THE WOLF HUNTERS 



of burning it to get rid of the old trap, when it 

 occurred to him to make a present of it to To 

 hausen if he would accept it. The old fellow 

 was very much pleased to think of riding about in 

 such a rig as our commanding officer sometimes 

 used. Lieutenant Mclntyre had his blacksmith 

 put the old rattletrap in serviceable shape; and 

 then put harness on a pair of the old chiefs mus- 

 tangs and had them broken to work by some of 

 the soldiers and turned the outfit over to To 

 hausen. But neither he nor any of his men could 

 learn to use the lines and, after a few efforts they 

 dispensed with the lines altogether, and, putting 

 a boy on each bronco of the team, they have since 

 navigated the ambulance in that shape. Indian- 

 like, they generally travel at a gallop, whether the 

 ground is smooth or rough, and often break some- 

 thing, but they tie it up with rawhide to hold the 

 parts together till they can get to Fort Larned or 

 Fort Lyon, and then the quartermasters have 

 their men patch it up again for the old man." 



As evening approached we returned to the home 

 of Lobo, where a good fire burning in the centre 

 of the lodge made it quite comfortable except for 

 the smoke that nearly blinded us; but by lying 

 down on our blankets we found we could avoid 

 this discomfort. 



Tom dropped in for a few minutes to see how 

 we were getting along and to tell us that under 

 the stimulating influence of the whiskey I had 



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