Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Wolf Chase.
by C. WHITEHEAD.


Of a new country. To none Of those was
| more passionately addicted than 10 skat-
ing. The deep and sequestered lakes ofthe
State, frozen by the intense cold of a
Northern winter, presented wide field to
the lovers of this pastime. Often would |
bind ON my skates and glide away up the
glittering river, and wind each may
strcamlet that flowed beneath lis fetters on
toward the distant ocean, forgetting all
the while time and distance in the luxuri-
Gus sense Of the gliding MISUNDERSTANDING
Of nothing in the easy fight, but rather
dreaming, as | looked through the trans
parent ice at the long weeds and crosses
that NODDED in the current beneath, and
seemed wrestling with the waves TO let
them go-or would follow on the track
of some fox or otter, and run my skate a.
long the mark he left with his dragging
tail, until the trail w'otld. enter the woods.
Sometimes these excursions were made by
moonlight, and it was one Of these occa-
sions that | had a rencountcr which even
now with kind faces around me, | cannot
recall without nervous look-evcr-my-
shoulder feeling.
hae .e'' hiy i''enu y nus oie oseiihS
- IL. e'9' -" .''o i''' - SNa'-
beck (which glided directly before the door,
The night was beautifully clear. A peer
less moon rode through an occasional flee
80 60 a.,u Sc e's..j = on' ',,o sH
i;nr. n Nv " ''11 49, IL N I'M
IL. os' H. 0ul nl'lI ~cp.u on''ei '' 'iie
81 ,nae IN 81 ~ - io1' anu
" tep'l' J'lc - ~ !. aliInes' az
e KaIe,. III III - Dlou .oo-i
~. -. iNe'iioon' u ~. IN. ~e.ou No.e
mep' Oes"G1n ,I .n1 ni5"ty IN Ut. r., on ~
alNo. 1 an yee ai' v 40 SUI ne ooi'
aee.noo " "''se 'tcAen IL ano ali' anu
-, atiu ese,y Ht'n5 ''iiA5 'i'ae 'iioscu
sren p,e i,iiLn5 o- my PA., 1l II., uie re
eonoe|r oacH from 'iie n,as 4,'Ai ~ Mlsn
S'ai'Iiiis cieiriieSS' ana 'iie c''cNie Oh 'he
ne as Passeu over 1t Il, my iursc, seem
81 " ioiio" 'ie 'i'ie u 'iie riS't N;ih iiSehl-
niils speed !, !,
nau soie " l'ic iirer ~, nef.iy - = 'iii.es'
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efnptles llltO tne larger tlfHcd IN 10 eX-
plore It's course Fir and hemlocl Of
o1i''uiy sro"'n met o'eti,ea..' anu ioii,i-
al An a. al'IMay tatiai'' g'.n ioies'-" orh
csa,1 Ca % I u'lN "lti''l ouE, ~'o youils alu
- IS a''u % Peei19iH'1 al, uiiIio>ei
.Ii.0' ~ 'nd' iI',eu "'1'iou ~, 'io oi.'oi' Vi
''.e otiodiii' i'us iio' WI 'eis Jo{ous-
s;lar, ,raol- III a.laJ p; H.
aahn H., o' ra,a,.l,,ratI IN aoa;,, an5 ~ ~
nn,;I al was busbed 7 7 thongbt how oftnn
tbe InJ;,r b,ntor ia concealed b;,nsalf
behind ,bose verv ,,Ios-lo,, ofien l,;s or.
row L,d n;orccd H. decr hv ,L;s yerv
stream and his via baIloo had hero r,l,,y |
for his victory Apd then. TURNING from
fancy. 7 watched alcounle of white owls
,baf sat IN ,bc;r boalcd State v;,h rpf,oJ
pantalets and lone ear-,abs. debating IN sil-
ent copcIavc Tho aIairs oftbeir frozen rcaln,
and u,onder;pg dior ali tbei,. feathers wero
a-cold." whc3 pddenlv a sound arose
i seemed 70 no],o come bcpeatb tbe ice
i sounded low and tronuIor,s ot Grst rn,;I
il endcd in onewild veil Iwas a;nnalled
Never before lad such a noise me, nv cars.
7 tboncbt + more Than mortal--so 'fercc,
and amid such an unbrolsen solitude. il
seemed os IA fend Ind blown Hast from,
an internal trnmpet. Presently heard
tbe twigs oh shore snan. as from the tread
of some animal and the blood rushed hack
to nv for4bead with a bound that made INV
skin hmm. and I felt relieved that had TO
co,,,.,,J With th;nos earthly. and NOT Of a
sn;,itnal natureEmv energies returned
and looked around me for some means oil
escane The moon shone tbronob ~ .
nen;ro at the month Of the creek IL which
/ onteTed tbe forest. and cons;der;;no fb;s
the hest means of escape. I daried toward
i l;( q an arroyv II was hardly one Inn
drfd Yards distant, and the swallow could