Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-03


IN their appearance, and il was almos
impossible for Dumas and his friends tt
realise the presence oftwo or three thou
sand wolves, in a desert plain where
you would not meet more than one O
two in the course of days journey.
Enough Of p cried the prince, a
last, as he drew the kid into the sledge
as his cries still served to augment thu
pursuing host, besides exciting the mum
Der already close behind them.
eve cannot say that we are wolf
hunting" said Dumas, with an attemp
to smile; "but rather that we are hunted
by the wolves 2"
The entire party kept up their fire
but the ammunition was already more
than half gone. Perhaps there were
i. two hundred charges yet remaining II
their pouches but they were surrounded
by at least two thousand wolves.
The two corners of the demi-circle
advanced more and more, and threaten
ed to close in, making circle of which
tho hunters, the sledge and the horses,
should become the centre.
If one of the horses should happen to
stumble all would be finished, and the
afrighted animals already seemed to
emit fire from their nostrils, as they
bounded wildly EDWARDS, dashing over
the steppe like the Storm-king Of win
ter.
what do you think of it." asked
Prince Garosky of his driver.
Il think it is not good to be here |!
The "Furies" have no binders, and
those advancing horns cause them to go
wild !"
"Do you fear for the result ?''
"Those devils have tasted blood, and
the more you fire, the more their number
will increase ?" replied the driver, eyas-
lively.
"What is your advice p
The driver reined in the heads of the
"Furies" with sharp jerk, as they were
looking around at the wolves, snorting
in alarm, and again urged them on.
"lfyou give me permission" replied
the driver, 81 shall cut the traces Of the
"Furies," and let them sheer around
facing the wolves, one going to the right
and the other to the left, leaving the
"Snow-Eater" to dash EDWARDS between
them !"
"Can you do it %
81 can try it, and nothing else will
save u.s." A moment more, when those
horns are little more in front, the
'Furies' will turn straight out and stop
US, or fall in on Snow Eater bringing
us all up in pile together There!
you see how it is. / cannot"
''For Gods sake let the wolves have
them, since they will. I'll cut them
LOOSE" and the prince suited the action
to the word.
"Awayr' cried the driver to the
"Snow-Eater," as he jerked the other
two horses in difforent directions. and
the noble steed did not fail to obey, his
rapid pace becoming still swifter, and
the driver causing him to describe a
curve which would sooner or later cut
off one corner of that living demi-cir-
Gle
Con your life," he cried, edo not fire
any more ~ and he was obeyed.
The two gallopers, thus left in the
midst of the wolves, did not remain
stupefied but one brief instant, and then
they bounded tiercely away, going in
directions opposite each other, and di-
viding their enemies, part Of whom had
fallen off from the pursuit of the sledge,
to pursue and destroy the "Furies."
A quarter of an hour later, the prince
and his companions were at the chateau,
and it was estimated, that the "Snow-
EATER in that quarter of an hour, had
made league and a half. The next
day the entire party visited the field of
battle on horse setback, and found the bones
of more than hundred wolves in the
track of their flight. AS to Mr.. Dumas,
he declares that the affair we have re-
corded was his first and last wolf-hunt
in Russia.
KEEP OUT OF DEBT. = Young
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