OUR CAMP ON WALNUT CREEK 



stable, hay, an' grain will be our reserve for 

 stormy weather or when the grass is covered with 

 snow. We must still work hard till we get our 

 own winter quarters finished up, an' then let the 

 weather turn loose — we'll be ready for it." 



Toward evening I made the round of the buffalo 

 carcasses and poisoned them for the night's catch 

 of wolves. 



As we gathered around the supper table in the 

 evening I suggested : 



"As I expect a big job of wolf skinning in the 

 morning, I guess I'll need help, and maybe I had 

 as well take Jack along with me and be breaking 

 him in." 



**A11 right," replied the Irishman, "if Tom says 

 so, I'm your huckleberry. How many skins are 

 you going to get this haul?" 



"Well, I don't know, but, putting it low, I ought 

 to find at least five or six around each bait, and 

 maybe twice that many, so you see, skinning, 

 bringing in, and pegging down thirty-five or forty 

 wolf pelts is no small job." 



"Well, it'll take the two of you the whole fore- 

 noon," said Tom ruefully, "but the wolfskins 

 must be taken care of — that's what we're here for. 

 Still, I'm mighty anxious to get the other dugout 

 done, so I guess you'd better not kill any more 

 buffalo for bait unless we need some more of their 

 skins to cover our dugout. These six will keep 

 you a-poisoning and a-skinning for at least three 



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