Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-11-06
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A writer In All the Year Round gives the
following account Of narrow escape he had
4, .n .,,.oL hv wolvo. wh;,s making n
"a ." a''a'N " "o'o' "n w.,
sledye Journey on tour from the Folga 70
Jaroslav: IT
At this point in our Journey the driver
sent the blood dancing through my veins by
the alarming cry of "Volkal voIka!"-
Wolves! woIyesl' I sprang from my
seat. and. looking ahead, saw six great,
paunt, and no doubt hungry wolves, sitting
In our way, At distance of about hundred
wards or less, Our horses had huddled
themselves together, trembling in every
limb, and refused to stir. We shouted and
bawleJ, but the wolves refused 70 stir MY
fat friend, gathering large hspdful Of hay
from the Mcdko ab0eecssS nj <ic@kJa ,the
form of ball. and handed h tosine, saving,
match" understood him at once. The
driver managed, by awful lashing and moo.
nooinp, to get the horses on, until we came
within a short distance of our enemies. By
this time had succeeded in setting FIRE to
the ball of hay. and lust as il began to blaze
out well, | threw Il in among them. 1t
worked like charm. Instantly the wretch
es parted, three on each side, and skulked
off slowly at right angles, their tails dragging
as if they we're beaten ours. On dashed our
brave team-lash, lash moo, moo.
"Hurrahl" shouted, with lightened
heart: "We are safe this time, thank God!'
"Wait; look back" said fat sides.
did so, and saw tho wolves, who had
Joined each other again in the center track,
pausing. as if to deliberate. . Our .S horses horse.
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Usda tbo y" fras s",;op of INV r arms and la legs y
Iupuo p. .nu tho GU, % 600, hss;do H. dr;ver
hnt w;,s VI m,r rIe oot o ~ | the horses and M,
CO., w H. aa'',, sa;a 20 tba dr;var.:
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9RSoay e 90 ... H.. d.;,,a s;,h
X ceter YHe fS nI Ie SYu1 eTS y.lnS su u
panion sat still in his corner, and neithe
moved nor spoke; [ saw the blade of m,
bear knife cleaning in his hand.
The track had become worse. so that tn,
horses could not.maintain their pace. In ,
short time the wolves ran beside the sledge
i the horses strained and shot on, keepin,
their distance. butin forcing our way throu ii
a drift we came TO a walking mace. and tn,
!, first wolf on nv side made dash at tb,
horse next him. The pistol was within ,
foot and n half of his head when / fred
and the bali went through his brain.
shouted INV triumph in English; nv com
panion echoed il with a HBrayo!" Tn
second wolf received INV secon,, fire in tn
ieg, which must have Shattered the hone
far he dronned behind instantly. "Brayol'
was again cried from the corner. But tn
same moment was the moment of our great
, est est peril NV pistol fell into the sledee. as
with a sudden Jolt. our horses foundered n
: to their bellies in deem drift: then the
. IN a dead stop. and there was a va
, Mt eack side ofthe sledge. attemptinp 10 pe
: in '' .
D NV blndoeon still remained. With hot
E hands 7 raised IL high. and brouebt Il dow
7 with the desnerate force of a man in a mo,
t TAI extremity upon The head of the wolf O
: NV nv side, He tumbled over on his bacI
0 and The skull was afterwards found to hay
hasn connjatelv smashed AsT stonne
0 N regain NV nistol. / was astonished to &c
Q INV com nanion ooollv thrust one of his arm
Y into the VOLTS month. and as coollv. wit
t tho disenoaged hand drawing the knit;
3 With a dear, and abort cut across his throa
= a necnliar orv among the horses arreste
g INV attention. Looking round, I saw al
|. other wolf actually fastened on the off hor,
IS bv the neck The driver was between n
q ond the wolf ne cried. "Give me N
d @ @n;stoll1 III I aid so and The moor horse ",
q Sae S 90 also were we. for the other wa
ron oH fnllow.d bv the one with The broke
il ies % ri Tba wolf last shot % wss tumblinp amor
d tha snow. The driver handed me tie Mat
}. to mt r;obt, and beered another shot
h tSe bute This finished tie ensaeemeu
s. I can now tell how felt. ! could scare
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