Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-16

TSen II sossss the wires about, rolling III
! ffiehssned = Dick inside his ffail hsbita
ton, splitting and npsetting seeds and
water-cupS and creating mad havoc on :
sndll scale. TIE nninai plays With thu
Gags s 81 kitten would With Q hall lyine
on its back and tossing its novel plsythina
high in the air, till the wires give way
and the scared, hunt canary manages to- s
caps and find refuge high on the ivy yin6
i among the rafters. In the meantime
Aaidie has been ffantically trying to get a,
the mew-mews" i Peaflie presses Close
against her boxing with . dumb, pathetic
eloquence what be fain would say. YOU
mn @ss so e. s uR toa monster, before yor
gins I'D e beat PssfIie With Ser , baby asts
and cry In . grievsd way, becsuse enc 4
baked Of her win for the first time in he,
life. III $500 /.
The crying arouses the brute, ana he
comes snnfing up 10 the CRIB. 5sss in,ta
: Baby cries louder than ever in her effort
| to get at him. She never cried in vain, she
| knows; all she ever cried for She got and
she II get the pfUtty mewsmew, too. gf's11
(Margazet sMasosret how slowly you
climb the cliff! cannot you hear your
child's voice yet-not yet! Alas, Marga-
ret, you will be too listed atsa W 4&Ff
A strange c01useatipg gloom turns the
green eyes TO red and phosphorescent
hr,ee Y = fssset Aes3 g1tsssb &c ~ iifs48 II
The 1.-the tail lashes from side to side
he lifts his fore paws upon the outer, edge
Of the crib rail, as Pearlie had done on the
inside The dog stretches himself out, a
slhvering, palpitating, white mass, across
the baby, who screams and struggles to get
free and reach the fascin9tipg thing SO
near hef. The white fangs shine and the
red jaws cape so close that the brute's hot
breaths strikes upon the tender, pink
cheek. sts.-.,....y. !.
Was It the shrill,, angry scream OF the
child, or the sight of Peariie, or mere
cruel caprice from the most cruel and ca
PRECIOUS of creatures? What was it? Who
shall say. But in that moment the baby's
doom was scaled unless one mightier than
man intervenedi ..s...sf gssss .,..4e
! Out of the cAvernous throat came deep,
mnttering growl; the coarse fur bristled
electrically; the velvet paws shot forth
sharpened talons; the creature dropped
back on its broad launches, gathering it.
self together for the fatal spring na III
(Msrgaret Margaret! you are laughing
while your darling is in the jaws of death,
You are lettering In the very sight Of your
own threshold, little guessing Of the h0r-
ror behind itD eall s .taEsf5a.aeD sfsi. ),
1 !" AT the top Of the cliff at last" says
Mark, cheerify. alt was long pull! Are
you much tired, little womany" IS. .1i-H
"How should be, when you have half
carried me all the way up?' she answers,
sbrightly. 80 ~ 97t'F 3f'f'''''s'f' t.iR
(Only few; feet away, and yet--too latel
Oh, ENTHUSIASTICALLY u.ff - v...s...,
) /" Hark |" she says, stopping short; the
baby! Didn't you think you heard her
crying, Marks'!j :if's 5up sai<s b
4 A child's shrill scresm--a dogs sharp
howl, and silence!
IT never heard her cry like that ?" says
Margaret, turning deadly pale and bound
ing forward toward the house, bat not be-
fore her husband A thrill Of sickening
terror adds swiftness to their footsteps. 'tP
What happens while they hastens, an.
The brute springs high in the air, with
a force disproportioned 10 the space The
terrible claws which meant to tear the
baby's soft flesh over-reach themselves,
and the weight Of the monster carries the
rocking crib clear over upon the floor,
sburying baby and dog In a mass of soft
blankets and pillows. 73HH 81 Ei# ri
Before the brute, now utterly furious,
can recover himself, a strong arm deals
swinging blow with an ak full into his
'slSuli, and slight figure falls fainting be-
twssns the dying aailnAl ana ths1sysgturn-'
ed crib.
When the hslf:smothered and wholly
'bewiltiefedS baby way picked APP ffom
y among the blankets, coming out as bright
as iapewttd plkHs 1aughing sand scroEing as
suncdhce fnedly as possible ,gcryffig, Wh6s
afraid amt! all, GOO! are your" IN.
fB.-Free tnHAaxi6p j when the little
wife had been kissed back to HE, and the
small dog petted greatly, and tho canary
bird caught andfteagsd, ana AhthnSs Bet
to rights, there was held that night q grand
jubilee IN the cabin on tie elf. s.
And as for the wild cat, there is certain
h " no more Of that cat than Ats skin, which
Is still pfesSrSed fas' a. tfophya sBut its
memory lived in pightmarish horror for
manysa plight ths7tn wien tyk Gna
baby Maiiie asleep beside thems Kissed
| EACH Other and thef darrIgf with frst q
slight shudder, and then thanksgiving
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| 1851 Trapping an Audience.
| SOME years ago, an eccentric genius,