The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-12-31


the rest relapsed into their former EN-
Payments, she engaged him in CONVEX
saton. Ten minutes might have passed,
when lull occurred, and Joe Wills
took advantage of ii to lift his hand and
impose silence, while he pointed to-
ward the corner where Joshua sat with
his back to us, talking at the black eyes
of his captor. So we listened.
And you see, Miss, want going TO
be fooled, no how Qhs was the first
sentence we caught,) and so crawled
along the stream to where you see the
tall hemlock that leans over the river
Just there had seen a motion in the
bushes, and kind O thought that the
painter was in there, but | want sure.
sneaked upanong the bushes and look
ed into the cover, but couldn't see
no hing, SO | laid down fiat, and dragged
myself, snake-iaShion, into the ho!lo.
over the other side there. You can sc
a maple just above it out there. Well,
| hadn't gone ten yards, when | hetred
a kind OF snarl and kind of a howl,
and there he was--a gray wolf, one OF
the regular sort, with Young one
alongside Of her Wasn't skeercd /
| reckon was, some. was skeerrd all
over; but was worse in my legs than
anywhere else, for they was caught in d
bunch Of brlars, and couldn't stir en-
without stretching horrid bad. But i,
was scratch head or scratch legs then,
tell YOU; and left my trowser legs in,
the bushes when | jumped at her. She
was little too soon for me. though, and
felt her teeth going through and
through tn" grlsile above my elbow; so,
as you may suppose, | had only one
arm left Tor much use, but was work.
ing laundering hard with that I'd
dropped my rifle at the start, and had
to trust to the knife Or nothing. So we
, went at it. don't know how I mana
ged the first two minutes. We rolled
over and over on the ground, aud new
er felt her teeth, though her claws made
some rags Of my coat. But was nigh
giving on it up, and as it wan. no use
, to cry enough, | was thinking Of knock.
ing under and let her chaw me, when
Mr.. Willis and Mr.. W---came tearing
down through the bashcs, and felt
, strong again the minute seen them.
| 1t was mighty close shot, too, tor |
felt the wind OF the ball was lying
on this side stretched kind o. so, (and
, he illustrated his position by queer
TWIST OF his long body,) and had the
wolf by the throat with my right hand,
and was trying to get on to him with
my body, but he was pulling aud haul
ing like sin, and making the feathers
fly out OF me at every scratch, when Mr.
A W--shot, right over my head. SO
1 he seen we wa mt moren ten yards of,
but it was such rough and tumble fight
that he hadn't no business rsking such
X shot as that. What if he'd hit ne,
then f! 'Tould a blowcl my brains out
| certain
l But, Mr.! Smith, if he had not shot
\ the woliShe would have 'chawed you.
It 'Chawed That sounds kind O queer,
d Don't know as ever hcerd woman
< say 'chaw' before. No, ma am. For
$ he didn't hit the vol. at all.-The bal.
: let went into the ground ten foot off
'Twant the thing, that SHOT, no how
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