The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson

Author:John R. Erickson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cowdog, Hank the Cowdog, John R. Erickson, John Erickson, ranching, Texas, dog, adventure, mystery, Hank, Drover, Pete, Sally May
Publisher: Maverick Books, Inc.
Published: 2015-05-13T18:25:54+00:00

Chapter Seven: True Love

Actually there wasn’t any breakfast. And then there wasn’t any lunch. Along toward the middle of the afternoon, it occurred to me that if I wanted to eat, I would have to get out and hustle some grub.

I left camp and lit out north, figuring I would scout the head of the canyon. I hadn’t gone very far when I stopped dead in my tracks. I heard something, kind of a clanking sound.

I slipped behind a bush and studied the country ahead. I kept hearing that sound but I couldn’t see what was causing it. Then my sharp cowdog eyes picked up some movement.

At first glance it appeared to be a medium sized, bushy-tailed dog stumbling around without a head. Well, that didn’t make sense. I’m not so easily fooled. My years of security work told me that there was more to this thing, so I decided to investigate.

A dog without a head? I didn’t believe it.

I moved closer and pieced together the following details:

1) The subject wasn’t a dog. He was a coyote, age approximately three years and five months, weight thirty-seven pounds, length (including tail) forty-three inches.

2) He was not a he. He was a she, meaning a female of the species, rather homely, as coyotes tend to be, but not without charm.

3) Subject had stuck her head into a Hawaiian Punch can with the top cut out. The can had lodged around her ears and gotten stuck there, leaving her blind and helpless.

One of the first rules you learn as a cowdog is that cowdogs and coyotes don’t mix. They’re natural enemies, the former devoted to the protection of home, livestock, and civilization, the latter de­voted to a dissolute style of life based on raiding, depredation, and uncivilized forms of behavior.

In other words, I had every reason to walk away and leave the coyote to her fate—a slow, lingering death. In this business you can’t be sentimental.

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