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under a lock and key. and in due time they were all 

 killed off for being common thieves. About two 

 months before ^Nlr. Razey caught his wolf, Col. 

 Parker's coyote broke her collar and made her escape. 

 She was seen a number of times before ^Ir. Razey 

 caught the Potter County "wolf," but never seen after. 

 The wolf that ^Ir. Razey caught was a female, and 

 as ^Ir. Razey said it was a small sized wolf he caught, 

 we will bet a bushel of frogs to a pint of cider that 

 the wolf Mr. Razey caught was Col. Parkers escaped 

 coyote. The writer was well acquainted with ^Ir. 

 Parker and had a number of talks with him about this 

 matter, and Air. Parker told me that he had talked 

 with Razey about the wolf he caught, and he (Parker) 

 was dead sure that Razey's wolf was his escaped 

 co}ote. and as ^Ir. Parker expressed himself, he said: 

 T am damned glad that Razey caught that coyote, for 

 I was afraid I would have a bill of damages to pay for 

 her depredations." \\ e both thought that Potter 

 County was better able to pay Mr. Razey the S5"> 

 boimty than to have some poor farmer lose twice that 

 amount in sheep. Xow. with due respect to ^Ir. Razey 

 we must say that we believe that he was honest in 

 liis opinion that he had caught a wolf, for the follow- 

 ing reason : Take a small size grey wolf and a large 

 covote and we don't believe that Potter Coimty has 

 got a man today that could tell which one was wolf or 

 coyote. There are only two points to judge from — 

 the coyote is not as strong or hea\y through the butt 

 of the jaws, and his tail is two inches or more shorter 



