THE WOLF HUNTERS 



CHAPTER I 



TOM'S PLAN 



*'TX7'ELL, men, what will we do?" said Jack 

 ^^ Flanagan. **We can re-enlist or go back 

 to the States and each hunt his job, or we can try- 

 to get something to do where we can all three 

 stick together." 



"Let's stick together if we can," said L 

 *'Now, hold on, men," advised Tom Vance, 

 "until you hear what I have got to say. I have 

 been thinking a lot about what we'd best do, and 

 last night I think it come to me." 



"Tell us what it is, Tom," said Jack eagerly. 

 "Tis yourself has the wise head on his shoulders, 

 and rd like to hear your plan." 



We were three soldiers of Company K, First 

 Cavalry, whose terms of service were about to 

 expire, and we looked forward with much eager- 

 ness to the time when we should again be our own 

 masters instead of being subject to military dis- 

 cipline. Of course, we could re-enlist for another 

 five years, and the government offered induce- 



