[Openquartz-general] salvos

[Heilbron B. <ano...@vv...>]

As white with snow. This surely meant success. With cool weather for the
Dogs and Horses to run; with the big Wolf not far away, for he had been
heard the night before; and with tracking snow, so that once found he
could not baffle us,--escape for him was impossible. We were up at dawn,
but before we could get away, three men came riding into camp. They were
the Penroof boys back again. The change of weather had changed their
minds; they knew that with snow we might have luck. "Remember now," said
King, as all were mounting, "we don't want any but Badlands Billy this
trip. Get him an' we kin bust up the hull combination. It is a
five-and-a-half-inch track." And each measured off on his quirt handle,
or on his glove, the exact five and a half inches that was to be used in
testing the tracks he might find. Not more than an hour elapsed before
we got a signal from the rider who had gone westward. One shot: that
means "attention," a pause while counting ten, then two shots: that
means "come on." King gathered the Dogs and rode direct to the distant
figure on the hill. All hearts beat high with hope, and we were not
disappointed. Some small Wolf tracks had been found, but here at last
was the big track, nearly six inches long. Young Penroof wanted to yell
and set out at full gallop. It was like hunting a Lion; it was like
finding happiness long deferred. The hunter knows