Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-11-12


next moment, and we pulled up snort
at the hut. 4,,o,r
''Fire your pistols right IN 1neir
faces ~ shouted old Fritz. =
/ did so, and had the satisiactl9sl = e'1- ~
seeing the bowling pack fall DacA 1oi
q minute. ....,4., ~
This gave Fritz an oppOrtuniiity. !, oI !
jumping out and cutting adrlIt ens
horses, who Immediately galopeo, on.
Now, sir, now !" he cried, noloihg
open the hut door, 'haste!
Still holding the fOwling-plece py
the barrel, and swinging 1t arouho me-
II leaped to the ground. a,
Some Of the wolves had dasned on
in pursuit of che horses, while others
were between me and the hut. i strnck
viciously at the bowling brutes, ana
rushed through them to the open door,
One monster sprang at my throat, but,
fortunately, / succeeded in striking
him down, and he was content with
with tearing piece, with his tangs,
from my leg.
The next Instant, faint and bleeding,
we were safe in the hut, and Fritz
barred and bOlted the door, leaving
the pack outside.
For a moment or two they scratched
and gnaWed sat the door, aud then
dashed off to join their companions in
the chase.
It was not long before the furious
pack returned, for, having devoured
the horses, and apparently not half
satisfied, they surrounded the hut on
all sides, and nothing could be heard
but their horrible hOwlings. We could
hear them sCraping, scratching, and
tearing the woodwork of the hut with
their teeth.
Next they attempted to climb to the
roof, and some soon succeeded, for we
conld hear them crawling outside
There was no chimney TO the hut,
but merely an aperture in the roof for
the smoke to escape. 1t contained a
rude fireplace, and, fortunately for
US, there were still emberss shoulder
ing. There was also a little green
brushwood in the hut, which Fritz
hastened TO cast in the fire. As it
caught and burned up, it gave rise to
dense volumes of smoke, which, pour
ing through the aperture in the roof,
effectually kept the wolves at bay.
But after time the smoke began to
clear, the green wood was all gone,
and the wind, which now was high,
blew aside the smoke from the hOlein
the roof.
In a very short time we preceived
the cleaning eyes, and red mouth
half open, of mOnstrOus wolf, look
down nus.
We struck at him with the butt-end
OF our fOwling-piece and soon
brought him, stunned and bleeding,
to our feet.
Fritz took a piece of burning wood,
mounted to the aperture, and waved
it around. Wolves, like all wild beasts,
are in mortal dread Of fire, and we
soon heard them scamper off the roof.
All through the long night we heard
the bowling of the ferOciOus pack,
for, although scared by the fire, they
attempted the roof no more, but re-
mained all around the hut,
All things have their end, and so at
last had this long and dismal night.
The day broke at last, and Fritz arous-
ing himself, piled on the fire every
available bit of wood he could find.
Suddenly our eyes, which were fixed
necessarily on the aperture, saw three
of the largest wolves looking down
upon us. / fired my last charge of
powder, and the dead body of one fell
through. Soon another and fiercer
lot succeeded those we had driven
away, and we had now no more pow
der or shot to drive them back.
Clubbing our guns, we struck furi-
Ously at them, all the time shouting
loudly. Several fell wounded and in
capable of injury into the hut, but
Others at once took their places.
At last one great brute set the eX-
ample, and cTOuching for an instant,
sprang right at Fritz, at the same time
giving a terrible yell.
Fortunately old Fritz was enabled
to spring on one side, and the moment
the wolf landed, he dashed out his
brains with the gun he welded.
Hardly was this accomplished than
another and another leaped down,
and these were followed by still more,
which all our efforts could not keep
back. FuriOusly we fought with the
desperation of despair, for we had al
most given up hope. Several times
felt the fangs of the wolves in nv
flesh; but by almost superhuman ex-
ertiOn freed myself, and LAYING abo [
me right and left, sent the shaggy
brutes sprawling under the terrible
force of my blows.
Weary, faint, and despairing, stag
gered, and was about to fall, when a
IOud shout from outside, followed by
rapid and sustained discharge of fire
arms, gave me fresh strength, and once
again nerved my arm.
Another shout outside, and a still
closer discharge, informed us that
friends were near. Shouting words
OF encouragement to Fritz, who was
terribly torn by the teeth of the brutes
again attacked them with my little
remaining strength. Fritz, too, ABLY
seconded me, and in halfa min ute olil
remaining enemies were killed or dis.
abled.
Scarcely had the gIaring ewes of the
last disappeared under a furious blow
from the butt-end of my gun. than
utterly worn out by the tremendou
eXertiOn of the last ten minutes, bleed
ing from half-a-dOzen places where
the wolves had torn my flesh, natur,
gave way, and fell forward on nil,
of our dead enemies, and tainted.
The next moment the door wa
burst open, and our friends from th,
chateau, who had come to the rescue
rushed in and raising the apparentI,
lifeless forms Of myself and Fritz. borI
us out into air, where, laid on the cOlC
snow, we soon recovered conscious
ness, and found that we were saved.
Some time since a very large Irish
man came into the Paterson post-offic
and addressed the postmast5r with:
is there any litthers for me. sure p
w hat is your name ?" INQUIRED tn
, official.
"Oh, bedad, that's no matter. 7
there any thing for me ?''
But what is your name? I mus
{ know that first. y
That's none of your business4 IT.
, htther I'm afther, and not for 20 b
telling my name"
Alter some trouble and explanation
ne gave his name as AIicheal Flannj
gan, but on looking over the letter
none were found for FlaDuipan- Th