The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-01-09
A nrove noy.

When was bow lived sronr tho
Green Mountains OF Vernon, in winter
making snow forts and sliding down the
stecp hills, and ip simmer and autumn
wandering over the mountains looking
aiNer the beautiful trout from the brooks.
Rut my brother In Wisconsin wrote TO
me TO come TO him, and went. Our
house was on whotwas called Boxter's
Prairie" The prairo was covered with
flowers, and the many clea- lakes around
ahoundcd in FISH and ducks but our prin-
cipal food was hoe cake and salt PORK
One OF our ncighbqrs had 20 meat for
long time, ard getting o;t Of powder
they had no game so one day they echt
u th 'ir Oldest SON., a boy about ten
years old, for piece Of pork.
/ A. he was carrying Il homcwr-js. md
going through piece OF woods by "Sil-
vcr Lake." he hard q rustlinr Of tho
leaves In thickct hy the roadside. Hc
storped and lis,rnei--all was siill.--
Aguin he pushed forward. srain the
Leaves ru,tlcd behind him and he thought
7 he heard stealthy stcr. AGAIN hs
stcrpcd everything was still except the
gentle dash Of the waves upon the pcb.
~ beach, and the rapid beating OF his
own heart lie dreaded {, 90 forward
and he dared not stay frr he ssw night
was approaching. whom the woods always
echoed With the howl Of the hungry welg,
and the SAVAGE bear and stealthy caia-
mount cumc cut from their dens. So
pickn" mp club, he again started
homcward. Again came the stcalthy
step behind him, nearer and nearer. un-
tl he saw gguu, and savage wolf creep.
irg utter him. and as h hurried on s,iIl
clirEirg 10 his mrat, the wolf was com.
ing nearer and nearer. and might ct any
} moment spring upon him.
Still the bov. though hc tremblcd In
, every limb, did not lose his presence "
/ mind. He remembered having heard his
, father soy TINT if any one faced u wild
animal and looked il square in the cyee,
{ Il would not dare g attack him. II.
turn,d around and Gccd the hungry wolf
! and commenced walk backwards to-
. wards his home, still along mile and q
r half awry. As the woods grew darker
{ the wolf c1mc nearer, showing his white
| teeth with the hlir bristling upon his
a back. The courageous boy knew that
; if he gave up his piece OF pork he was
] chl's hNh NAulh run nNUlF uUNlblt5NC0g nut
e he knew there were hungry ones az
4 home awaiting his return. No backwards
n he went, step by step. As the wolf cams
8 near, he hit him square upon the hrai
o with a stone, c,whcn with an angry "velp,"
d the wolf sprang into the ticket and set
:. M a long and dismal howl. Tho boy lis
tened 10 hear il there were answering
howls, and hearing none, took courage (:
4. but he soon suw the savage beast, mad.
:, dtued with hunger como al him again.
4 with his club he gave him u well-direct-
!, ed blow between the eyes, which sent
q him huwling back again into the thleketI
a Again and again was the contest renew
cd many times did the savage vet cow-
# nrdy aninal make a spring at the lad,
J.. and many times did the bruvc boy beat
: him cl', until at last he came near the
log cabin OF his parents, when the disap.
i pointed wolf, with long and waiting
howl, dashed away into the woods
n Trembling with excitement, aud wet
: with Precipitation, the boy, dropped tho
q meat upon the floor, crying, "Mother,
. I've GOT IT, and leil exhausted at liis
mothers feet.