is seimu ladd I 1 itra hy by a constant succession of marginal liberally interspersed intersperse I with will full pik paintings of thrilling Inelle tits the sim hit 1 nt f good K rod hunting of fierce I 1 ot at it il I fiig In sometimes to tl pursued 1 n to tile pursuer Is told by an N wielding a master an p n in de ph tl ng animal na adventures ventures mid at all tili tun s runs through tho the store ator the I 1 lovo 2 v 0 1 aln it 1 tho the writer bears beara f or nil animals ot f tin proud indomitable fearless beast ev it though ho he be the scourge of tho the country a killer of cattle or sir or even didgs di of which latter tho the author Is pas sli sl i a tely fond bo be they 9 Not lie ho has or I 1 liick on writ till ti 11 which Is better worth tha reading r and it lil ial sadder in ili its binnio li 19 t the he re nc in III tills volatile vo linio of tin the little dog snap tills this snap la Is a bull terrier h ans sent the author as a sort brt of lial joke ho he was tie so vicious nud and pron chable lie ile kept mr air seton on the top of tile lie table most moat of the night where lie he smoked dears cigars until ills his pocket supply ran out rud nud then shivered cooer he bo till a ally 11 y rundo friends with his little pup a ta oun sacr absolutely without ft fe ir ar A year ear inter the ho two found themselves near mendoza mendon north dakota where tho the wolves had been in en playing play ins havoc with the livestock live stock evading 0 tiding poison till nud traps and a actually duall y scorning the Rt attempts tempts of the rance ranc bera e ro an and the wolvers to exterminate to them the following la Is a recital of the hunt in which snap figured most gloriously froin 1 rum a high point wo we caught sight bight of a ru speck of gray A moving white stands for antelope a red speck for io I 1 ox a gray speck for or elt either h er graywolf gray wolf or coyote and each of 0 those these Is ditl determined rin ined liy by its I 1 tall all it if the glass shows tin the tall down it la Is a coyote if up it Is the listed baud graywolf gray orai wolf wo we got a momentary view of 0 tho the pursuit a graywolf gray wolf it surely was as loping WRY inay ahead of the dogs somehow I 1 so BO fast as they bail bad after the coyote du but it tio no one knew tile the finish of tile the hunt the iho hogs dogs cabic back to us one by one and wo we saw no more of that wulf wolf sarcastic rca remarks and recrimination were now freely indulged la in by tile the hunters pahl plumb was waa the fat fathera tiers disgusted comment on oil the pack they rhey could catch up easy enough but when ann ho tumid turn ed on 0 n them th cul they t h cy lighted it out for home pahl theres Wb eres that ons fear I 1 it sg s o nort asked 1111 binton ton orn fully 1 I dziat know mald 1 I 1 I am la in dined to think lie ho noer dever saw the wolf but it if lie he ever does ill bet ho he sails la in for death or glory that night several cows COBS were killed danes fighters but bat they are no use nt at ill all without the crowning moral force of grit rit mat none can supply so BO well BB as a bull terrier on that day the cattlemen in en learned how bow to manage the wolf rin estion neit neat day was halloween the anniversary of snaps advent the weather was dear clear bright not too cold anil and there was wag no snow on oil the ground the men usually celebrated the tiny day with a hunt of some sort bort and now of 0 course were the one oba object act to the disappointment of all snap was in bad shape with lila big wound lie ile slept as usual at my fret feet slid bloody stains now marked the place ile he was not in condition to fight wit we were bound to have a wolf hunt so BO to lie was be gullA to nn an outhouse and locked up while we went off 1 I nt at least with a sense of impending disaster I 1 knew we should fall fail without my dog but I 1 did not realize how had bad a failure it was to be afar among the buttes of skull crock we had bail roamed when a white ball sp bounding through the sage gage brush and in it a minute more snap came growl ilif and stump waggling up to my horgon li s side ide I 1 could not send fend him back he be would take no such orders ordera not even from me ills wound was looking bad so BO I 1 