. Wild animals I have known : and 200 drawings . Lofco. Then followed the inevitable tragedy, theidea of which I shrank from afterward morethan at the time. We each threw a lasso overthe neck of the doomed wolf, and strained ourhorses in opposite directions until the bloodburst from her mouth, her eyes glazed, herlimbs stiffened and then fell limp. Homewardthen we rode, carrying the dead wolf, and ex-ulting over this, the first death-blow we hadbeen able to inflict on the Currumpaw pack. At intervals during the tragedy, and afterwardas we rode homeward, we heard the roar ofLobo as he wandered
. Wild animals I have known : and 200 drawings . Lofco. Then followed the inevitable tragedy, theidea of which I shrank from afterward morethan at the time. We each threw a lasso overthe neck of the doomed wolf, and strained ourhorses in opposite directions until the bloodburst from her mouth, her eyes glazed, herlimbs stiffened and then fell limp. Homewardthen we rode, carrying the dead wolf, and ex-ulting over this, the first death-blow we hadbeen able to inflict on the Currumpaw pack. At intervals during the tragedy, and afterwardas we rode homeward, we heard the roar ofLobo as he wandered about on the distantmesas, where he seemed to be searching forBlanca. He had never really deserted her, butknowing that he could not save her, his deep-rooted dread of firearms had been too much forhim when he saw us approaching. All that daywe heard him wailing as he roamed in his quest,and I remarked at length to one of the boys, Now, indeed, I truly know that Blanca washis mate. As evening fell he seemed to be coming tow-ard the home canon, for his
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