"It looks to me like a wounded wolf. I never saw a wolf make such strange motions."
"Quick! Look again. What do you see?"
"By Jove!" said Ted slowly. "If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed it. That is a wolf all right, but it seems to be waving something white at us. It doesn't seem to be able to move along. I wonder what it is."
"Some trick, probably. Remember what Frederic Caruthers said about the Gray Wolves' visit, and the cleverness of the fellows?"
"Yes. What do you think of it?"
"I think it is a lure to excite our curiosity, and get us to go out there and fall into a trap."
"That sounds reasonable."
"You will notice that the wolf is just over the top of a rise on the prairie. The question is, What is beyond the rise, in the hollow?"
"I'm going out to find out."
"I wouldn't if I were you, Ted."