East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-06-08
CHASED BY WOLVES.

1t was n wild scene in Bohemia
along the base of the Erzebirgo noun
tains oneday on the banks of the frozer
Eyer. 1t was mid winter, and thu
snow lay deep upon the ground, butsc
hardly eongeled that the sharp iror
shoes Of our swift-going beast scarcely
did more than indent it,, and flake i
! up with a crispy sound, and the pol
ished steel runners left two narrow
FURNISHED tracks behind ,us. e
The descending sun glistened askant
with pale, cold look, and with nc
more seeming warmth in his ray,
than those Of the moon.
"How far now to Carlsbad ~
said to the driver, with nearly my
whole face muffied up in furs.
"a matter of four leagues, it may
be-" he answered.
" At this rate, then, how much
longer on the road 2"
1.-Two hours"
"The sun is about that high"
"We shall enter the town at early
candle-light."
Provided we meet with no acci-
dent, Jules !"
always SO provided, your honor ~
On we went, up hill, and down, the
merry bells ringing clearly in the fro
zen air.
AT length we reached and slowly
assembled a long, steep elevation,
whose descent, by a narrow, winding
road, or path, led down again to the
banks of the frozen ger, along here
and there precipitous lodges, over
which chance slide might be fatal
"Have n care, Jules" L said warn
ingly, cor we may never see see Carl
shad p 61
"Never fear, your honor I've been
over this route many time without
accident ~ was the confident reply.
He said "never fear'--but L did,
and not without reason-for, soon af-
ter, his horse shied, Slipped, and
plunged madly down dangerous de-
clevity to the right. but fortunately
not a procipice.
A car going with the velocity of its
own momentum down IAN inclined
plane, would convey some idea of our
speed. Jules exerted all his strength
and skill TO check the flying beast
but the horse could not have stopped
himself before reaching the foot of
the hill. As it was he plunged on for
a quarter of mile further, and then
slipped and fell and fell and broke his
harness badly. We had received no
injury, which was wonderful, consid-
ering the danger we had run of being
upset; or dashed against some of the
trees that we passed SO close as to
grazc the bark. %
Here is an unfortunate situationw
said Jules.
"Thnnk God that we have come to
a halt at last with all our bones whole
said l. 20
There was no use considering, de-
batting, or complaining; we both saw
exactly what we had TO do, and who
had to do it; and so we both went to
work with will. -
When at last We reached the high
way again, all safe and ready to re-
sumo our journey, the sun was down,
and the gloom of twilight was upon
us. kaf
"How far now, Jules2" sTt
Two leagues, sir y
(Which in our present condition is
euqal to what three would have been
before the accident"
81 think so, your honor |"
81 had Just taken my seat again in
the vehicle, and Jules had gathered
up the reins for fresh start, when
solitary, distant dismal howl was
borne to our ears.
"Ha! don't you hear that" cried
Jules.
II do" cried with a shudder.
"May God be merciful to us this
night !" CALCULATED the driver, as he
started the horse forward, but with
caution that showed how much he
feared a sudden strain upon the. har-
ness, on which, it might be our lives
depended. &tt
TO understand our feelings ms we
breathlessly listened for all answer to
that solitary call, it must be known
that the wolves of this region are
large, strong, daring and ferocious,
and, at such a season of the year, with
the ground covered deep with snow,
wero often so sufficiently maddencd
with hunger as to attack any living
thing, either man or beast, more es-
picially when collected together in
large numbers. The single howl we
had heard was tho night-call of some
lonely beast to his distant aud scat
tered companions; and just in proper
ton to the number Of calls and re-
plies, and the distance of the animals
from us was the danger hat we had
TO fear. ~
For perhaps a minnie after the first
call we heard no answer; and we
were just beginning to hope that mono
would be given, when another dismal
howl In q different direction fell upon
our ears. This was quickly followed
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