The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS.
! The Twin sernaianeIs.

/ ISSoou: EleIrO, sara "a tail 81 sturdy
mountaineer, clad in the garment Of
a shepherd Of the Abruzzi, to a
beautiful lad of fifteen, with q
| face remarkable for its frank, good
humored expression. s"The wolves
have been gathering in the lower
gorges in great numbers, Of flate, and
food is; s;scanty with them. I will
leave Lion and Death here to
help you and Rondinetto, and when
the Picquet is attempted, turn the
dogs loose, wind your horn, and
fall back towards the lower plains be-.
yond the Sierras; We shall be
ready to hurry to your aid though
this will not be the point of attack
No, indeed, father exclaimed
another boy, coming up, with so
extraordinary a resemblance to the
first named Pietro, as to give the
gazer instant intimation that they
were twins, and sons of the shep-
herd who spoke. No indeed, faith.
er, I don't think the thieves Of
wolves will try here
why boy, why:' demanded
the father
Because, you do not forget, do
you, father, how, by place
thought secure they drove in one or
two wild swine, and followed to
windward Of them; and desperate
work there VAS
Il remember all my good lad,'
returned the shepherd. "Look out,
my boys-you will find your cloaks
lin the hut there, and gun and
hatchet, though / don't think you
will want them.
sBut what these fellows have
done once they will do again.
saikgPietro. ~. .S3.. :
s!Hhey will dolhat just as much
as you my son. will take hold Of
,ashoss sehestTut: laeGon6 time, after
having been induced to burn your.
fingers once. No--no; I am not
afraid Of the lower pass by the.
pine forest; but it may perchance,
happen that guarded and craggy as
this place is, they may, from
false alarm, make real attack upon
it, in which case you can retreat into
the hut, which being built of
blocks of stones, and having a
door and bar that would resist the
efforts of a dozen giants will shell
ter you effectually.'
sYes father, but the dogs
"The dogs will not attack more
than they are equal to, and con.
scquently will give way before a
whole pack, and in this manner
precede them; while you fire the
signal they will carry to US the
alarm.
Would it not be better for US to
order them into the hut?' asked
Rondinetto, caressing the huge ia.
vorite.
Mono; let them take their
choice and if there be real pack
coming, do you give the signal, and
shut yourselves up
'That we will, father said both.
'That is right observed the noun
taineer; 'and now goodbye to you,
and quiet watch. l must make my
portion OF the rounds before the
night sets in; for our Hocks are
numerous on the table lands and
valleys just now. Goodbye, for at
least three hours, when some of the
others will follow me-
Good day, father exclaimed
both; and then they fell to watch.
ing the firm and sturdy step the
mountaineer shepherd took as he
descended the lofty heights between
the bosom of the valleys in which
the luxurious pastures lay.
Just as he was about to descend
into a ravine he had to cross, and
vanish from their sight, he stopped,
turned around, waved his hand, and
with shout that rang in the clear
airr, descended as the two brothers
joined their voices, and uniting
them with the deep diapason Of
the huge dogs throats returned
the graduation.
For some time they stood 81.
lent, gaping in the direction the
mcuntaineer had taken, but no hu.
man being was now in sight. They
then began to talk of desultory mat
ters in which for o moment the
wolves we're entirely forgotten, when,
all at once, o peculiar and pro
longed cry, not loud or ferocious
startled, all four in an instant. AS
if struck with sudden spell, their
limbs became rigid and strung tc
tension that indicated both strength
and hardihood.