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gled but massive pork sandwiches, wrapped 

 in newspaper, from his pocket, and offered 

 one to his strange associate. Lone Wolf was 

 not hungry, being full of perfectly good 

 mutton ; but being too polite to refuse, he 

 gulped down the sandwich. Timmins took 

 out the steel chain, snapped it on to Lone 

 Wolf's collar, said " Come on ! " and started 

 homeward. And Lone Wolf, trained to a 

 short leash, followed close at his heels. 



Timmin's breast swelled with exultation. 

 What was the loss of one dog and half a dozen 

 no account sheep to the possession of this 

 magnificent captive and the prestige of such 

 a naked-handed capture. He easily inferred, 

 of course, that his triumph must be due, in 

 part at least, to some resemblance to the 

 wolfs former master, whose dominance had 

 plainly been supreme. His only anxiety 

 was as to how the great wolf might conduct 

 himself toward Settlement Society in general. 

 Assuredly nothing could be more lamb-like 

 than the animal's present demeanour ; but 

 Timmins remembered the fate of Joe Ander- 

 son's powerful dog, and had his doubts. He 

 examined Lone Wolf's collar and congratu- 

 lated himself that both collar and chain were 

 strong. 



It was getting well along in the afternoon 



