The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-02-07

ward.
But my attention was called away 10
the creeHing, crepuscula inkincss Of the
sko It WAS light, yet not day light, but
biue light--to coin word; that wintry
hue Of liyid darkning steel always the pre-.
cusoi to fierce change in the weather.
This only made the long level plains Of
snow gleam with lustre the more dazzling
and intense. ] remarked this, but with a
moment@ily divided aud wayorng sense.
had ueycr (ramliar rs we had grown,
and | was "honcst as the skin between
your brows," as she WAS in f,cO-I had
never said "dear Lo,a" before, and the
words were yet in mine ears like sweet
old burhom. | love her with all my
heat and soul, but had never told it.
yca,nod to tell her so now; Tut ! thought
! 1T scarcely fair--not up to the mark OF
manhood-,o take what seemed an unfair
! advantage of the protection / was supposed
to extend over Ter | magnanimously " ie
solved to wait--cLoking down the words
but not for long.
Meantime, "Crick--crack" went the
lcng whip, and still "cliug-clang" went
the Ginning bells. aud the horsos hell on
with unabated pace and splendid vigor,
but--wdere had "Winl y gap" gone to all
this time? for the time was up, and we
should bc there By this.
"GoodncsS!' exclaimed Lola ali at once,
chow strange the sky looks; we shall have
moro snow---a heavy fall, too"
Il fear so,' replied; bat a'importp,
WI soon be out Of il.
We are very long, fancy, she eontn.
u'l, rcfloclivcly; "you have driven thcro
quicker than this b fore 30, Ueavonr'
s.e cried, with the suldonLcs, ofrcvelauon
"cn1 We have lost tie t0ckf'
fbo hIauk question harpei with hor
riole jar on my most vivid nerves. Now
or never WAS the time TO he quite cool.
"No, | think no,," J replied, with rs.
sumcd car'essnos~; we shall come to our
landmark presently
"a cwnp Of frs An old mill further
on YES sh" added, IL r'co'lect; bat We
should have passed them long cr' this
Oh, fear we are lost!'
A cold chill seized me as taa,tIy ad.
mited that she was in the light. could
not account for my error, if such was the
case. looked round the loriz,n, but
behell no friendly sign; it was only cir.
Gle gathering closer. and growing darker
the while.
Suddenly, my brave deer hound lifted
up his head, and uttered low Crowl.-
The horses gave startled swcryc Just as
suldenly. a strange, lugghriuus, bnt ap.
II 1
ward wailing like death cry--a proong-
cd, awful. g,oaning discorllnce-over The
white cleaning snow: aul then it died
away.
The horses halted, trembling; only the
shivcrinr tmkle Of the b.Ils broke the
deaths silence tha, + II Ike eclipse over all
"What Is Tut" asked I.ota in shud
dcriue whisper, as she cutchcd my arm.
listened. 1t is the win sighug;
aul diving away in the piuc toscs,," an.
swcrcd
"Aul We 10 not % ncpr the frest." she
SAID. "IIark tror tllrc it is again.
Oh, what-whot can it be-
Again the indescribably hdeou' and
iugubrious sound broke forth; clearer
HtdItI. II lh'lttIStAl, IINltl Iic'i tue llOI-
ribo crcScendo, bowling, shriekiug and
raycniag, was NOT that of the wind this
time
"MercifoI God" gjspcd Lota. The
WoLvEsr
never understood, uII that moment
what the concentrated essence OF literal,
deadly n ri might mean. | never eX,
pere"ced the shock before or since; and
nave N my hunting rN'urSlonS' iacei my
danger ana Played ont my game mantdI,y.
10 nave lost the way was terrible enough;
but-the woi .e> and Lota! An instant
was numb ana dumb.
1t was true, however, Iho severity OF
the weather. The migiati n or scarcity ot
the animals on whom these uacIeah crea.
iure" P'ey'd, had made Their hunger ra'
g'ng', de'onnng madness l"ey were en-
Gro. ching On cNlIiI'd territory, ani losing
their usual charaet'f'iIcS AMI craven cow
ald'ce-w'te approaching the haoNaNon
OF maintaining vIIia{e and settlement.
Woe t. tho,e IN theif path. As the int'r
nal howl rose Iihs~lhgly. ag"in, Il q iorNc"
daited away WIN shrii n"iSh OF lear,
aud guided then--b"g1nnlng to recover
ny ny SeIl-,.n - Il" opposite GF'c''Tn WINE
lo''1. ny "J''' MOUNT s'',n up WIN
.'t.i '"@s o",'u' ,,, "nI 'rl'f '''r Oh emu