BUTTON-BRIGHT ENCOUNTERS THE BLUE WOLF
CHAPTER 11
A low, fierce growl greeted him. The Treasure Chamber was pretty
dark, although the moonlight came in through some of the windows,
but the boy had brought with him the low brass lamp that lighted the
corridor, and this he set upon a table beside the door before he
took time to look around him.
The Treasure Chamber was heaped and crowded with all the riches the
Boolooroo had accumulated during his reign of two or three hundred
years. Piles of gold and jewels were on all sides, and precious
ornaments and splendid cloths, rare pieces of carved furniture,
vases, bric-a-brac and the like, were strewn about the room in
astonishing profusion.
Just at the boy's feet crouched a monstrous animal of most fearful
aspect. He knew at a glance it was the terrible Blue Wolf, and the
sight of the beast sent a shiver through him. The Blue Wolf's head
was fully as big as that of a lion, and its wide jaws were armed
with rows of long, pointed teeth. His shoulders and front legs were
huge and powerful, but the rest of the wolf's body dwindled away
until at the tail it was no bigger than a dog. The jaws were
therefore the dangerous part of the creature, and its small blue
eyes flashed wickedly at the intruder.
Just as the boy made his first step forward, the Blue Wolf sprang
upon him with its enormous jaws stretched wide open.
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