Part 6 (2/2)
asked Brick
”I reckon so,” Jerry admitted, reluctantly ”Itabout it, fellows If we expect to have any peace we've got to kill the creature”
”That's easier said than done,” replied Hamp ”I wish I had taken careful aim when I had the chance Now the ht, and keep us fro”
”We'll do our best to put him to sleep with a bullet,” declared Jerry
”Keep a stiff upper lip, Brick We've got long odds on our side”
”I'm not afraid,” Brick protested, stoutly ”I can kill a cataet the chance”
It was the chance that anting, however Evidently, the beast had no intention of being killed He was hungry enough to hang onto the forlorn chance of a I h the boys I lay behind the fire for an hour, watching with cocked and I loaded rifles
”The cunning fellow is lurking close by, you h we'll catch hi the deer”
”It's no fun to sit here in the cold,” replied Ha it looks inside the cabin Confound that cataested Jerry ”I'll keep guard for a couple of hours”
”No; I'll stick it out with you,” replied Hamp
”And so will I,” added Brick
Half an hour slipped away in silence The drowsiness of the boys increased They felt strongly teo to bed, and leave the catamount in possession of the camp
Suddenly they were startled to hear the dull report of a gun far back in the woods Another shot followed, and then another
”So within a mile or two of us”
”That's where the racket coh”
His lips framed the wordelse,” declared Brick; ”a sort of a roaring noise It sounds like the wind a the trees”
All listened intently
”There's no wind,” said Jerry, in a puzzled tone, ”unless there's a hurricane co of wolves, fellows”
No one spoke The assertion was too plain for denial Nearer and louder rose the weird, ers of the forest were out on a night hunt for food
”Yes, it is wolves,” ht never to have crossed the lake The bitter weather has driven the pack down from Canada Those brutesyesterday were part of it”
”Now they're headed this way,” declared Jerry ”They must have attacked the camp of those twomeant”
”Can't we climb trees?” Brick asked