Lobo 



himself, and his followers falling on the poor 

 cow, killed her in a few seconds. Lobo took 

 no part in the killing — after having thrown the 

 victim, he seemed to say, " Now, why could 

 not some of you have done that at once with- 

 out wasting so much time? " 



The man now rode up shouting, the wolves 

 as usual retired, and he, having a bottle of 

 strychnine, quickly poisoned the carcass in 

 three places, then went away, knowing they 

 would return to feed, as they had killed the 

 animal themselves. But next morning, on go- 

 ing to look for his expected victims, he found 

 that, although the wolves had eaten the heifer, 

 they had carefully cut out and thrown aside all 

 those parts that had been poisoned. 



The dread of this great wolf spread yearly ,-. 



among the ranchmen, and each year a larger yl*V& < 



price was set on his head, until at last it reached ^ ?£ £*h 



$1,000, an unparalleled wolf-bounty, surely; ^\\\ v U , ' ,,| fe, /? 



many a good man has been hunted down for s jf ,, '^ 



less. Tempted by the promised reward, a \*»l lp * 



Texan ranger named Tannerey came one day >,?■' 



galloping up the canon of the Currumpaw. He &/ 



had a superb outfit for wolf-hunting — the best 



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