Raymond S. Spears

“ He differed from other trappers just as Two Toes differed from other wolves, or as an old silver fox differs from an old red fox.
Just as an old wolf seeks the deeper wilderness, French Louie sought the country unfrequented by his own kind. An old trapper is a good deal of a recluse and miser in his work, however fond he may be of people when his work is done. ”

“ But his main object was to kill wolves, and he hunted where his instinct, developed by fifty years of wilderness work, told him that wolves would lie.
So he crossed Twin Rock River and skirted the edge of the swamp, where young wolves were sure to be hunting rabbits and grouse. He found where they followed up a ravine of easy grade, making a veritable runway with their narrow claws and paws. He could tell by the way they scrambled along that; they were young wolves—even if he had not recognized their youth by the prints they made in the mud and sand. ”

“ It was a weapon of defense which French Louie had to have—and lack of which has left many a trapper to fall before the rush of a pack of hungry wolves. There were several wolves in this green timber country which had tasted and liked the flesh of man. ”