Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-08-02
la stood wif6fn his eliId6ood homo,


lie stood within Ills cfildbood's home;
Despair was on. big brow /,
Beneath DIE night Of agony
LIS spirit aeened 10 bow
He stood deere, pEe ana d~esolaisy
And earth no loUger sbone-
Alas, alas what II this caFlb
When those We love are gone4
CANhDI8vF hmLY-A HoREIBJE CnAsE.-
The Ladies Naiiohal MaaazIne, edited by
Mre. Ann Stcphens. contains ID the July
number athrilltng picture 81 q family, a moth
er and Her children, being chased By wolves.
The story told is as follows
Ab0ut two years 40, towards the close ola
winters day, q mother and her cllildreu were
travelling 10 Canada behind a one-horse
sedge. Suddenly, from d forest, by which
they we're passing, iss sued a FaHgof wolves.
II wasa terrible faoment when The mother
tfst beheld these raYeGons animals ID full
Pufsuit bebiad Der hut she knew the only
hope Was III the superior swllRess Of her
hofses and 50 she retained sufficient presence
Of mind . urge him forward at the top Of bis
speed. The noble animal seemed aware Of
bis danger le sborted fereely on hearing
the bowl of The wolves, aud dashed ahead at
a frightiui pace. On am the hungry ant
mails, and fast fed The afffgbted horse. Miles
were soon past overs bot miles oftrackiess
waste yet remained before the travellers
would reach the first village. Meantime the
~olFes gained on the fugittves. Ihe mother
clasPed her baEes closer To her bosom, as the
LOgFliAg animals came up and running ar
most at the side Of the sledge, threatened ev-
cry moment 10 drag her and her little ones
dUyn. But the terrifed horse now seemed
to gaiu supernatural speed and on he dashed
with icreased Hafoc tt, sro ting with afIrigl
For a Mh!ea The wolves were lefr in the rear /;
but biz speed soon siackened, and again they
G ined on She sledga. The horrible IDEA
now occurred to the mother of tilro@ ing over
one Of her children, and thus staying lof a.
while The pursfits for she had heafea Of such
an alternative having once teen resorted To-.
But she shraUK T0n the temptation with Il
shudder. She urged on the horse again and
oaee faore he sprang ahead and increasedt the
distance between her and the wolves. Thus
for angiheF hour, she continued The prey of
alternate depafr and hope. Kow she SEEM
edsinth very Jaws of death, now tn an al
most preternatHTal excrtion Of speed, on the
part Of the horse gave her a momeutafy res
pife. ut length The village was in sight.
But, horrible TO relate, at this moment size
heard a. crack as if the siedge had given way.
sPhe runner had broke she sure deted her,
self 70 despair. Through tie last gathering
might she caughfa view Of lie farmhouse on
the outskirts of the VilIage. 10 die thus in
SIGHT Of safety was terrible! She booked ag-
orisingiy On the faces~of her children who
were now scbbing piteousiy she strained
item 70 aef bosom she shut her eyes on The
scene that was to f5Ifow. But, strange TO
say, the sledge still held together3 and the
horsei recognising bis hofne, dashed forward
at a pace taai let the wolves far behind. She
looked uPaonce more they Wefe now close
to the village. The inhabitants, by this time,
had beeome alarmed but the wolves kept up
heir pursuit. g the very gatesof The farm
house and Welded heil expected prey slowly
aud sslIetl. The sledge on Examination,
vas fQundtj be so much injured thai il would
inevitably hasesAfnkep down before another
mic. AnescaRe IKE this surpasses anything
in fctu4