American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-02-18
L.rTERESTEyrG STORY.
EXTRACTED FROM THE PIONEERS"

of the placid Osego, or pauslng TO listen to the rat
Ting of wheels and the sounds OF hammers that rose
% from the valley, to mngle the signs of men with
the scenes Of nature, when Elizabeth suddenly start
:, cd, and exclaimed
II Listen there are the cries oil child on this
: mountain Is there clearing near us ? Or can
:. some little one have srayed from its parents! 20
"Such things frequently happen" returned Lou
. lisa. " Let us follow the sounds it may be wan
v derer, starving on the hill"
! Urged by this consideration, the females pursued
/ the low, m1urnfu sounds that proceeded from the
/ 70, est with quick and impatient steps. More than
!, once the ardent Elizabeth the point of
> nouncing that she saw the sufferer, when Louisa
. caught her by the arm, and, pointing behind them
cried
g Look at the dog!o
Brarp had been heir companion, from the time
the voice OF his young mistress lured him from his
, kennel, TO the present moment. His advanced age
had long before deprived him OF his activity; when
his companions stopped 10 view he tenery, or to|
add to their boqueIs. The m stuff would lay his huge
frame on the ground, and avail their movements,
with his eyes closed, and lstessness IN his all
that I'll accorded with the character OF protector.
But when aroused by The cry from Louisa, Miss
Temple turned, she The dog with his eyes keen
iy SET some distant OBJECT his head bent the
ground. and his hair actually rising on his body,t
either through fright or anger Ii was most proba |
bly, the latter for he was growing in low key |
and occasionally showing his teeth, in manner that
would have terrified his mistress, had she not so
well known his gopd qualities.
Brave - she laid, be quiet, Brave what dol
you see, leow?'
At the sounds of her voice, the rage of the mas
tiff, instead oil being al all diminished, sen
|slbly increased. He salked IN from, OF the ladies',
and STATED himself at The lee OF his mistress. growl
ing louder than nelore, and casionally giving vent
to his ire bg short suriy barking.
What does he see - SAID Elizabeth; Htherel
must be some animal in sight
Hearing no answer from her companion, Miss
lemple turned her head, and beheld Louisa, stand i
ing With her lace wMteed to the color oil DEATH and
her hnger pointing upward, with sort oil flc kerng
cnnvul'ed motion. The quick eye OF Elizabeth
glanced in the direction indicated by her friend.
where she saw he fierce front and glazing eyes of
female panther, fixed on them IN horrld maignity,l
and threatening instant destruction. g
" Let us ty - ex laimed Elizabeth, graspng the
arms OF Louisa, whose form yielded like melting b
snow, and suns Iiteiess to the earth. Ii
there was not single feeling IN the temDera-
ment oil Elizabeth Temple, that could prompt her o
10 desert compa ION In such an extremity ; aud u
she Tell on her knees by the side OF the lnanImatelr
Louisa tearing from the person of her friend, with r
an instructive readiness such parts Of hel dress as
might obsnuct hel resplratioD and encourage heir
'hy safeguard, the dog, at the same lime, by the
sounds Of her voice
Courage Brave" she cried her own tones be n
ginning 10 tremhle, courage, courage, goodl
Btave." 4,
quarter grown cab that had hitherto been I'M b
seem now appeared, dropping from the branches 0 a
sapiing that grew under the shade oil the beech |
which held lis dam. This ignol ant bul VICIOUS
creature approached TO the dog, imiraing the
'cuons and sounds of its parent, but exhibiting
strange mixture OF tn, paylulness of kitten with
ne terocIly oil lis race. Standing on It's hind legs Z
would rend the bark Ut tree with ITS lore DAVIS r
md play all the antics Of cat for momen andI "
hem by flashing itself with its tail, growing and
the earth, II would attempt he nantes =
s'onS Of anger that rendered its parent terrific. /,
All thus time Brave stood 6rm and undauned >
lis short tail rs body drawn backward on its
launches, and his eyes following the move mems Of !
10Th dam and cub. At every gambol played by he -
after II a preached nighe TO the dog the erowlinri
u inc lhree becoming more horrd at each moment
mhl the younse' beast, Overlapping its intended
POUND tell directly bef re the masuff The e was y
moment OF fearful cries and struggles, bat they III
nded almost as SOON as commenced, by the ub an =
'ear'hs IN me az hurled from the Jaws OF Brave II
WIN violence that sent against &c so forcblv n
IS TO render 1t completely senseless. ii
Elizabeth Witnessed tie short struggle and her "a
'lond WIS va ming with the triumph of the dog tt
when she saw the form Of The old pan he in the air 81
prirging twenty feet om the branch OF he beech 4
o the back OF he masuff. No words OF ours ran NJ
describe the fury OF the conflict that followed. Ii
was confused ST. ugge the dried leaves accom- ~
panied by oud and errble cries. barks and growls 4
Miss Temple continued on her knees. bending over
he form Of Louisa, her eyes fixed on the animals q
WIN an interest so horrd and YET so intense that ST
she almost forgot hei own stake in tn result Sald
apld and vigorous were the bounds Of the nhabtapt
u the forest that It's active frame seemed constant
danty in the air, while tine dog molly faced his foe. q
1t each successive leap. hen The panther heb,ed
IN the shoulders OF The mastif1 who was ITS con d
'ant aim, old Brave III ugh torn with her talon. m