The mountain Democrat., 1865-11-04

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poses could not have been securely fast.
ened, burst CpeH, and 4 large &olf rush
h.. She, having AlwAJe heard, that these
,aRiuals areeasily 6ightOssd array By Gre,l
Immediately pluekea : 9e@ipg htspA frsm
the hearth, ran Sith Il toEards the beast,
bot tho late ID prevent bic teS2chlAe the
cVadIS, from which be seiSsd our poor 1t.
de sleeping Gaeqass, and new with him
opt, and. of into the wood jp 10 time.
Ny poor trembling wife instantly follow.
ed, calling IOGdly to our dog, who, bound.
ing to her side, and at once comprehend.
ing the situation. msde quickly of in
pursuit Of the wolf. The dear child must
have proved too heavy for the thief run.
ming TApidly, a. be WaA. 70 escape from
RollO, for b soon dropped him, to my
wife's great relief and joy. RoilO came
up With, and, after hard struggle, killed
the volf. '...
NY vile, a. soon as she summoned up
courage to look at the little one, picked
him up. oil bleeding and screaming, as he
was, but thank God, not seriously injured.
She was soon Joined by some people who
had been st work In fleld near BY, and
was reCeiving their congratulations on
JaC1ues's narrow escape, when the atten.
tiOn Of the whole party was aroused by
the loud and pitiful whining and bowling
Of our dog ROllO. As if in deep distress
Turning quickly toward the cottage be.
hind her, from whence these unusual
sounds we're proceeding. my wife, to her
unspeakabls horror. perceived that our
dwelling was on Gre, and that the forked
flames were reaching high shove the lofty
trees standing around It. Almost fainting
with alarm, for she recoIlected that little
Marie had been at play in the wash house,
when she had herself rushed out Of the
kitchen to follow the wolf, she gave the
baby to one Of the bystAnders, and assist.
ed by one Of the women. made ss much
haste as her trembling limbs would allow
her to reach the cottage. She could not
get far into the house the front way. for
she was driven back nearly suffocated by
the flames; but she had entered sufficient
y far to hear the frantic, piercing shrieks
Of poor Marie. calling to her mother and
10 ROlho to come and help her. She was
evidently still in the wash. house leading
from the kitchen where nv wife had left
her Staggering round to the back Of the
cottage, my wife sought t0Eet eAtrAnce
that wsy-the flames and slnOke which
were pouring from the windows blinded
her so that she could not ind the door
A crash! Good heavens! had the whole
building fallen in, and wAs all hope o.
rescue al an end4 This poFientous SOUND
was followed by exultipg bArks from ROl
10. 1t was then nothing 40 dreadful thai
had happened--no, he had himself. by re-
peatedly springing against II, burst 0peV
the door, and WAS dragging out the terri
fed little girl by her skirts. She was moi
10 the least burnt, out the fright she haC
scarcely yet recovered from. Ny wife re
members, in her first alarm, at seeing th,
wolf run OUt with the baby, that she hat
dropped the burning log Of wood upol
the kitchen floor, which. being . oardeG
one, must have ignited at once. and ia
consequence the cottage itself. which was
rooted with tbatcb, must have been soon
in fAmea Nothing could be done to save
any portion Of our furniture, and before
night our home was in ashes '"'.'''
And where are you living now ? in
quired.
'Ah, monsieur, the neighbOrs are very
good to US; they, some of them, took nv
wife and children At once aWay with them
to their homes, and have supplied them
with shelter and food ever since. When
| found them. the evening Of the accident,
they were tendcrly nursed and cared for
as could be-. - -..s.
Ny wife vas i'll for u great many days,
but now she and the little ones are all
right again. The landlord OF l'EtoiIe has
given me employment fof The present,
until tho new cottage is. finished which
the villagers are building for me, and
which was begun . day or two after this
terrible misfortune had befallen us. The
neighboIing gentry have raised a subscrip.
tiOa for me and my family. and thank
God for the kind friends have got ia
help me in my need. and Of whom, per
haps. I should never have known but for
this calamity. So you see, monsieur, bad
as 1t has been to bear. it has brought its
consolation with it. as many . trouble
doea Your friend, Monsieur de Ia Tour,
who is as generous as be is rich. has given
. large sum. Here we are at the gates Of
his chateau; good night, monsieur, and
may God bless you
Slipping some loose silver into the poor
fellows hand, ! received from him fer.
vent pressure in token Of bis gratitude for
my freely given sympathy--and he was
gone.
Whilst visiting my friends, ! took the
very first opportunity which offered itself
for q of hunt, and ] assure you. mad
anne, that it was with the greatest salts
faction that fred my 6rst bullet into the
Uranium OF one Of these dreaded maraud
ers, who are now becoming Q pest to the
inhabitants of the Spanish frontier.
So ends NJ. le Capitsine's story. As I
have several small children, and no large
dog, am thankful that / do not happen
to live near forest in the department Of
Arriege. MAGeARET SwAVNE.
EQUAL TAXATION OR NoNE.--The De.
mocracy of Mercer county, Ohio. have
adopted q resolution demanding that the
bonds of the bOndhOlder be taxed to de-
fray Government expenses as we'll as 9th
er property.
This is right. Let US have equal taxa
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