The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-08-18

dieate the deer's ewes, and then the true s
shot would bring us the prize for our labor,
It seemed a long time in coming AGAIN
s.That deer must bevery shy whispered
the Doctor, just above his breath.
The next time, saw it first 1t was
some distance ahead, and there were two;
but lust before l could point them ont to my {
comrade, they had disappeared. Present
w, we saw it on one side of Us.
ssCharlie, that's a will-o'-the-w isP," SAID
Poke, in rather subdued tone. ''or the dey-
il, who ever heard of deer going round so q {
He is examining you to see what man
ner of a man you are" =
s.Perchance it is some spirit of a departed
buck, leading us wild chase to destroy US.
..There il is. right behind me, as lliveF'
calculated the Doctor, in evident trep;dation.
Sure enough. as turned my head. saw
the two blue lights that indicate the reject
ing lenses of the eye. The Doctor was ia
king aim, but I noticed it was not very
steady. He pulled the trigger-a dull snap
announced miss-fre. He pulled the 9TH
or trigger-it snapped in the same way
/ The gun was vet with rain. !
''Was anything ever so provoking; SAID
Poke as the eyes vanished in the darkness
IF it is the devil, he will have you now
/ 'How can you talk so,'' said the Doctor
with strong accent on the ''can.
{ ..There is your deer, Poke, in the WIND
fall" said I, as | caught sight Of the eyes
moving rapidly along over the mass OF tim
Der that lay heaped and knotted together,
That's no DEER" SAID Poke; mo eio-
a ven foot could 60 over that windtali that
way. would rather see she night hunts
man of the Hartz Mountains than see those
eyes oain." AS be was speaking, l saw
in the darkness ahead of US, another pair Of
ewes and two or three pairs on the left
The truth flashed on me. The scarcity OF
tie deer. the proximity of the wind-fall, the
res,lessnesg Of those eyes. ali gave ME the
cIue-the wolves were around US.
g A word to Poke, and the affair was ex-
# nlained. and we stood still for consultation.
o. We tried new caps on our gun but 1t was
!. of no use. the cones were saturated with wa
ter. We turned toward the camp, but N
q our confusion we forgot the direction. It
: Leiehten the misery OF the scene, eur torcf
was almost burnt outlet that die, and th'
, rest could be easily OWNED.
We were standing, at the time, under
grove of small pecan trees, and at that IN
Slant a low snort was heard from the shad
Ia ow near us, like the cough of dog.
Poke did not say word; but, dropping
q. the gun, and Selling limb of one OF th
Mt trees over his head, with an agility Tor Whic
" I had never given him the least credit Gle
- waited himself to the crotch, about ten fec
he from the ground.
at 1 did not want 10 do anything OF tn
It, kind, of course not; l would rather nav
e. placed nv back against tree, and won
of glorious death in battle against my nunlei
ed Gus foes: but, alack ! for bad example,
to dropped the torch, that broke IN pieces
far falling, and clasping the nearest tree, who
he happened to be a medium sized gum-tre'
, a soon scrambled up to place Of safety
- Lucky i. was for ne that had that tore
et in my hand, for when it fell, it lay scatlere
at around the base of the tree, still tiIckerln
eli and flashing in the darkness, and the an
III, mails that had surrounded us as they sa
nj their prey escaping. rushed forward with
he angry noise: they saw the glowing ember
\ a and held back just long enough to perm
a nv escape. AS drew my self up on 4
eft first limb, rush of gratitude passed oV
my soul, and my feelings were as warm
,ev a child's. Nothing could be seen, for t
use sovnbre forest shut out the little Iignt the
ave was in the atmosphere, but heard the ps
as tering Of feet beneath my fortress, Ike i
ling rain. Back and forward they came a
the went, and snorting sounds and champ
and teeth made the black night alive with Il
per aginary shapes. wondered how II ial
les. with the Doctor, yet dared not call, for
by uncertainty was less fearful than the rear
nd 4 might be. l pictured him fallen, dragG
,ere back from his half attained refuge, and
nd yided among the hungry pack; and the 81
,os noises below might be the mumbling OF
red bones,
ty while their white tusks crunehed Ger his " n
As it slipped through their jaws when their cd
grew jail"
, ,I;l At length summoned courage and cal
1 pm9 Poke % .f.
"eu grateful to my ear than any sound in
AN. world. .gs
IA, ~ How are you, my boy ?" 1 called ag'
,eII s.Safe, thank the Lord -
What disgraceful situation to be
h =, and how are we to get out ct 1t :,
= Il will be grateful if I can only keel
=, >, Il: for this tree is SO small that the vol
no can almost reach me when they jump; q
=, as climbed up. one caught my coat
I;obt and tore it entirely of. . r
onr Climb up higher then"
~ 81 can't; the tree is so small that, "
IN get any higher. it bends over and lets
,onoe down-ob dear p
Nod Haven't you your pistol, with y
af,er Try and shoot one, and it may triSl
,e in them
moss "oh, dear, no; there are hundred
,oIias them. Just look at them below y
anser looked down, aud surely could 81
our drove of them. They were evidently
grey wolf, for in spite of the darkness
Iden- could, once In while, detect their mot
tail. from their light coats.
Poke suggested that they were Pliar
ce of wolves and declared that they were all W
I was All the fearful stories that had ever
thout came coursing through my brain. /
snow buried butts snuffed our and raw
70 IL 81 By these providers, and heard the shire
in seeE the child, thrown from the sleigh b
fear rnaddened mother and many an
. and dream re shaped in my mind the terro
nights of fever. Were We TO be tree
noint- by their deylsh patience? Was one
s, the To relieve another until We YEARLY fell
before their hot tainted jaws. thus to be hurie
to obliy ION @