the second wolf appear, shooting out from 

 behind the leader. The sight of another 

 wolf appearing suddenly on his flank throws 

 a young deer into a panic, in which he is 

 apt to lose his head and be caught by the 

 cunning hunters. 



Curiously enough, the plains Indians, who 

 travel in the same way when hunting or 

 scouting for enemies, first learned the trick 

 — so an old chief told me, and it is one of 

 the traditions of his people — from watch- 

 ing the timber wolves in their stealthy ad- 

 vance over the open places. 



The wolves were stealing through the 

 woods all together, one late summer after- 

 noon, having beaten a cover without taking 

 anything, when the puzzled cubs suddenly 

 found themselves alone. A moment before 

 they had been trotting along with the old 

 wolves, nosing every cranny and knot hole 

 for mice and grubs, and stopping often for a 

 roll and frolic, as young cubs do in the glad- 

 ness of life ; now they pressed close together, 

 looking, listening, while a subtle excitement 

 filled all the woods. For the old wolves had 



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