Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

 

Garnett, Kansas Journal

     Reuben Lowry, of Walker Township, Anderson County, Kansas, was out hunting wolves one day during this snow. He got track of a wolf, and with his dogs followed to the timber, where he overtook it, and the dogs and the wolf fought in the snow. Uncle Reuben, however, who was on horseback, managed to put a load of shot into the wolf. An old greyhound laid the wolf out on the snow apparently dead. Uncle Reuben had strings attached to his saddle behind to tie game to, and, lashing the carcass of the wolf to the saddle, he mounted for home. All unconscious of any difficultly, he awakened suddenly to the fact that the wolf had been playing possum, and was viciously snapping and making vigorous efforts to get away from the saddle-thongs. Uncle Reuben, of course, could not get off the horse to kill the wolf, and was in imminent danger of being bitten where he was. He had the presence of mind, however, to watch his opportunity, and grabbed the beast by the neck in such a manner that it could not bite, and held it there until he got home, where his grandson killed it.