called him held down the quirt and jumped him to my saddle there I 1 thought ill keep you sate safe till till we g get e t home yes tog I 1 thought but I 1 r reckoned celdon e t 1 not with snap the voice of 1111 lillton ton aiu hu announced that tha t he hod bad sighted lighted a wolf dander aud and gillley ills rival both sprang to the point of observation with the resu result it that they collided and fell together sprawling in the sage aage dut but snap gazing ha liard rd bud sighted 1 ted the abo wolf not so very tar far ori off 0 and ad be before f ore I 1 knew it ho he leaped from tho the saddle rind bounded zigzag high low in and under the sage is straight aral gh t for I 1 tho ba enemy leading tho the whole pack tor for a few minutes not far of course the great greyhounds Grey Croy hounds sighted the moving speck and tile 11 I 1 proves procession slon strung gout out on oil the plat plain it pr promised 0 to be a title flue hunt for t the wolf ca had bad less than half a mile start and nil the dogs were mere fully interested turned up grizzly gully 11 cried garvin this way and we e ca can a blead them off we galloped to the top of cedar anti were about to ride town down when hilton shouted Bh uy by george here lie he isi Is were right 0 at or him A great gnat gra graywolf gray y wolf came lumbering across on an open plain toward us as ills head was low ills tall out level and fifty yards behind him win il was dander balling like a over the ground going twice as fast its as the wolf lu in it 11 tile the hound was and and snapped but bounded bick as tho the wolf volf turned on oil hi blai it in a few L seconds F ec ads the nem lle greyhound Orey hound nr arrived rIved t then 11 L n tile the rest in ili order of swift swiftness iless each canic up lip ft full alb of tight light and fury determined to go r right 1 g it in und tear the graywolf gray grai wolf to pieces alc plc cei but inch cacti in turn swerved asline tind and leaped and barked nt at a safe aire distance after a minute or so tile the dussl ina alpen red eluo big dogs they were their it distant stant intention no doubt wit wai q to dash at the old wolf but its ills feltri front ills hla frame and death dealing ng jaws clyed them long before they were near 11 him lul and they also joined tile the ring while I 1 the he desper desperado idu in tile the middle faced fact d t this his way anil and that ready tor for adur atur or till nil now tile tho banest camo came up tip huge limbed creatures annb any one of them thein as heavy as tile the wolf voir I 1 heard eard their heay heavy tighten into a threatening sound as they plunged ahead eager to tear the foe to pieces hut but when they saw him blin there grim fearless mighty of jaw tireless of limb ready to tile die if uncoil be hut but sure of this lie he would not lie dlo nione well those grent great danes all three ot of then them were mere stricken as the rest lest bad been with a sudden bashfulness basht ulness yes thov they would go right in presently not now but as soon boon ns as they had got their breath they were not afraid of a wolf oil no I 1 could read their courage in their voices th they y knew perfectly well that the first do dog to N 1 1 4 f 1 1 Z i I 1 1 f I 1 1111 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 j r I 1 ali I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 V pr j P 1 I 1 V I 1 a 11 1 4 C Is if 11 1 i k I 1 1 I 1 1 k k 1 I 1 ak 1 I 1 ato 1 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 11 1 I 1 11 1 1 ar I 1 I 1 rl pi W k 1 az p i s I 1 1 I 1 I 1 11 i I 1 I 1 11 r i t I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 TUG DESPERADO IN MIDDLE WAY AND 11 close to the lie randi ranch III annl we wore were spurred on to another limit heinit it inch III i tile last ante in the afternoon we 81 ahti 1 a g gny ra y i fellow e llo w with tall up lip not lot 11 halt a a M allo I 1 le 0 off ff A As a w we 0 ruse rose tu to tite lie upland imil fligh sighted teI the chase halt a little olf dawl D in I 1 r tho the greyhound came up with alth the eilf and snapped nt at ills his h a ruch the gray wolf vot turned round to fight noil we nye hal had it i fine view tho the dogs camo came up by two null throes threes barking nt at him in a ring till last snap