human
They backed off after that hot reception, Thad, Step Hen went on.
gpt
Oh! I hope I'll get a chance to pop over just one of the sneaky beasts. I'd like to say I'd shot a real wolf. Think of me, Step Hen Bingham, who up to a year ago had never gone off camping or hunting, with a bear to my credit, a buck actually knocked over, even if it was stole away from me; and now, as the crowning event of all, I want to get a savage wolf, a real Canada wolf.
human
Oh! said Thad, laughingly;
gpt
I don't know that they're different from any other kind they have out on the plains; though perhaps they may be a little larger, and ready to attack a man quicker. But perhaps you'd better take the next good chance then, Step Hen.
human
May I, Thad? That's kind of you. Suppose you give me pointers, then, and tell me just when to blaze away. I want to make a dead sure thing of it.
gpt
Of the wolf, you mean, I guess, Thad went on, keeping a bright lookout while he talked.
human
Well, watch that place where I got my fellow, and I think you'll soon see something moving.
gpt
You must mean the rest will be wanting to make a supper off the critter you killed; is that it, Thad? Are they such cannibals as all that?
human
Always said to be, the patrol leader returned, and then quickly added.
gpt
Keep on the lookout, and if you see anything moving, tell me. Above all don't waste ammunition by firing recklessly. We're not trying to scare 'em off by noise; every shot ought to count for a wolf.