The Winnipeg Wolf 
explanation, ““No good, neber pay,” so far 
from clearing up the difficulty, brought Paul 
staggering back of the bar to avenge the insult. 
The Celestial might have suffered grievous 
bodily hurt, but that Little Jim was at hand and 
had a long stick, with which he adroitly tripped 
up the Fiddler and sent him sprawling. He 
staggered to his feet swearing he would have 
Jim’s life. But the child was near the back 
door and soon found refuge in the Wolf’s kennel. 
Seeing that the boy had a protector, Paul 
got the long stick, and from a safe distance be- 
gan to belabor the Wolf. The grizzly creature 
raged at the end of the chain, but, though he 
parried many cruel blows by seizing the stick 
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in his teeth, he was suffering severely, when 
Paul realized that Jim, whose tongue had not 
been idle, was fumbling away with nervous 
fingers to set the Wolf loose, and soon would 
succeed. Indeed, it would have been done 
already but for the strain that the Wolf kept 
on the chain. 
The thought of being in the yard at the 
mercy of the huge animal that he had so en- 
raged, gave the brave Paul a thrill of terror. 
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