THE WOLF. 
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was walking to and fro on his post, he saw 
a large wolf coming directly towards him. 
In his alarm, the first thing he thought of 
was to blow 7 his horn,—which he did: the 
people raised a great shout and rushed to¬ 
gether ; and, as the swamp was not more than 
half surrounded, nothing was easier than 
for the wolves to make their escape. 
“ Richard, as I said, was in very had 
health at that time ; and when he came back 
after giving the alarm he was so tired that 
mother persuaded him to lie down. But 
when he heard the noise he could remain 
quiet no longer, and, though he had no gun, 
he went out towards the swamp. As he 
reached the edge of it, he raised his eyes 
and beheld three wolves coming towards him 
in single file. He raised his stick and gave 
a shout: the foremost wolf stopped short, 
and jumped up and down two or three 
times, as though quite beside himself with 
terror; and then, making a spring, he hound¬ 
ed clear over Richard’s head, followed by 
the two others. And that was the last that 
was seen of the wolves.” 
“ And so they never killed one of them!” 
“Not a wolf! It appeared from their 
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