. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga . th a savage snarlwhich fairly turned the blood cold in Enochsveins, cast itself full at him ! Raised upon his hind legs the old timber-wolf, the hero of a thousand fights with otherpack-leaders, or with the young upstarts ofhis own tribe, was fully as tall as his antag-onist. The sight of its wide red jaws, fromwhich the froth flew as it does from the lipsof a mad dog, the gleaming yellow teeth,the capacious throat which seemed fairly tosteam with the fetid breath expelled from thebeasts lungs, almost overcame young Hard-ing. For the moment he was enthralled
. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga . th a savage snarlwhich fairly turned the blood cold in Enochsveins, cast itself full at him ! Raised upon his hind legs the old timber-wolf, the hero of a thousand fights with otherpack-leaders, or with the young upstarts ofhis own tribe, was fully as tall as his antag-onist. The sight of its wide red jaws, fromwhich the froth flew as it does from the lipsof a mad dog, the gleaming yellow teeth,the capacious throat which seemed fairly tosteam with the fetid breath expelled from thebeasts lungs, almost overcame young Hard-ing. For the moment he was enthralled bythe terrifying appearance of the wolf, and hisarms lacked the strength necessary to swinghis gun. The charge would surely have overbornehim had Enoch not slipped upon the ice ashe shrank back, and providentially he fellupon one knee. The wolf had sprung at histhroat and the pioneer lads sinking to theice caused the beast to leap clear over boththe human actors in the drama. But as itslean gray body flashed past, the stranger 202. THE WOLF SPRANG AT His THROAT
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