THE WOLF HUNTERS 



us to make out the following message from the 

 dead man: 



JLUi MX4 f^<L i^iL 



Cut off and surrounded by Injens Woonded — lay- 

 ing between ded hors and ded bufFalow standing them 

 off. Catriges nearly all gon God hep me 



John S. Kel Gran Mo. 



The name seemed to be something like Kelton, 

 Kelsey, or Kelley, and several of the other words 

 were so imperfectly written that I had to guess 

 them out. We guessed the name of the town to 

 be Granby, Missouri. 



As I finished rendering my interpretation of the 

 inscription Jack said, as he devoutly crossed him- 

 self: 



"'God help me!' the poor fellow said, an' no 

 doubt the Good Man took pity on him an' let 



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