Badlands Billy 
the strongest could survive, and when the trial 
of strength was over, the den contained only 
the old one and the Black-maned Cub, the 
one she had adopted. ‘Thus little Duskymane 
became her sole charge; all her strength was 
devoted to feeding him, and he thrived apace. 
Wolves are quick to learn certain things. 
The reactions of smell are the greatest that a 
Wolf can feel, and thenceforth both Cub and 
foster-mother experienced a quick, unreasoning 
sense of fear and hate the moment the smell of 
strychnine reached them. 
JANE 
THE RUDIMENTS OF WOLF TRAINING 
With the sustenance of seven at his service 
the little Wolf had every reason to grow, and 
when in the autumn he began to follow his 
mother on her hunting trips he was as tall as 
she was. Now a change of region was forced 
on them, for numbers of little Wolves were 
growing up. Sentinel Butte, the rocky fastness 
of the plains, was claimed by many that were 
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