The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-10
THE DAILY EMPIRE
II. H. ROBINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
SUCH rs RUssTA.


or and colder. Anxiety of mind seemed to
have dcadoncd my external feelings, aud |
only dreaded The want of horses lmagiue
I my delight when We arrived at the post
/ stage to find four horses IN readiness. The
/ Count had ordered one OF his people tn
ride ON, and give notice OF our coming
upon business of Importance, I now hal
recourse to the cigars beneath the seat, and
q small lantern showed me u most hetero-
gencolIs mass of articles n brace OF pis-
tolls and ammunition were amongst the
the number. and thankful was TO see them.
Hs ! determined To sell my life dearly If we
were pursued.
We continued our Journey during the
| following day the weather continually fine
| though cold. 4 great deal OF snow had
fallen during the last week. aud the roads
| were heavy In consequence; towards night
! The wind began To moan ia threatening
/ manner At The post-hOusc we were strong
/ ly recommended to remain all night rs the
! next sMgcWas through n large wood which
was frcqucnicd by wolves, aud the lnnkeep-
cr told us that several oxen had suffered
from them. though lac did not think that
! they would dare to attack carriage. Time
was too precious tor us 10 spare IL for rest /;
| so said we must continue our journey at
all risks. Dispatches Of consequence were
in tho carriage. We hurried on, for the
wolves were on all Sides making the most
/ Aurrid noise.
We made but slow progress. At last We
came TO full stop. ! diseutangled myself
rs well rs ! was able from ail my iurs, and
! jumped 90 the ground. 4 tree had fallen
down across the narrow road. The driver
thought we might be able to lift It., huC we
| found it was lro2ep 10 thc ground. Ivan
| thcn got hatchrl aud began to cut the
top away. | saw that this must be u
tedious business. and trcmbed for the re-
suit. The wolves seemed to he creeping
nearer and nearer, aud they might attack
our horses at amy moment. ! took the
hHtchet from lvaus hands. aud begged him
TO look n0crhis cattle; but had soon to
rclinquish it. that | might answer the
Questions of the women. One of ,hem
was sure lhat wolves were near
81 am afraid su," was my reply; that
! is The reason wc are SO hurried about the
| tree: il t,c can only hecp them at . dis.
Ipurg u'l tic passage Is Hcc, have no
ear.
"}ntoa fire, cried QUO of the girls /:
chat j. the way they Brighten lions and
| tigers.
.N'o- Dlt lions aud tigers usually reside
4 iu hot 'l"t 'ics where sticks are dry."
answered ;"hut viii speak to our driver
| uhMt H.
louui him holding with difficulty ;he
! slarlHd and irightrucd animals aud in
qlired U Hrghcr lire would he practicable.
| "fur ST. thing thgt could be done" said
he; "gr, yerythiug YOU can spare from tho
currlas Wd YOU can get - blaze, the iir-
| tops mas 'Iudle,.
on lgliug tlc ladies indnl lhcv we've
| dGcrmirtd 10 brusolul 80 lpG II tn .hem.
aud Wpil d hard li The tree. whilst Ivan
/ irstruv,rd nv daughters The lid of q box
anI sOp, lidW were sunn ghitcd. and not
! % 81 too fun. The wolves bad drawn 50
urir tni yc could hear lhrm luar!ius MS
D O. O. Il .tst. IN...t. .F
/ was nrgrA done the horses were Gistened
/ strongly .p lAe trees, and Ivan assisted me
ili liiiiug ne NOud.
When 3, zoe tbu road was clear. we started :
nrV wifi. lld given Ivan u bottle of brandy.
ar'I pul 3rotnrr ou my sca' and much we
m, nlrd il. for he cold was intense. Before
lOug the driver told me that one of the
lortes Way lame; lac could not keep up with
tle others As orr speed diminished. our
cucm les cgcpi nearer. ! thought of the
mask. | had kicked Il under tile seat, and
| rem rm brrcd the old school-hOy dodge of
cuttiu e ont a turnip and frightening ones
fricnd4 by putting light within il. NY
little lnul'rn would De the very thing.
fastened 10 iuto the mask, and waited TIL
the wolves drew near then threw II In front
of thcm. The halt-stavcd brutes We're
startled they could not make it out. The
mask h;ui fortunately fallen 80 that the
light shoUe through the eyes aud mouth
and | SAW uhem stop; The foremost went
up 90 Il, hut seemed afraid TO touch il. But
the wOh-, < in the rear were impatient, aud
pushed the Others on; one fell upon the
mask. and eyideutly crushed the lantern.
for the hght Went out, aud again the
wretchc- we're In pursuit.
I'VE cannot be saved, said Ivan at
length, "Gnless You can Lhink of something
else"
"lCl hal but "a rope" shouted 81 might
do sOmetl ng'
.Thcn ,.ntoh tlIis." he answered. and
threw % GOOD sized piece over the top of the
carriage 4 brought IL in Gasc the harness
broke
pulled of my long boot. which was
lined with shecp-skin, with baud of fur
round thc top and prayed. as fastened
the rope securely round heinstcp that our
Ihangry fn S might mistake It iora trap.
tivn threw IL over, nnd had the pleasure of
N-riue IL llmp most satisfactorily along
ic Wolvu keeping nj a respectable dls-
ri nee This continued tor minute ar two,
aut then oar lame horse fell.
%, We mu-i leave him. cried IVAN Jump
ip.., owu l7 he spoke; and I followed his
oN.m Ole. cutting the harness with our
knives.
sigu, "N rhil~t Elsteu the traccs-the wolves
And O il was. My bootno longerscv-
cd 20 frip l1cn thnm. Il now iuy quiet ON
the snow aud had iust dime 10 turn and
shnat the foremost as be wns making
spring.
'"Iount shouted our driver. and
sprang on 10 the step, managing 10 shoot an
i.uncnse VOL who was rushing at one of
the horses,
1--WE ARE free nnw, ! said to Ivan; ''thc
wolves viii suf ely remain with the lame
horse
yes I think gc are" hn answered; but
load your pistol. if wc dO not reach the
pnst-housc hrfo.'e q they oycrlakc ms, we
Shall hnd them D. lorr SAVAGE than ever;
that poor brute WI not be- a mouthtui for
each of them.'
Bnt NJ the cdec O { tho wood we saw the
walls of The ppst-i'nus lust ~ the nack
rushed into tho brighter light They felt
thoy were ioilcd, and shrunl away. howl
| ing dismally. As to the ladies, they were
more dead than alive when we helped them
out OF the carriage, aud we all agreed that
We must take an hour's rest before We
! started,
| As we renthed the frontier another dOubt
arose. Our passports were oA regie, but
only had them for my wife, myself and my
daughter. They had been made out when
We tallSoi Of joining nay eldest daughter
aud her husband m Paris, aud they were
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