| Show 8 AVID BY A WOLF 110 Mnnt Mm7 IlKl nil 11101 l > nIl n-Il 1 t > l llHHIrr Tot > John Adams of Johnstown Pa was a famous hunter of the olden lime but It was his boast that he never harmed a wolf and his reason Is I given In lbs following story from his own lips When I was a little honr 10 yetrs old or tbcreabouts I was out with my older brother Bum watching some cattle cat-tle that were pastured neir ih river The Indians were pretty leai able round where we lived and we supposed sup-posed ourselves safe Hut that dn > a I war party came on us suddenly They fired and killed flaw When I saw mm fall I cut Into the brush and 1 ran Into a dense laurrl thicket where I hid nlifh I about frightened out of iu > wows I waa full ten miles from home ami I kane the Indian would wnlih for me along the mood II lay still In the 11irtI till dark and thin ret off ainxn the mountains 1 was borehe nloil nnd MI < i footed and coon my fet beitlo ti bleed I bal l not gone nor Inn I few mil when I heard the I no llnu 01 I wolxea on ray track This mlue I i > i ror almost lent wings lo in > KI i < ut the wnlui gained on me I ill i i n I dare climb a Into If I ltui I hi < > the woltn would l haw kept m > u < i nnill morning and then UK Ill I would have discovered me nnd I h < led l-ed nothing co much as billie I 11 > I > r hnncli I ran panting b it the tutu > weru hells r runners than I und > wore almost at m > herb Tiuut < one wolf much larger than the r < < l unit came near moos close that win tot It shook Its ohnsTgy coat Wit wlM 1 7 water itpaticied In my fan Ihli hug wolf mppcd nt and fought wl I n I ha > others and kepi them hack and Ninth the pack dropped behind rur otto reason u olhei iho big wolf dldn it m 10 wont In hurt me It bchnted nma 1 like a dog and trotted along ucsl lle I me not near enough for me lo loin li loin lOIIIPO lIke yon knot It kpt aloiZ nlth me until dslight and Item I rout 1 0 r > Iho clLurlng of lImo nettle ni nt axiut home When the wolf lit ill > Ill I me It would slop now and then in 11 lock buck as It n good mind u kiep 1 on I Hlinll slwas think thai wolf ttuo cult lii me b > Irovldeme fur I 101 lHlli > IP I over should Imto 1111 I up ind found sly wn > that lark nlaht oxr lIlt mountains without It Mul I lit a thy reason I never hurt a wolf Inl Ivo limo them many u good turn let ino tell > ou and ulnl oven gi > 1 d Hum n iheep or two nut ot nil lit lt 1 Youths Companion |
