The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-05-06

| fallen into a kind of disturbed siumber OF
stupor, from which she every now and then
awoke in alright: faised herself up, and star.
ed vsca ntly at The hole in the roof, and then
sank down again, seemingly iinsensible. I
looked at Axinia, and as ssw hef smile in
her sleep, il pierced me to the heart; felt
oppressed within me, IS if heavy load lay
on my breast, from which could not get ffee.
In the meantime, old Rosko silently weni oa
keeping up The fire, and appeared TO be think
ing seriously about our position, although hs
did not communicate bic thoughts TO us. He
was right:in what he said to US about the
wolves; not one Of them appeared again
during tho night at the opening on The roof;
bu, their scratching and scrapins, and push.
ins against the door, their low growing and
their running backward and forward foand
the hut, continued the whole time.
II is not surprising that even at this length
of time should fsmeniber accurately ever
particular OF what we had suffered the dam
gers Of that momen. were such al would
make an impression upon whole lifetime.
however long i. nigh, be. Before ,Rosko
told me what he had most TO dread, havs
longsd for daylight to return; bat now I
could have wished the night might be with
out end. But how senssIess was such wish.
for what could we have gained by it! Ie-
stead of being torn TO pieces by the wolves,
we should have suffered the lingering death
of starvation, or at best have been frozen 10
death! | now fell without hope, and per-
| fecily desoIale.
The stars became paIer, the twilight sp-
peared above Us, the flames OF the FIRE be-.
| came less bright and the day broke. Axinis
slept on; the irighiful bowling OF wolves,
The increased energy which was evident in
their movements around our place of refuge,
did not wake her !; but, at one time, saw
that her lips moved, and that she wac speak
ing. and | drew nearer 10 understand what
| she said. ...r
Fear nothing, Cassimir," said she softly,
as If in sweet dream, "God is watching
over us; delverer is nigh %
Icanno, describe the effect which these
words had on me, and how they instantly
filled me agaia with hope and faith. sud.
denly felt myself influenced By supernatu-
raj power. felt quite calm with regard to
any future danger, and seizing the hand of
the asiouished Rosko, exclaimed in q cheer.
ing tone:
"Coursge, faithful Rosko! We are Too
good TO serve as food ior the wolves; deliv.
sser Ia nsar.n
| And he was near. He appeared in the
time of our greatest need, when lhe FIRE, now
grown pale under the light of day, no longer
scared our hungry pursuers, which now clam
bered upon The roof in such M nbers that il
threatened every moment to fall in upon us;
! and as we looked up We beheli twenty pairs
OF savage jaws wide open, ihirs,ng for our
blood, and longing eagerly 10 devonr us. AK.
lnia had not awakened she slept as soundly
as if convinced that the angel of God was
watching over her. My whole being appear.
ed now TO have resolved itself into faith 10
our deliverance. looked no longer ct The
savage growing forms above; looked into
the pure and innocent face of my sister. She
smiled and moved slightly, and then awoks
crying:
He comes! We are saved!"
Al that moment we heard the report Of fifly
shots ia the forest; loud halo and the bark.
ing Of dogs resounded through The air, and
the trampDg Of horses hoofs came fast TO.
wards US. My sister and hef maid started
up; We heard our enemies scrambling down
| from the roof, we heard the bowling Of The
scattered wolves in the distance, aad wa
cried:
"Ws are saved %
Rosko wen. and looked through the spli, in
the door, and said:
"There Is wolf hunt; the wolves have
fled, and the hunters are jus, breaking out of
| the wood"
He threw the door wide open, aud we
went out into the space before the hut free.
dom was sssln ours and we had the Joy to
see al the head of the troop of horsemen who
had thus rescued Us, the friecd whose house
we had left when we started on our journey.
How is it possible TO describe the deigh, of
our meeting. and onr nrihankfulness! We now
relate in hasty words the fearful cIrcumstan.
ces of the night and our friend told US that.
shortly afer our departure, news had been
brought to his castle that heard of wolves
from the boundless forests of Lithanla, had
entered the forest through which We had 10
pass; that they had already committed great
destruction and devastation, and that the in
habnauts of the immediate neighbofhood
were prepared to begin general attack upon
them. He bad been seized with The greatest
alarm on our account and had seen in mo.
ment all the danger 10 which We were expo
sed. He had assembled around bin all those
who were capable of taking part in hunt,
and was just about 10 hasten after Ne, wheu
several landed proprielors ia the vicinity dee
sired 10 join bis little troop with their follow.
ers, and to accompany him in the chase
These newcomers, however, wished not
to set out upon the expedition until the
next morning but our friends energetic de-
cription OF the fearful situation in which We
were in all probability plaoeds al length pre-.
vailed upon ,hsm TO make nee Of the moou-
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