Bill of the wild streak by Howard E. Morgan
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Bill of the wild streak by Howard E. Morgan is a wilderness adventure short story written in the early 20th century. It follows a powerful mongrel sheepdog whose loyalty to his master clashes with a latent “wild streak,” exploring themes of instinct, duty, and redemption. The story centers on Bill, a husky-collie mix who guards a flock for Hardin, a tough but fair ex-soldier. Bill saves the herd from a coyote and
later from a cougar, yet when Hardin leaves, pain and fever unleash Bill’s killer instinct and he slaughters several sheep. Hardin returns, wounds Bill in anger, and the dog flees—but he secretly resumes guarding the flock alongside a lazy collie named Stub. When a forest fire races in, Bill drives the sheep to safety at the pond with fierce urgency; Hardin misreads this as fresh bloodlust and shoots him again before realizing the danger. With the flames engulfing the cabin, Hardin braves the fire to rescue the injured dog, tends his wounds, and promises a new life away from sheep—just the man and his dog. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Morgan, Howard E. (Howard Elmer), -1933 |
|---|---|
| Title | Bill of the wild streak |
| Original Publication | New York, NY: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1925. |
| Series Title | Produced from the April 18, 1925 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly magazine. |
| Credits | Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | West (U.S.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Shepherds -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sheep dogs -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77509 |
| Release Date | Dec 19, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 184 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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