Tito 



One night, when she got a response, she 



yielded to the impulse again to call, and soon 



afterward a large, dark Coyote appeared. The 



fact that he was there at all was a guarantee of 



unusual gifts, for the war against his race was 



waged relentlessly by the cattlemen. He ap- 



il"'/// proached with caution. Tito's mane bristled 



, '' '// with mixed feelings at the sight of one of her 



|' // own kind. She crouched flat on the ground and 



\\ // waited. The newcomer came stiffly forward, 



^ v (. nosing the wind ; then up the wind nearly to her. 



!m \v % Then he walked around so that she should 



wind him, and raising his tail, gently waved it. 

 The first acts meant armed neutrality, but the 

 last was a distinctly friendly signal. Then he 

 approached, and she rose up suddenly and stood 

 as high as she could to be smelled. Then she 

 wagged the stump of her tail, and they con- 

 sidered themselves acquainted. 



The newcomer was a very large Coyote, half 

 as tall again as Tito, and the dark patch on 

 his shoulders was so large and black that the 

 cow-boys, when they came to know him, called 

 him Saddleback. From that time these two 

 continued more or less together. They were 



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