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Bingo 



it was now easy for me to step up and end the 

 fight by putting a ball through the wolfs head. 

 Then, when this dog of marvellous wind 

 saw that his foe was dead, he gave him no sec- 

 ond glance, but set out at a lope for a farm 

 four miles across the snow where he had left his 

 master when first the wolf was started. He 

 was a wonderful dog, and even if I had not 

 come he undoubtedly would have killed the 

 wolf alone, as I learned he had already done 

 with others of the kind, in spite of the fact that 

 the wolf, though of the smaller or prairie race, 

 was much larger than himself. 



I was filled with admiration for the dog's 

 prowess and at once sought to buy him at any 

 price. The scornful reply of his owner was, 

 " Why don't you try to buy one of the chil- 

 dren ? ' ' 



Since Frank was not in the market I was 

 obliged to content myself with the next best 

 thing, one of his alleged progeny. That is, a son 

 of his wife. This probable offspring of an illus- 

 trious sire was a roly-poly ball of black fur that 

 looked more like a long-tailed bear-cub than a 

 puppy. But he had some tan markings like 



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