A wolf of the largest size with one of his
feet in the trap. He was a terrible-looking object, for, besides his
immense size and naturally ferocious aspect, his white hair bristled
on end and was all covered with streaks and spots of blood from his
bloody jaws. In his efforts to escape he had bitten the trap until he
had broken his teeth and lacerated his gums, so that his appearance
was hideous in the extreme. And when the two men came up he struggled
with all his might to fly at them.
Cameron and Joe stood looking at him in a sort of wondering
admiration.
"We'd better put a ball in him," suggested Joe after a time. "Mayhap
the chain won't stand sich tugs long."
"True, Joe; if it break, we might get an ugly nip before we killed
him."
So saying Cameron fired into the wolf's head and killed it. It was
found, on examination, that four wolves had been in the traps, but the
rest had escaped. Two of them, however, had gnawed off their paws and
left them lying in the traps.
After this the big wolves did not trouble them again.
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