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Simon Black Chief, who had heard it from Tall Chief 

 and Jim Jacobs. The sagacity of Pennsylvania wolves, 

 especially the black wolves of the Seven Mountains, 

 was proverbial. It is related that the philanthropic 

 Ario Pardee was in the habit of taking solitary walks 

 through his vast Pineries, estimating the timber and 

 thinking out schemes for the betterment of mankind. 

 On one of these rambles he happened into a clear- 

 ing in High Valley, where he met a very small 

 boy named Israel Riter, who was tending a few ragged 

 looking sheep. The philanthropist perceived a large 

 black wolf standing at the edge of the clearing, no 

 great distance away, apparently watching the grazing 

 animals. He communicated his discovery to the young 

 shepherd, and advised him to set his dog on the wolf. 

 The boy replied that such would be a risky procedure, 

 as the wolf at the edge of the clearing was only there 

 to attract his attention; that on the opposite side of 

 the clearing there was no doubt another wolf, which, 

 as soon as he turned the dog on the first wolf, would 

 take the opportunity to carry off a sheep. The wealthy 

 gentleman, who doubted the extraordinary story, of- 

 fered young Riter that if he would try the experiment, 

 he would make good any loss of sheep in dollars. The 

 boy agreed, and sent his dog after the wolf, which was 

 in plain view. No sooner had he done so when the 

 ambushed confederate rushed out from the opposite 

 thicket and plunged into the flock. At that moment 

 the philanthropist's Negro body servant. Black Sam, 

 who had been following his master unknown to him at 



