New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-28

from above indeed, do not think another of the
monsters will be bold enough to try the roof again
tonight but by daylight the flames do not make so
powerful an impression on them. We must summon
all our courage and all our strength for what may
then happen, and prepare to defend the women and
our own lives to the last moment. But it will be OF
no use-of no use." added he, in tone growing
fainter and fainter" Of no use at all"
had placed my whole confidence on the return of
day; had already imagined that we were safe at
home in the castle Of my father; but now all my
hopes were destroyed now for the first time, our de-
struction appeared to me to be certain and again oil
the horrors Of despair took possession OF me, did
not dare to go near Axinia lest she should guess
from the disturbed state was in, what the truth
as to our fate. wished it to be kept from her as
long as possible that she might continue to enjoy the
feeling that she was safe until the danger was really
near.
The hours passed anxiously and painfully by.
Axiana had fallen asleep and lay reposing like an
angel of peace-like child who knows nothing OF
the danger which surround it. The ady's maid, too
exhausted by her apprehensions and her exertons,
had fallen into kind of disturbed slumber or stupor
from which she every now and then awoke in alright
raised herself up and stared vacanty at the hole in
the roof, and then sank down again, seemingly in
sensible. looked at Axiania and as saw her smile
in her sleep, it pierced me to the heart felt OPP
pressed within me, as if heavy load lay on my
breast from which | could not get free. In the
meantime old Rosko silently went on keeping up the
fire. and appeared to be thinking seriously about our
position, although he did not communicate his
thoughts to u.s. He was right in what he said about
the wolves not one Of them appeared again during
the night at the opening of the roof but their
scratching and scraping, and pushing against the
door, their low growing, and their running backward
and forward round the hut, continued the whole time
1t is not surprising that at this length of time
should remember accurately ever particular OF what
we had suffered; the dangers of that moment were
such as would make an impression upon whole lie
time, however long it might be. Before Rosko told
1,nt1 bod to hrnoh ha6
daylight to return but now could have wished the
night might be without end. But how senseless was
such wish, for what could we have gained by it !!
Instead of being torn to death by the wolves, we
should have suffered the lingering death of starva
ton, or at best have been frozen to death l now
felt without hope and perfectly desolate.
The stars became paler, the twilight appeared
above us, the flashes of the fire became less bright
and the day broke. Axinia slept on the tr1ghtful
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 was speaking, and drew
nearer to understand what she said.
Fear nothing, Cassmer," said she softly, as il in
a sweet dream. "God is watching over us-a deliv
erer is nigh"
cannot describe the effect which these words had
on me- and how they instantly filled me again with
hope and faith suddenly felt myself influenced by
gard to any future danger and sezing the hand of
the astonished Rosko / exclaimed, in cheering tone
Courage, faithful Rosko We are too good to
serve as food for the wolves-a deliverer is near
And he was near He appeared in the time of our
greatest need. when the fire, now grown pale under
the light of day, no longer scared our hungry pur-
suers, which now clambered upon the roof in such
numbers that it threatened every moment to fall in
upon us, and we looked up we beheld twenty pair
Of savage jaws wide open thrstng for our blood and
longing eagerly to devour us. Axnia had not awaked
She slept as soundy if convinced that the angel Of
God was watching over her: My whole being APP
peared now to have resolved itself into faith in our
deliverance. looked no longer at the savage, growl
ing forms above looked into the pure and innocent
face of my sister, She smiled and moved slightly,
and then awoke crying:
" He comes We are savedH'
At that moment we heard the report of fifty shots
in the forest, loud haloo and the barking of dogs
resounded through the air, and the trampling Of
horses hoofs came fast towards us. My sister and
her maid started up we heard our enemies scramb-
ling down from the roof, we heard the bowling of the
scattered wolves in the distance, and we cried:
eve are saved !''
Rosko went and looked through the split of the
door and said
"There is wolf hunt the wolves have fled and the
hunters are just breaking out of the wood"
He threw the door wide open, and we went out
into the space before the hut freedom was again
ours and we had the JOY to see at the head of the
troop of hOrsemen who had thus rescued u.s. the
friend whose house we had left when we started on
onr journey. How is it possible to describe the de-
light of our meeting or our thankfnlness We now
related in hasty words the fearful circumstances of
the night and friend told us that shortly after
our departure news had been brought to his castle
that herd of wolves from the boundless forests of
Lthuania, had enteredthe forests through which we
were to pass that they had already committed great
destruction and devastation and that the inhabitants
of the immediate neighborhood were prepared to
begin general attack upon them. He had been
seized with the greatest alarm on our account. and
had seen in moment all the danger to which we
were exposed. He had assembled around him all
who were capable oftaking part in the hunt and was
propretors in the vicinity desired to join his little
troop with their followers, and to accompany him in
the chase. These newcomers, however, wished not
to set out upon the expedition until the next morning.
but friends energetic description of the fearful
situation in which we were in all probability placed,
at length prevailed upon them to make use of the
moonlight night for the undertaking and thus we
were saved from fate at which the imagination
shudders