I had a dog with me this time, and shouted and rapped on the fence, and set him on her.

He jumped up and snapped at her flanks, and every few instants she'd turn and give him a cuff, that would send him yards away.

I followed her up, and just back of the farm she and her cubs took into a tree.

I sent my dog home, and my father and some of the neighbors came.

It had gotten dark by this time, so we built a fire under the tree, and watched all night, and told stories to keep each other awake.