The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-05-16

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a patter Jest like a dogs paws, and
III Itcould see the critter, whatever it
twas, crawlin' towards the gap in
ltho boards. Then it stopped, and
kinder turned its head, and ]
lcotched sight of two twinkling
lights, and, thinks /, it's a stray
dog; when the critter give a spring
/ toptoofthe, barn, and sot up a howl.
Squire, shouldn't hayebeen scared
with one wolf. bat that howl. was
Hahswersd from the woods, maybe q
Eqhartep of aamile of, by another,
which l.knowed could only have
/ come from pack of not less tlan
fifty hungry wolves. w ell, squire,
1 was ,8flI scared and that's .
Fact; but I guess if I'd lost my
! presence Of mind, it would ha' been
all up with mein about five minutes.
l knowed | hadn't a moment to
lose, because | hcGrd the howl
coming nearer and nearer; and the
! yelp, yelp, Of the sentinel-woIf out
side, calling them to their prey !.
My first idea was to set fire to the
shayings. ! out with my flint and
steel, but the spunk wouldn't light,
and not one Of the shdvings would
cotch. The howls kept coming
higher and higher. Then began
to think 1 was gone. There was an
axe in the barn, but what could l
do agin fifty wolves? and in the
dark where they couldn't see my
eyes to daunt them.
81 clcuched it, however, and de-
termined to sell my life dearly,
when all to oncet, jest when I'd
given up all hope, l felt something
touch agin my head-it was a rope
as had been made fast to one Of the
ratters. l guess, squire, if that ere
rope had been a foot shorter, I'd
not a ben here now telling this
story! The way l went up that
rope, hand over hand, was a caution.
And I'd barely swung myself on to
the rafter, and begun lashin' myself
to the beam with the rope, when,
squire-it makes my blood run cold
to tell of 1.-THE barn was alive
with wolves, yelping, leaping, and
falling over each other. could
hear them routing among the
shavings, and in minute they had
all spread over the barn-foor. Then
+they began to muzzle-ip the earth,
and scratch the earth up with their
paws, At last one of them scented
me, and told the others with a yelp.
Then of all the yells [ ever heard
Squire, | most swooned away; and
| If | hadn't lashod myself to the
rafter, | should have fallen right
down among them. Though l
knowed they couldn't get at me, it
was dreedful to be there alone in
the dead Of the night, with pack
of hungry wolves, licking their
jaws, and thirsting for my blood.
Theyran round and round the barn,
and leapcd on to each others backs,
and sprang into the air, but it was
no use,-and at last began to get
kinder easy, and | looked down on
the bowling varmints, and bantered
them. Squire, you would have
thought they understood a fcler.
Every time | hollered and shook
my fist at them, they yelled louder
than ever. For all this l warn't
sorry when it begun to grow a little
lighter; and about an hour before
dawn they gave me one long, loud
farewell howl. Some time afore
they went, it had growed so light |
could see them quite plain; well, |
noticed one wolf separate himself
from the pack, and try to stink
away. He had his tail atwcen his
legs, and had a cowed look, as if
he were ashamed and afeared like.
All at oncet, he made a spring out
of the barn, but the rest of the
pack was after him like lightnin'.
Beyond some hide and bones, they
didn't leave piece of that wolf as
big as my hand. He was the scout
as give the signal to the others, and
they devoured him out of hunger
and revenge, cause they couldn't
get me-
GA HUNDRED DOLLAR NOTE TO
BooT." odd Mr.. ", well-to-do
farmer out in Illinois, had some four
manageable daughters; and, being
one of that class Of mon who think