the little is white ite ono one orphl ruil nil up lie wasted no tinie tine barking ba but rushed straight nt at ahe the wolf s throat an etui I 1 missed it yet deemed to got get him hilli liy by the nose then the t ten en L big 19 DORS dogs closed in awl mi 1 in two minutes the wolf clr was ns dead had lived up to my promises for him now it was my turn tuni t to crow and I 1 did not lose the chance chain r snap nap had bad shown them liow how RIO at lit li t tho the mendoza park pack hall had killed a graywolf gray arn wolf olt without help from roni the lie mm men there were ivere two ti lings to mar the citory victory somewhat first it was a youns young wolf it inore inere cut ill MI elond ee ond snap was wan wounded wounded tin the wolf had given him a ball bad cut in tile the shoulder Rhou lilor I 1 As we e rode in sprowl proul procession home I 1 saw lie he aim limped I 1 it 11 little here I 1 cried 11 onie come up snap lie tried once or twice to jump to t saddle but could not here 1111 aliton ton lirt lift 1 im up to roe me 71 1 anke ill I 1 11 lot let you handle your own rattle snakes war wa the rily ply for or nil all knew now that it was waa rot pot sni ar to meddle with ills his person hen si 41 li ii take hold I 1 said aud and held ili i 1 to him ile iio baled iced it and by that I 1 lifted him to the front of my saddle middle cwi i so carried him hau home ile he had shown abose cattlemen cattle men how to fill the w aia k ii i in their pack the foxhounds Fox hounds a m v 1 good slid and the Grey Greyhound hounds a swift an ami flit russians and so go in was vas going to get hurt but never mind that fir anti they would bark a little enote to got get nil lip enthusiasm anil and ns as the ten biff dogs were leaping round tho the all c nt wolf nt at tiny there then aris n rustling in ili tile the sage at the far side of tho then a snowwhite snow white rubber ball it see seemed nied rnino crime lit but grew inton into to a little bull terrier end stilie slowest of 0 the nack and lust last came ilig clarl so BO lard hard ho he so benuck aued gusi lug over the level open lie he made straight to the changing ring around the cattle h liler killer whom rone cone dared face did ho be hesitate not for or an instant through the ring of tho the yelping pack straight for tile lid despot or 0 the range right for his till throat oa t lie ho a sprang prang rind the graywolf gray wolf struck with chiq t twenty 11 ll ty scimitars but tile attio one it if at nil all sprang again and theu then what came I 1 hardly knew there was a whirling mass of dogs I 1 thought I 1 saw the little white ono c 11 it hed on oil the gray wolfs nose tho the pack was all around we ive chuia nut not help them theal rely now hut but they jid not lot need us they had a leader of dauntless anil and when in it a little while tile tho final scene wits was done there on oil the ground lay thu the graywolf gray arny wolf a giant of III hla kind still alln clinched tied on oil his nose was thi the little white dog doe wo we wore standing around within fifteen feet really to help hut but had bad no chance till we were not needed the wolf was dead anil ana I 1 hallowed hallooed hallo ballo oed to san snap hut but lie ho tild did not move alove I 1 hen bent t over snap sual its all over youve killed hilled him put 1111 tho the dog was very still bild now I 1 saw two deep wounds la in li batly I 1 tried to lift ili him in let go ol 01 alil d fellow its all over lie he growled feebly anti anil at last lilt let go of the wulf wolf the abo rough cattlemen cattle men nien were kneeling around him wo v old pt proofs voice was trembling as 03 he muttered bcd 1 I had him hurt for twenty steers I 1 lifted him in my arms called billel cil lel to him and stroked hla his head ile he snarled marled ft a little a ta farewell rewell as it probed for he be licked my baud as he bo did so theu then never snarled again that wag wa n sail ride home tor for uie me there was the skill elfin of a monstrous wolf but bill no other mat hint of 0 triumph we hurled burled tile tho fearless fe arlea one on n butte hack back of tho the reach ranch house Pen roof as an he stood by was wa heard to grum lile uy by jingo hago tant was grit elar grid ye can t raise cattle without grit |