Lobo 



able when alone, have fallen through the indis- 

 cretion of a trusted ally. 



Ill 



Once or twice, I had found indications that 

 everything was not quite right in the Currum- 

 paw pack. There were signs of irregularity, I 

 thought ; for instance there was clearly the trail 

 of a smaller wolf running ahead of the leader, 

 at times, and this I could not understand until 

 a cowboy made a remark which explained the 

 matter. 



"I saw them to-day, " he said, "and the 

 wild one that breaks away is Blanca." Then 

 the truth dawned upon me, and I added, " Now, 

 I know that Blanca is a she-wolf, because were 

 a he-wolf to act thus, Lobo would kill him at 

 once." 



This suggested a new plan. I killed a heifer, 

 and set one or two rather obvious traps about 

 the carcass. Then cutting off the head, which 

 is considered useless offal, and quite beneath 

 the notice of a wolf, I set it a little apart and 

 around it placed two powerful steel traps proper - 



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