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

n terrified snort, looked timidly to tn,
right and left and than sprang for
ward at a gallop.
Let him go it may be our onl,
chancep' said TO Jules, feeling my
hair rise with terror, s % ~
at won't save u.s." returned the
latter desparingly. "If the beast wa
free from his traces hecould not outrur
these hungry devils, which are fas
gathering upon us, before and be
hindu 81 if.n als8at nI 4l.tr ~
'.But as yet they may know nothing
of us ~ l said encouragingly, though
very far from entertaining any such
happy belief myself. lsR
"Why then, look theee and there
IN there p cried Jules, pointing with
his whip, first to the right and then
TO the left. vspG. .,rrs.,.. \
1 did look, and cold sweat seemed
to start through every pore, as, in
either directiomI perceived an undu-
lating shadow moving rapidly over
the now star-ighted snow, at an an
gle calculated TO reach US at some un-
known point ahead. Almost at the
same moment, too, / heard some yelps
behind, and, looking back, l beheld
another small body Of the furious an
imals in the road, even nearer to us
than the others coming forward like a
pack of hounds in full chase. rer.-
"Merciful God are we doomed TO
die iu this manners" / cried Faster !.
Jules---faster put the horse to his
utmost ! = it is our only chance" ~ ll
"Don't you see that he is doing his
best your honor ? and that he can't
gain an inch on those devils p'
1t was true our gallant horse, as
frightened as ourselves, was already
on a dead run, bounding us over the
frozen snow at terrific and dangerous
aate. And yet to what purpose p
Slowly, but steady, the two undulat-
ing shadows, to the right and left,
were closing in to the central line; /;
and the yelpihg crew behind had
gained on us little, and might have
come up to us at once, only that the
natural cowardice of the brutes kept
them at a respectful distance while
their numbers were 80 comparatively
few
"How far is il now to Carlsbad,
Jules 2" ~ lag ft4 'nrff ~
"More than n league, sir ~
"Shall we never reach il Y'
"Heaven knows! If the horse can
hold out, if the harness don't break,
if the cutter don't upset, and if the
brutes don't attack us there is
chance!" t9
lis there no place on the way
where we can stop? no dwelling, barn,
stable or hut that we can take refuge
in ?"
"Therc is q hut about milo ahead
but how can we get into itP The mo-
ment we stop these wolves will be
upon ms, and thirty seconds would be
long enough for them to tear us to
pieces and dovour us ~
"Wc must put our sole trust in God,
then" groaned. i
"Yes, your honor, that is oil we can
dop
Suddenly Jules, who had been sit
ting III silence, holding the reins of
the running horse, with the same APP
parent firmness as if driving on race
course, partly turned his head, and
exclaimed: Ae nP
Quick quick your honor have
you strong, sharp knife 2"
"Yes Yes,'
"Quicl, then, in Heavens name!
quick, quick give it to me! =
another moment ahd it will be too
late 70
/ tore off my glove, whirled back
the skins, furs and outer garments,
thrust my hand into pocket, and
brought forth long, Spanish clasp
knife, which opened with a spring,
"Here! Jules-here !"
He took it with deliberation his
excited words had not led me to ex-
pect; aud then, turning his eyes to-
ward Heaven. said solemnly:
"May God smile upon the design!
it seems our only bopew a1l
"Jules," cried, with a shudder,
catching him by the arm, "surely
you are not meditating self destruc-
tion ?'' 1lrr.g Il, .fI Tg miro Il
mo, no, no, your honor but O
plan to saue us both, with Gods help!
Here quick take the reius take
the reins y
/ did so mechanically, but amazed
aod mystifed. Instantly Jules leaned
forward, over the front part of the
sleigh, and for few moments seemed
hard ut work. Then starting up sud-
denly, he cut tho reins with single
stroke of his knife, and at the same
instant struck the horse n smart blow
with his whip. Before l had time to
ask what all this meant, l comprehen-
ded what had been done. He had
cut the traces, the horse was leaving
us, and we were running by cur own !
momentum. |
'It was our only chance" said
Jules, pointing to the hut just before
us, about opposite of which / judged |
the still fast moving sleigh would stop
"Had we passed that, | fear there
wouldn't have been any hope"
"And what hope now Y'' / cried in
despair, as / heard the angry wolves
all around US, and saw their fiery eyes
in every directions. & ~ ~
"You see" replied Jules with q
wild, hysterical laugh; /" You soc,
don't your they're passing us, TO the
right and left in full chase of the fly
ing horse, which thcyl catch and de-
stroy before They'll come back for usp'
1t was true, and God be praised it
was truel Thoy wero passing us, to
the right and and left and in less
than half minute ihe hindmost was
ahead Of us, and, the whole Yelling