The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-04-05

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load of hay. 4 wasn't cold, being q
night in the lpdian summer. 50 I kcVt
strolln' up and down. toldn' a look out
now aud thcn o. scc 60 there wcrc any
body lurkin about with an eyo 20 tic
boards and shingles, but there warnt al
s1ul stirriu' but mysclC Every now and
then Ia mix mys,lro lOtlo grog, untilthe
rum was ull gone, and then began Co.
get most tvcrlosun' sleeps go jest lhu't
/ j'et las down awhile ON biz pile oil
shavin's there was in ono corDer ol the
barn. WrN, squire, I dropped off os you
may suppose; aud | guess 10 were all AL
long o what Dave Shuuysrr said, / got
90 draomp' about wolves, till, at last
blame me i.I didn't droam there wac ono
in the barn huntn' about jest like dog.
smlin here aud there, ull al Lust no came
10 the pile Of shayiu's VIII ere | was
sleep.
We'll, al ire, 7 can't call 10 mind now
how woks exactly, but the first thing
remember was siItin right mp ON the.
nile ct shay rs tryin' 10 make ont swell
as could H. tho dark it there was any
thing in tho barn or not. II was about a
minute hciure could see clearly, but at
last hecrd a slight rustic and thought /
saw something move Thinks |, that's
Dave Shunysrr, OF some Of tho boys, come
back to irighton mo. They shan't have
II 10 crow over. 80 sings out, Is that
you Davsl" There was no answer, but
/ heard rustlin' and patt'r just Ike a
dogs paws, and ] could SEQ the crt,er,
whaicysr il was, crpwiin' towards the
boards. Then Il stoprol and kinder tur
ned its hosd, and cutuhcd a sight of two
twinklin' lights, and, thinks |, it's some
stray dog, when the crittcr gave q spring
out of the barn, aud sot up a howl. !
shouldn't have been scared with oncwoll
but that howl was answered from the
woods, about quarter Of a milo OF, by
another, which knowcd could only come
from pack OF fny hungry dcvjis. Wei,
suuirc, | wuu awful scared, aud that's =
fact; but rucss il I'd lost my presence
ofmud It would have boon Nuup with me
ia about fyo minutes. | knowod hadn't
a minute 90 lose, cause | heard the howl
coming nearer and nearer, aud the yolp,
of the sentinel wolf outside calling them
on 10 their prey! My frstidoa was To s9t
fire TO the shaviu's, | out with my flint
and steel, but the punk Vouldn'tlight, mud
not one OF the shayin'S would ootch, This
howls kept coming higher and higher
Then begun TO think was gone. III re-
was an axe in the barn, ut what could
do again fifty woiyesl And in the durS
where they could not see my eyes to
duunt them.
| clenchod Il however, nnd determined
TO sell my life AZ dearly as possible, when
all at onct, jest vheu ia given up all hope
/ felt something touch ug;u my head, it
was a rope as had boen made tsst to ono
of tbs ralters. guss, squire, Il that ere
rupe had been foot shorter, I'D not O.
been hero tellin' this story. The way
went up that rope hand over hand, was
a caution. Aud I'd barely swung my
self onto tho rafters and begun lushin
myself to tho beam with the rope when
quire-it makes my blood run cold TO
tell 1.-THE barn was alive with wolves,
yelpin' leSpin' and falling ovor each 9th
or. | could hear them roOtin' among the
shavin's; and in a minute they had spread
all over the barn-lloor.
Then they began TO muzzle in the earth
aud scratch up the mould wth th9ir
paws.
At last one Of 'cm scented me, and told
tho others with a yolp. Then all the
yells ever heardl-squire, | most sweoE-
ed away: and IL had not lashed mysoll
to thorarter, should huya fell right down
among 'sm. Oh such a yell | never
/ l...l r.. ,.,l 1 L,,,. ! ,,,,..r ,,r;II
hear agiR'. Though I knowed they could
not get at me, it was dreadful to be thoro
alone in the dend Of night, with pack Of
hungry wolves licn' their slavern' jaws
and thirstin' for my blood. They ran
round and round the harm, aud lsaped on
each sthsrs bucks, and leaped into the
air; but it was no use; aud ut last be-
gun 20 feel kinder ou5y, and loOked down
at the howlin' Varmints and hautcred 'sm.
Squire you'dL thought they understood a
Teller. Every time | hollercd and shook
my fist at them, they yelled and jumped
louder than over. For this waru't sor-
ry when it begun 70 grow a little lighter.
Aud about an hour before dawn they be-
gun 10 seq il was no uss; so they gave
one long loud farewell howl aiore they
went. But squire, the NEST ouriouu part
oil tho story has got to come. Some time
alore they went, it had growod so light
l could see 'em quite plain; and an ugly
set Of devils they was, and no mistake.
Well, / noticed one wolf separate him
self from th, pack, aud try 70 sink away.
He bad his till atween his legs, jest like
a dog when he's beaten, and a s5wsd
look as IL he was ashamed aud aresrd
Ike. All atonothe made a spring out Of
the barn, but ther3st Of tho pack was at
ter him like lishtnin,"
esquire, concluded the Yankee, laying
his hand .mpresaiyely onmy sleeve, "you
may believe il or not jest as you please
but beyond some hito ard 10 o1, they dj
not leave a piece Of that wolf as big az
my hand. lie was the scout as give the
signal TO the others, and they dcyoured
him out Of hunger and revenge cause they
couldn't get me.
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