Chapter 3

So they went on and never stopped for anything until it got dark, then they stopped to rest. When they were sleeping under the stars like Indians and the fire was still going, wolves started to howl in the distance. They were still sleeping, soon enough the wolves were real close in the camp, they were surrounding them, Lone Wolf barley opened his eye, when he did he saw the wolves and quickly got up and yelled at them, he even threw rocks, they ran away but came back with more wolves, they were growling. Then Billy, Bob and Henry woke up, as they did they saw the wolves, the wolves ran to the camp and jumped on Bob and Henry, and then some jumped on Billy and Lone Wolf. Lone Wolf got a pretty good claw mark across his chest, Billy and the rest got scratch as well. Then two wolves jumped on Lone Wolf, Lone Wolf grabbed on and wrestled with it and grabbed its head and bit it in the ear and it yelped and ran away. He pushed the other wolf off of him and quickly ran and grabbed a stick out of the fire and waved it at the wolves and yelled, so they ran off deep into the forest. 

"Is everybody alright," asked Lone Wolf?

"I think so, I still have my fingers and toes," said Billy. 

"Ha, yes were alright," said Bob dusting off dirt.

"Lone Wolf, let me clean your wound," said Henry.

"It's just a scratch," said Lone Wolf putting his shirt back on. 

"No excuses come here, I will bandage it," said Henry.

 Henry bandaged up Lone Wolf’s arm and they were also cleaning up as well and went back to sleep. When morning came the fire was already out and Billy, Henry, and Lone Wolf were up early, Bob was still sleeping so they had to wake him up. Well they started packing their horses and off they went to find Frankie in Montana. On their way a sheriff from Texas stopped them.

"Where you guys headed," asked the sheriff?

Lone Wolf and Billy quickly looked at each other and pulled their hats down low over their faces. 

"We're on our way to Montana," said Henry. 

"We'll I suggest you turn back now," asked the sheriff?

"Why, what has happened we've come so far to turn back now," asked Henry? 

"A man nearly burned the whole town down, and I am taking him back to Texas, he is wanted for murder over there in Texas," said the sheriff.

Henry and Bob looked; the man had a lot of bullet holes in him.

"So that's the guy," asked Bob?

"Yes sir, now I am on another bounty, I have been looking for these two for years now, I think I am getting close, I can't feel it in my bones," the sheriff pulled two wanted posters out of his pocket. It was Billy and Lone Wolf when they were younger. Billy and Lone Wolf looked at the pictures and they both laughed because it didn't even look like them so they raised their hats a bit.

"I was wandering if you have run into them," asked the sheriff.

"Nope we haven't seen them, but those are some ugly looking guys," said Billy.

"Yes they are, what did they do," asked Lone Wolf?

"Well they came to Texas, and I met them, they had weapons on them, and I told them no weapons in my town, I asked them if they were staying long, and that I don't allow guns in my town, or shooting in my town. This Indian boy and his friend both started a miniature war, they killed twelve people without missing a single shot, all those men were scalp hunters, those two boys should have let the law handle it," said the sheriff. 

"The law," argued Lone Wolf.

"Lone Wolf," said Billy. 

"Sorry," said Lone Wolf.

" It’s okay kiddo," said the sheriff.

"Oh I didn't know that, I heard in the newspaper that the person who was taken care of them didn't know they went all the way to Texas but were still going to find our friend said Henry. 

"Good luck, I hope you find what you’re looking for," said the sheriff. 

"Thanks," said Henry. 

So they were off again to find Frankie. They didn't know what to think about the town and what it looked like since they have left. Well they stopped by a river and let their horses drink. Billy, Bob washed their faces, as did Lone Wolf and Henry. As they were washing, Lone Wolf quit washing his face and stood up real fast and turned around and was looking around. 

“What's wrong," asked Henry? 

"We're being followed," said Lone Wolf. 

"By whom," asked Billy?

"Did you just say whom, anyways it feels like something is there, but when I turn around its gone," said Lone Wolf.

"Could it be a dark spirit or something," asked Billy?

"I don't know," said Lone Wolf.

Then they went back to washing their faces. As they finished they got on their horses and went across the stream and into Montana.