Kitty 



tightening a noose around her back paws, which he 

 lassoed as she rolled over, he stretched her out. She 

 began to contract her supple body, gave a savage, 

 convulsive spring, which pulled Jones flat on the 

 ground, then the terrible wrestling started again. 

 The lasso slipped over her back paws. She leaped 

 the whole length of the other lasso. Jones caught 

 it and fastened it more securely; but this precaution 

 proved unnecessary, for she suddenly sank down 

 either exhausted or choked, and gasped with her 

 tongue hanging out. Frank slipped the second noose 

 over her back paws, and Jones did likewise with a 

 third lasso over her right front paw. These lassoes 

 Jones tied to different saplings. 



&quot; Now you are a good Kitty,&quot; said Jones, kneeling 

 by her. He took a pair of clippers from his hip 

 pocket, and grasping a paw in his powerful fist he 

 calmly clipped the points of the dangerous claws. 

 This done, he called to me to get the collar and 

 chain that were tied to his saddle. I procured them 

 and hurried back. Then the old buffalo hunter loos 

 ened the lasso which was round her neck, and as soon 

 as she could move her head, he teased her to bite a 

 club. She broke two good sticks with her sharp 

 teeth, but the third, being solid, did not break. 

 While she was chewing it Jones forced her head 

 back and placed his heavy knee on the club. In a 



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