Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-23
AN mOI1Ii ON THE ICE.

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m.J ,no,, SrI,..a. Sno 80 y. 20
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hand,oto,s "p~0 wnou ,o vho I.a n s 4 t.s
no,,,,t,a1 VIZ III ion paiy n....;n VI sns
SVunsi y, anu ooreapliy nhu ll1Cie aeViaICiol
h ~ wiIvei W ony WY, nhe my scil, nay Deen
~ III o Sne oicy, 40 @ 10 aaways
~ DuCinere was ~ tL' W. he oeyonu
th tto r soy y.a ia, S .n1 ieaness % 'iTIs M.
t,,,.h tno vnon o, g. aii oor .mU LIVE; l1nn
IT'LL, may as MI oon. ,,,,s s, was hot iotS
.,a.1d 80 I;d wa ;,s that ny aho,'as siaS az;
torr, ,,,aoa h,t a. tha ~ fant tbot War;on Sor.
va,y p,au, tt, J a.. "o,,iJ ..n. o.,
penCer was eiiere' anu 'naC couiu hos ge'
away. A., 1885,. 90 A.. Il, :.
thn e.on vne Wyo VI vnmU waS ;na'
70 y, saw .U nth;n of tho ha ,,' e,ory ~
~ '"y ,,,a ~ ',;,ta, apJ the te
~, ,,,aS o1',,o,,s a. orond ordor IT,, Tant do
Nv. rov wae q Noro,,ho. ,,,,t;i EoI' Nv
n.y. n,VM ~ 10y 10y Wan,o o1,d ,,,o,o ~,
,,m "Sy hosI,otaJ hoout;g,,i,u omd oan' 0'
uppn upt 500 i'I that aro Sou;n% anutb;n% mrono
~ nv sec ta t @ any onS sa;hiS
ait tSot SaT 'no o,. fa,a bnr ,, tho
pasSloh 'iia' l o'ei ioi' was ooi" upo'i 'i''
i'II WAL a. ,o. ono Fohrrorv dow c,eor and
e;f II nd % hod noada IN NY ,',y ,,,ind that
Jo9, ,,rn,,id hin ~ 70 tinoto WITH Marn,,
S%y Sog nnaw thnt sbo " I,uad mo oS waii aS
S;d ber and tbat n wanted oniv the for
rnai words s to hring tbe matter 70 = concIu-
sio,, WIS n SsS @ nv ;Sgtant;nn to saw ali that
hod 70 90 SOW tb tb % suan;nS ,,r"n IL loo 90
hnew w that 2 there was ne chance Of ;nterr,,r. 1 :
t;on Int ~ 10 st,onr no NOV, i;ttIo ,va ora ohIo
to gn;de evan tha most s;mnie events 70 ' a
concI,Sion All that daw Marion and nv
Golf scanned to he antaSoS;ctic W. had No
oman disc Sreement nor vet ony words tba :
canid Lead to what ia commonlv called n
lovers, nuarrel bnt yat thera was somatbinS
tbot Jesdtroued the Sn;et nndersta ndin% we q
had oi,yovc ,,,a;ntoiped w
At last NIGHT came and wb;snerod tba
usnal ;nvita1ion 70 come ont unop the ica
and was astonished at a refusal No reason
was given bnt she did NOT feel Ike LEAVING
tbe bouse have crown wiser since then
and have learned 3hot a womon,s whims
must Sometimes he bumored without nmess
tion but then 7 had no arcnments in NV
mind bnt onnosition' and That onnosition
was to seize INV skates and hurry from tbe
bonso 70 tho ,;ya,. which yvos ceytoinlv not
more than q bnndrad. feet distant
hnct,od on NV sLates INV faca hnrn;,a
With voxot;o,, and nv bra;n nromnt;no, q, aii
I;nds of dire sohan,aS for orettino sotisfao-
t;erce dasb 90 tbowgh ynuld dr;ve off NV
annoyonca @ hv snea3 of motion my
TN the r;yyer went over and bool nou
dasb;no off at RIGHT ANGLES and now rnsb.
inc mn in the face of tbe wind to cool NV
heated head The NIGHT was beontifuI q
clear coid hrocin g night with moon that
almost scanned 90 tbonSh n HING In tba CIV
ao q y nb;ont of adorotion On went r;~ht
nm in t5e S,ca of tha wind the miles saen.
;npo 70 Si;,, fron, under NV foot lilo So noo,y
wards rnt;l T was fa, out of s;obt nS tbys
Ronse or of anv sirn of cnitivation and
still kent on AZ far as 7 have been able to
tell. I think must have been at least eivht
miles from home when snddenly besrd .
sound that nerfectlv naralvzed INV limbs
and left me- aIid;n~ ovar the Ice xvitbont an
effort % M on M m nart at nronnlsion, I did not %
Lnow what n was had no nower to tbinI
t;nctrass onJ tbo Last oi;d;n o. rnot;on of no,
boSv ceased unt;l Is 7 stood sti1, in tba centar a. y
~ tbe - oIoSsy stream and ga1ad with ni 3 cnni
centrated vision about TIM me. 7 began T TO : real %
I've what heard Then + saw here and
there along the dark shore. darRer objects
creen;nc SLOWLY ont from the trees and o,,
to tba Zee and from these darker Objects %
came the fearful half oroan half screon,
that bad co frozen "nS blood and toInn
from y, tbe nower of motion 7 had naa,a,
seen anv of p tbe terrible creatures viii With
which was that niobt dest;ned to booon,a
acnmainted but I knew in an instant that
what saw coming from the woods IN mat at
least a dozen directions. were nothing less
than wolves. I had. as saw. had no Chance nee
Of seeing any. Of these in6abitants. hnt 7
had baa sd several from mn tho country SOW
that thew were yery troublesome, and ex,