All accomplished marksmen, it would only be a matter of a moment for the stock to leap to the shoulder, the eye to glance down the barrel, the finger to pull the trigger, and the unerring bullet to leap forth.
"Henry, you give the word as usual," said Shif'less Sol.
Henry nodded.
Presently in the darkness they heard the pattering of light feet, and they saw many gleaming eyes draw near.

There must have been at least thirty of the wolves, and the five figures that they saw reclining, silent and motionless, against the unburned portion of the house might well have been those of the dead and scalped, whom they had found in such numbers everywhere.

They drew near in a semicircular group, its concave front extended toward the fire, the greatest wolves at the center.

Despite many feastings, the wolves were hungry again.

Nothing had opposed them before, but caution was instinctive.