Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-30
THE WEEKLY STAR,
THE BoY AND THE WOLF

-, nUS9s tyfIy cytsfs 2sp, when I,ymss 0 little
Roy OF s"rcn years my father lived fn tho
pS ST,sst tss e :: :. MIS- the ooartry was new,
tner had bO, mt a = w Farm. cleared mn sorna
% the .4ad, al Taasf9d <AkrS osSflSn H. No.
grounds vhFh had just been cleared some a;s- u.
t4Tlce from the house. Inside os the f.ld a
large auantite. OF rails had Leeu split. which
my father vahtea tSd aw 10 another place. a
distance oh more tlran quarter &C .nile,
II WAS IN the middle OF The summer, the cattle
were running in the wood. and the man who
wa ,rawing the raiis with the oxt n and sled,
eSerthe leaves through ohe woods. gut ne ts
watch the gap Of the fence, 70 keep the cattle
out OF the growing corn. While the.man was
gone with the load Of rails, I sat down by a
isrge stump on one Sde Of the fence toward
the woods. L. mad got to be about the uis die
OF the afternoon, and the sun shone warmly
and beautifully into the sfde of the woods
where L was sitting partly IN the shade. L
bad nearly tn lisn as(eeB when 4 drought
heard something walking near me in the
leaves; Its walk was not that Of cattle cracking
the brush under their hoofs, bus II was a soft. 3
csutiOns ereepsIg step. L Immediately theught
q sumo Wild best. md sprang upon my feet:
IN turning myself around to see what I could
discover, perceived, little more taar nd
from me, verylarge wolf close beside the
Jog which had been felled from the very stumD
where | was standing The wolf was Iookinr
directly at me, and had eviientlS been
watching me. and eudeavorins TO spring iipou
me before could discover him; bat the sly-
ieIl'w had MT quite Suscceied Iwssn,xrIy
half mile from home, and ms. of the vay
was through the woods, and the man drawing
t1e rams was nearly ss far of / knew tTIt an
attempt TO run would only 0e IN evidence pf
cowdrdice 70 the sagacious prowler. and would
not enable me to escape the murderous erpeIty
ot the wolf; but 4 found deliyerance and
safety IN the following extraordinary manner.
A few days before my father brought home for
the children two or three small primers, one
u which he gave TO NE. 1t contained an &C.
count OF Hottentot and lion. Ii was nearly
dark, and the lion was nearly uuon him -.
The man preceived that his escape by running
was impossible, so he turned and faced the
lion tlli the beast turned and ran back Re-
mem bering this, thought that if looked IN.
wolf steadily In the eve could best he ssfe
stood and placed my hands upon the stuur,
That was before me and fixed a steady piercing
gaze upon the herce hashing eyes of my. ANITA
Sonlst, anu there we stood The wolf however.
soon sprung upon the log, with his head 90,
wards me- advancing several slow steps; -bus
fully eheyed that if did not turn NV eve
from his L would be safe; yet the struggle wss
an awful one For a half an hour We stoaj
i4ce TO face and eye TO eye with only aba,t
SIX feet to separate US. The bright sun shono In
NPS 80 WI ~ uaLhlHS llSnt On The one side,
| ana the dark, dense, deep wilderness upon the
other side. saw no living object but NV
deadly foe and heard na sound but the faint
ana distant reyeFbers;i ms Of the oxuan's
careless EclOe. But EoW this kep. growing
ioud.eI and louder. md st last Heard the IN:
yer tur'. around a.ter Gnlo- ling his rails. Ny
heart beattyloA'Itly, q prayer 70 God trembled
on M laps, but mv eyes werc fxei: the Wild
least rem lined IIotion.ess. -. - nv div
crance came. / vas seE fee and the wolf was
nO' eaa never De graceful endG IA to my
Almighty PerServer f shielding IA on that
day from s. &. -. - '-