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

gave q leap into the air, and then the
diabolical character of the ferocious
cries changed.

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diabolical character of the ferocious
cries changed.
The next instant those who follow.
ed had pitched upon the carcass, and
while he was being torn into fifty
pieces, another had, by a aetour,
filledsup the space, and Rondinetto
had barely time to fire another shot
and gain the door, ere the wolves
had surrounded the hut, and it re.
quired all the strength of the two
brothers to press the door to, and
and place the bar across it.
The yelling that arose from with.
out was absolutely horrible; but what
was the horror of the youths to hear
these yells answered by one from
within in reply!
The blood became ice the joints,
for an instant weak as water-and o
mutual despair cleaned in the eyes
of both.
They had shut wolf up with
them !!
For the first few minutes they
heard the deep baying of the hounds
without, and then as suddenly ceased.
The two boys concluded that the
dogs, having their own reasons for
what they did, had assisted the first
resistance, and, the signal being
given, had in their own fashion re.
treated.
That this latter was difficult and
dangerous process, there was no
question; but Lion an Death we're
sagacious hounds, and possessed
methods of their own; SO the boys
had no fear.
This was what passed through their
minds while the first business of &C.
curing tho door had been gone
hrosgh;gaut as sopn as they knew
/ s3.t y q .s oalins h5ore Cor rathsr
sz; II, sEiilS9 had, terror abs
So IS the sihstssnta every other
Ssl s.saition to tle fact that Rondi.
I t,sttos a,sn saa unIeaied and lying
inthe hurry Of fastening the door,
had let his axe fall; and this also
was out of reach, while any attempt
on their part to move, might have
ptecIPitated upon them the huge,
ravenous, hideous, brute.
His red. feverish tongue was pro.
truded, and he painted fcarfully. =
The display made of the enormous
teeth, the unusual size Of the animal,
the fierce untracsable eyes with that
peculiar glare SO commonly express
ed 'wol6sh,' were fastened upon
them; and the bristling hair and
short name, all indicated that the
savage brute only remembered the
fatal effect of the shot, and was part
ly cowed by that.
IF I could but reach the gun,
whispered Rondidctto.
Look OUT said Pictro; sget your
knife ready-we forgot thosc-I see
mischief in him
Shall we make dash at him?'
inquired the first speaker.
Are you afraid? demanded Pie.
tro, quietly.
Il do not feel 80; but tbs a horrible
brute
Get ready; think of your mother,
and trust in God upon the Virgin.
Now and the brave lads, as he
spoke, both dashed at the hirsute
monster, who, with a revolving cry,
seized Pietro by the leg and began
snawing it, but the two knives had
wounded without doing more than in
furiatins him.
'Kic!s the axe to me- said Pietro
on the ground, and stabbing at the
enemy all the time. ''Tis DONE
A thought flashed through Rondi
netto's breast. The light from which
Pietro had obtained fire to light the
signal, was not yet extinguished, and
some too mixed with turpcntinc be
ing at hand, he silently and swiftly
reached loose mass, applied it t
taper, and in an instant while j
spread into q leaping lane, with {
cry, thrust his full hand before tn.
VOLTS face, who, with howl o
alright, released Pietro, who, thu
next instant, like bold.witted DO,
as he was, brought down his ax'
with a strong and eftectual blow
across the animals snout.
He was now mad with pain ant
terror, and turning from Pietro, wh'
was much laceratcd through th'
thigh. attacked Rondinctto and threw
him to the ground, as he was loading
the gun, and, but for his vest, would
have fixed his foaming fangs th'
boys throat.
'Tbe axe, Pietro; strike him, OF HI