The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-29

III j eofnopqn1ent Of The Janne1oWn. Chaua-
|tASqHS ca, IN. ~ Joufnai, writing fton
The Ponney wanna Woods, reletoe the follow.
ina story, Of which his hostess. I Daav about
siEty yeMfS Of age, vas he heroine:
tOse1 yeNsa agO bluDmiMx bride, abe was
hrduKlieUue b settle in the unssOdden region.
~ that time the deer bounded Oifen over the
clearing; the b1ar and the wildcat roamed
aiubOst annoleseed shr0ngh the forest the
cratty panther prowled by night around the
pcebin al the eettlers, uttering at long inter.
Yale his almost human cry. Her husband
mad constfucted upan his little clearing
rude house, hat half finished with the roof
partly open, furnishing easy access 70 any
wild animal, fierce or daring enoupi. "a
mount the rpof and descend in. Il was not
long after they had located that the husband.
nav'nx occasion to be abaent day or two.
departed on, his journey leaving his young
vile sole inhahitant Of the dwelling for the
light As evening warned, she bolted fast
ne door, retired To bed, extingnished the
ight and cosnroeed herself to sleep but
or time she could not sleep A sense {
'er lonely and unprotected state in her in
ecrre cabin, amid those solitndes, DRIVE
ieep fr,:n her eveiids At last however, she
tn4lled her fears and dropped into half un
o'scn.us sluml,er How long she drnwsed,
Y knew not. wien suddenly she WAS start.
by n"ise above her head 1t was like
Fl leap "f some heavy animal. who struck
% dea'ie"ed hut heavy sound on the
-. and open h,mr absve sas
~he strained her eyes to discover the char
SER at the unknown intrule. between
ler and the stars which SHINE in through
- open rosf ahe gained dim outline OF
animal and knew NJ unce it was pan
4er II had mounted the roof leaped down
Hta tue attic, and there sfood eyeiny with
| glossy shining eyes the place where she
~ The Noise oi its velvet feet rs it leaped
!, striking Il { loose heard. above her head,
was this that awakened her In an in
liant she sprung up in bed threw the clothes
f0m her, and uttered faint scream This
t,ald-n movement frightened the panther.
ni he turned. leaped up again to the rM,f,
III in nm instant came bounding back, with
ss,hed yrnwl, ma though he was determined
u, his victim Her danger was now imini
cent Another leap wnuli bring him Mt once
'pon her And there stn'd the panther
airing at her and psusing fur the fatal
prinI That mdMents DELAY saved her
he sprang from the bed Beside it stO,d q
,rse cl..thes chest lined with lead, which
lad at some time been used 10 protect arti-
les on Il sea voyage. In an instant she be
thought herself III the chest as the only place
J. refuge. She lifted the lid and sprang in,
asserting her Fingers to keep a crack open
chat she might breathe. She bad just time
% cluse it, when down bounded the panther
,,s,n the chest, with a fierce but disapF pointed
.r0wl, which made the blood curdle at her
,eart The shock was too great She re-
0embered no more. but sunk into u state Of
nsensibllity What efforts the fierce beast
made to recover his victim. she knows not
She lay many hnnrs in unconcinusness-i
rhe morning had dawned. and the sun was
AT up in the heavens when she awoke. Her
.ramped limbs were shivering and aching
She raised cautiously the lid The bright
sunbeams were streaming through the cab
IN. She listened No sound was to be heard
.bout the place but the solemn notes of the
yood-bird The panther as day dawned had
SUNK away to his den. She opened the
hest wider, and at last ventured out, and
Jared to stretch her cramped limbs again.
md draw an anxious breath. Selling her
.lothes in her arms she fled as fast as her
Get could carry her, and stopped not till
he sank down upon the doorsteps Ola dis
iant neiyhbor.
A few days after the hunters bransht in
m0nstrous panther, whose claws measured
more than an inch in length, and whose
teeth were enormous.
Yes said the old lady, as with a long
lrawn breath, she finished the narration.
ove that old chest God preserved me in it
from the jaws OF that hungry panther, and ]
IN alive TO day to tell ct his goodness You,
young man, know little about what your
fathers and mothers underwent here forty
years ago"