The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-09-18

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The Young mems question broks th,
spell Of horror which had trsnatixed LEI
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S, %o' .o"Pa"''u',
iea,'ui IN It's rage ana munger inc ANT
mas rushed out.
Jason Williams followed her, Tor Tue
men had no weapons-those beasts were
wild. savage. hunger-mad, and the love OF
ne, vas strong within bim-no wonder
,L., h. .oon on,str;n,eJ the GIRL. whose
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tre'nolus n'"'s ' "''' : P''f' i1~ -
hel pnrsuen. ~ ~ > (, -
IL was ieariui race. ihey galnca UP.
ON her IN the hrst rev RODS. "od OF
Heaven, help herr! groaned the white
l;ns az Seth Peters. ..fFH. 81
Gga heard that nr,y,r moaned out
=, ar, ,.,r,hls ayony. rbsrs cleaned out
.nS5sn,v mon h1m from amony the pray
,o,.I.J -. ~ the Last wear. a large axe.
Eh,ch Eooch had ground sharply three DAYS
b,.n,a 10 ',oake AN ipcision In the maple
800, and thrown down there 10 haste or
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s,,h .sn,bt il m sagsrly and with = mud
49,, bs hosnd.d torwsrd' Lattx vas near.
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is,gs one and in her terror sbe had taken a
o;,,,;,ons rou,s which the b,srs had follow
al ~ ,hs a;s,,nce between Seth and them
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man ooo"pi'sue1 quso,e' nan wi -
.i'''eu -, orousu' oen moI 49, "t..'
Tue WIG animals nrquieeu as'ous n9Ai'
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'u'S' pu' Se'n re'crs 'noSSn'on,y 'na' ue"''
""s 'iY7s 70 the "oinas nc io'e'
-, noinent nnosp anu u naa ne1l1"oI "e'.
Inc hot oresth OF the beasts uri,ea ainoS,
SoiVon ner lying 'o.s' 10 s"o l''' 49,
~ her Tor IN turning towards the meadow
sue had shortened ,he distance oetween nun
ana nerseu indecu, ~ ING iaf'he"'' !" nau
been only lew rods.
The foremost animal came up 10 she young
lnan--iho heavy paws were planted on M
shop!der-now, Seth Peesss, q stout arm
and brave heart viii only avail the
axe comes down heoyily-it has done ia
work well Do, you see the bear sink with
that growl Of terror and of pain. while the
hot blood gurgles mp from his cleft throat.
Its mate SEES oil this, and with respon
Svs erowl OF fright and despair. rushes back
q the woods, and Seth Is safe.
Lefty Lefty the, are gone,
The voice swclls load and triumphant tC
the ear OF the poor curl. who, It'll imagin-
ing tho bears are pursuing Der, rushes wild
liz ON in the direction Of her home.
Size pauaes a moment. Bot that clear,
strong triumphant voice sends "A new tide Of
hone bounding through her soul. She turns
back. A few minutes later, and her whits
face steal. nm closs 20 Ss,as. AZ he stands
there watching the last p.sps heaying the
huge black frame of the B.ar.
- Lefty let us thank God for this great
delNrr,ncer' .
They kneel down there together, and the
sad moon and the sweet spring stars look on
them, as the Young miiler's deep voice sends
up lie eloquent thanks 10 the All.Father
Bnt Latty's fair head droops lower and
lower. and when Seth looks once mort IN her
face the blue eyes do no, answer hlm.
Poor Lefty the terror has been too great
for her. No wonder she has tainted with
the great ioy of deliverance from death.
Sudds My across the field breaks the sound
of many voices. There is quick stamping
of feet. Jason has given the alarm, and
friends aud neighbours are rushing wildly To
the rescue. In less than Eve minutes, they
81 A., ,,,;ttox a,ed On tina damn earth