The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-01-29

awe will save it as long as We cam"
was Andrea's reply. And his voice was
Eoarse and husky.
CHAPTER III.
We left Hugo at his good Samaritan
deeds of kindness towards the hawkcr.-
The man soon recovered sufficiently to
sit up, and give some account Of himself.
AS Andreas Jansen had supposed, he
had lost his way travelling from one
faruI-houfc to another, and had sunk cx-
hausted into the deep slumbcr which
generally subsidies into death. In an
swcr to his inquiries as how he had been
found, lie heard about the intended drive
10 church, and discovered the SELF denial
Hugo had practiced in giving up the ex-
pcditiou TO take care OF him.
" owe you thanks, young man. You
have preferred remaining with an old
podlar in difficulties to accompanying
yonr bctrothcd, 1t is dull exchanG re-"
L" indeed,' said Hugo, g | am quite
repaid by seeing you all right again. l
was afraid, at, first, it was all over
hour we should have been too late"
=" Yes, another lease Of lifc,' said the
hawkcr, grayely; spared little longer
by the Heavenly Friend who had stood
by my side in many dangers during long
lie Of wandering.
d" Let mc hear your experiences -
How much you must have seen twill
De hours before ny friends are back.-
Talking them over will help to while
away the time"
The sketch Eric Pctcrman gave Of his
life was indeed remarkable. He was one
Of those pious men not unlrcfuently met
with IN Norway, who, while earning their
livelihood By hawking, are at the same
time humble missionaries, Bible and tract
colportcurs, holding prayer meetings.n
the villages, when they can get 4 congrc-
CATION, and in an obtrusiyc way often
doing great deal Of good. Like most
Of his brethern, he was man of few ad-
vantages Of education, but well vcrsctI
in the Scriptures, and possessing native
cloqrencc, combined with the untaiiing
attraction Of a soul thoroughly in earn
est, and cnnohled by the pursuit OF a
lofty and disintcrestcd ann. He lad
been a disciple Of the celebrated Iiauge,
tie John Wesley of the north, aud had
shared some OF his imprisonmcnts at a
tine when little about religious tolera-
ton was known in Norway. Many times
he had travcrscd the country, and even
penetrated far into Russian Lapland.-
One whole winter he had been. weather.
bound on one of the Loliodcns. Strange
stories could lie tell of pcrils by land
and pcrils by water, shipwrocks, and
hair-brcadth escapes from robbers who
coveted his pack. The time passsd
quickly in listening to such narratives.
The record of this good mans life was
like a living sermon to Hugo, the cx-
position Of Gospel truth in NEST inyi-
ting form, the example Of enc who had
rGacticcd all he taught. After pause.
during which they had partaken of thl
contents of Dame Inlcborg's basket
Eric said, rather abruptly
By-tho-byc, | heard some unpleas-
ant news at the farm, | was at yesterday.
They say large pack OF wolves la,
come down from the fields to the north
ward the early and severe winter is
supposed to have driven them down.
Some hunters out on bear chase few
days back had very narrow escape
they report the wolves as going to the
south"
81 hope not said Hugo (" they hac
heard nothing about it at Ravcnsdal. -
No more had | but then | came from
the country direction. | hope not
though l should like it above everything
five could muster a strong party and
have a good hunt but wolves arc fearful
foes to meet unrrcparcd."
Underlined apprchensions he could not
shake of filed the young mans mind
and after trying to talk of other things;
he came back to the wolves, and tt
speculations as to their position ant
movements. So time sped en-, and he
paced up and down with u growing un.
easincss he in vain told hims elf was I'm.
grounded and absurd, and he longcd fol
a return Of the sleigh to terminate these
secret fears. Eric had been listening
intently for some minutes, and all u,
once cxclaimcd-"Iherc, now, hear 6
howl.
Hugo threw himself on the snow tc
hear better, and ere long heard the same
sound.
II fear-I fear it is so. 1t is far, but
oh, in the same direction they have
taken"
, After some moments of intense attcn-
ton, both men satisfied themselves that
it was not the howl Of solitary wolf
and that it was steadily advancing.