St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-02-19
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mothers arms, who halt iip6ohseioisly x.s
! hqmuiag to hetself hymn ofI praise Is
shf wrapped the little nesting '.s warm in
i Hef fun: olag after repea:cd| declarations
|tbat be vas i, = not ii the least sleepy, had
bee, glad tol lean hi, head against bis SIS:
ter's shoulders; bis eyes eyes soon closed, and
lie was s as sound asleep as his lit,ly tfottet.
i Ella gave herself up u dreamy reverie,
IS she thought. over the solemn conmun:
I ion . service, the sermon, and then The
bright future before her. Pleasant tho t.
they were;;@ iu her lite's horizon was all
Blue sEy & behind her,, and she saw; still
more before her:. And soon these Thoughts
we're woven together, and bright castles in
the ait arose, which made her smile to
Herself as she pictured Chem before her
minds eye; What Hugo a6d She would do
when they had home Of theirr 5oc'vn-how
they would welcome 4 the wayfarer,, nurse
the sick, and succor the distressd:: '.1""
/ Lost in her own thoughts, Ella had lit
tie needed noise which was heard from
Ftimc to time, and which she fancieds The
t fall Of ,avaianches from crag to crag.in the
mountains. But now all on sudden she
remarked that her father had several times
turned his head to look back, and that his
face wore troubled expression: "What
is it father" ?" she asked; "is there any
thing the matter?'' j. - :'T E*i.-.'
"Nothing, nothing" he answered; in a
1'short, stern manner, not at.all usual to
him-"I hope nothings;;'' aud then MUIR
INJURED to himself, in lower tone-"God
grant it may be nothing" 49, -
Her uneasiness BY no means lessencd,
but, understanding he did not wish to be
questioned, she remained silent, but With
her attention on the alert to discover the
cause for anxiety. The dull noise in the
rear certainly Increased, and was heard at
fitful Intervals, now almost swelling into
note, then dying away, and was decidedly
nearer than when first she had remarked
it. The horses too, seemed by some won-.
derful instinct to partake her father un-.
easine's. Just then, the noise began
afresh, and now an unmistakable howl sent
a flash of certainty to her mind: Unable
longer to bear the suspense, she half rose,
and gasped out-"0h, father, is its it
the wolves p 's.A
"They are long way behind" said
Andreas; eve shall reach home we'll, nev-
er fear.": -.rt = = >.,<;....-.-n
But the farmers face contradicted bis
cheerful words, and with sinking of
heart as if its action had been stopped,
and then a tumultuous rush of blood
through her veins, Ella sank back 10 her
seat. 1t was fearful revulsion of feeling
to be thus suddenly torn from a state Of
dreamy reverie, and brought face to face
with q great danger. The fainting sensa.
tion was over directly, and closing her
eyesfor a moment, and murmuring a heart
felt prayer, her natural courage returned
Ella had till then only seen dead wolves,
the trophies Of the chase, and once or
twice one securely, muzzled on its way to
some foreign menagerie, but too many
dreaded wolfstories are current round
Norwegian hearths in the winter for her
not to divine the greatness Of the peril,
and she tried to calculate their probable
distance from home, and the chances. of
escape.
:: Frau 1ngeborg next heard the howl, and
asked the same terrified question as her
daughter. = 49, %s@.- .31tt, r.. .,'
"Oh, God, my poor children!" was her
only exclamation and then she, too, was
calm and still. 49, 80: .,42s.t:
Vi. Nearer, nearer lis the howling--faster
go the terrified horses;s their instinct has
told them the danger. Ella gently, olsen
cages herself from the sleeping Olaf, and,
uubidden; gets out the rife and powder.
flask, and in silence lleen looked to the loading:
Andreas' eye falls on her; he,is even II
that moment pleased with the fruit of the
training r'ioin he ho has given his child, il her
pale, composed If faee 49, and 3D. steady hand like