Lobo 



other proportions were commensurate, for he 

 stood three feet high at the shoulder, and 

 weighed 150 pounds. His trail, therefore, 

 though obscured by those of his followers, was 

 never difficult to trace. The pack had soon 

 found the track of my drag, and as usual fol- 

 lowed it. I could see that Lobo had come to 

 the first bait, sniffed about it, and finally had 

 picked it up. 



Then I could not conceal my delight. " I've 

 got him at last," I exclaimed; "I shall find 

 him stark within a mile," and I galloped on 

 with eager eyes fixed on the great broad track 

 in the dust. It led me to the second bait and 

 that also was gone. How I exulted — I surely 

 have him now and perhaps several of his band. 

 But there was the broad paw-mark still on the 

 drag ; and though I stood in the stirrup and 

 scanned the plain I saw nothing that looked 

 like a dead wolf. Again I followed — to find 

 now that the third bait was gone — and the 

 king-wolf's track led on to the fourth, there to 

 learn that he had not really taken a bait at all, 

 but had merely carried them in his mouth. 

 Then having piled the three on the fourth, he 



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