The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-03-20

he could barely distinguish far in the rear the
long snake ike train yet moving on in re-
lentless chase over the undulations of the
bare plain. He sees timber ahead, and shouts
in an ecstacy of joyful relief, Tor then he HIM
self is safe He can climb tree-and in de-
light of that thought he has no time for think
ing that his poor horse cannot climb trees
The horse sees and is inspired too-for to all
creatures on the prairies there seems to be a
vague feeling of safety in the sight of the
woods But alas poor horse They have
reached the timber, but scarcely hundred
rods have been passed over, when the poor
horse gives ou., and after few Intellectual eff
forts still to obey the urging spur, can only
lean against the trunk Of tree, and pant and
groan with exhaustion. Dan ascends the tree,
tying the lariat of his horse to one of the low
er limbs. He then loaded his arms, in the for
lorn hope of defending bis horse if the wolves
came up. All was as still as death, but the
loud painting Of his poor horse. He assembled
higher to look ont for the approach of the
wolves for he had faint hope that they had
given up the chase. But alas his heart sinks
again There they come, the long yellowish
looking train, and several large white wolves
had joined them now. He knows well the
tameess and pitless ferocitv of these relieved
monsters, and feels that his true, his noble
horse must 60 Now he can hear their cry :!
They are in the woods. The poor horse shiv-
ers-looks back, and utters that wild and wall
ing neigh, as they rush upon him in a body
Dan fires down among them, but what avail is
it! In twInkling, his faithful horse is down,
and has been torn to atoms The halter of
the lariat hangs empty beside the tree. Now
they lie painting around the foot of the tree,
with their fiery eyes turned wistfuly up at
him-for The horse had been only mouthful
apiece. Whenever he makes movement,
they rise with eager yells, and leap towards
him as if to meet his fall.-Dan says, that in
the utter and dreadfuily hopeless desperation
now, a grotesque sort Of humor possessed him
of a sudden, ard he commenced deliberately
firing down at the red glazing eyeballs of the
white wolves, and would roar with laughter,
and fairly dance upon his ticklish perch with
glee, when he saw the creatures tumbling over
with shrill death-cry, and then the whole
pack rush on it and tear it into shreds in an
instant, with crashing cries. He says he
amused himself in this way for an hour, and
made them tear TO pieces, in this way, one af-
ter another every white wolf that had Joined
the chase. This sport delighted him so much
that he became careless, and commenced fall
OHly SdNeu himself Dy dropping his
gun, which they seized and almost tore its
stock TO pieces before they discovered II was
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