Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-28

 Ifoxsrd fl.s door, and inst .as Mrs. siney I VT expmieneins delightfpl hope that
 tlle 1oonster Noala % away, ths fierce
 z <s sI's sszs s,'f of s's i 5.os'.ss ss& s, sse within her, as she saW that the wolf was a prisoner within the cabin.
 Horror-ssricken at the situation of af- | fairs, Mrs, Siney watched, with sinking
 heart, the movements of the wolf. who. l finding himself thus eaged, began tomove anxiously about the room, no longer seek 1 ing so much for food as for a chance to escape; but at this moment, what was the horror of the mother to ace her boy, awakened no doubt by the noise made by | the slamming of the door, rise up in bed and call her to come to him.
 1t the sound of the child's voice, the wolf paused near the centre of the room,
 and fixed it's eyes upon the little fellow, who, all unconscious of danger, was call l ing for his mother. The red tongue still protruded, and the white teeth glistened I in the freight, as the monster, half fearing to spring, crept nearer the bed to take better look at his prey. Haf-frenxied with the terrible danger of her child, the mother determined to
 sacrifice her own life, if need be, for that of her boy. A plan had suggested itself to her, 6 mere hope, as it were, and she grasped it with ell the eagerness that on- ! 1y those 90 situated, can know.
 Unfolding the quilt and laying it across her arm, she prepared to descend tke lad der The wolf was almost st its foot, and the bed but short distance away. The monster sey her coming, and withdrew his gaze from the child, and fixed it upon his new victim.
 When half way down the ladder, the wolf made spring at her; this was the moment for her to execute her hastily formed plan, and throwing the quilt, she enveloped the wolf in it's folds, who not 1 fancying this covering commenced back 1 ing towards the other side of the cabin, 1 striving to get rid of it, but in vain. Now was her moment for action; and springing to the bed she clasped her child in her arms and sprang mp the ladder, anharmed by the wolf, who was still struggling in vain endeayors to rid itself from the quilt. With one hand she threw the ladder back into the room, and then cry of thankful ness fell from her lips, at the success that had attended her effort to save her child. The boy not knowing the meaning of this behavior on the part of his mother, and somewhat frightened withal, began to cry; and while she tried to hush him to si- lence again, she did not take her eyes from of the woh, who, completely blind folded, was spinning about the room in the most eccentric manner.
 It was more by its subsequent action than the fortunate throwing of the quilt by Mrs. Siney that the wolf became en- tangled So hopelessly in it. At first she watched its actions with satisfaction, but
 as each circle brought the wolf nearer to the fire . new terror took possession of her heart. Should it blunder therein, as he seemed fated to do, would not the cab in be set on fire thereby, and death as horrible as the one from which she had ! just rescued her child be their fate Trembling with fear she watched every motion, and ct last that which she had feared occurred.
 Each circle as the wolf had frantically endeayored to free itself from the covering, had brought it nearer to the fireplace, ,un- der the mass of glowing embers. A howl of rage and pain followed Lit sprang out again upon the floor, it's covering sheet of fire. Another bound and 1t landed up on the bed, where, by frantic effort, it threw of it's fiery covering, and uttering yelps of pain it sprang again to the floor, and rushed around the room for Q chance to escape.
 The bed was all afire in moment, and Mrs. Siney uttered cry of despair as the flames caught in every direction and a dense volume of smoke rolled mp through the aperture in the loft
 Father in heaven, must we perish P exclaimed the mother as she pressed the child to her breast. Husband, husband :! why do you not come and save your wife and child from this horrible fate 2'' No answer to the frantic ejaculation came to the ear of the distracted woman save the cracking of the flames as they caught upon the dry wood of the cabin, and sent their forked tongues up to the spot where she stood, while her ears were filled with the sharp cry of the wolf as it ranged round and round in it's vain en- deayors to escape while ever and anon the | flames would catch upon its fur, where it was already scoched of in it's first contact with the fire, causing it to utter howl of agony.
 Although death stared her in the face, Mrs. Siney was not woman to give mp l so long as there was chance for life left to her. As i've have already said, there were no windows in the loft, so that avenue of escape was denied her. The roof was covered with hewn blanks fastened to the ridge pole and to the top logs of the sides by the means of stout wooden pins. To re- move one or more of these was her only ! chance of escape but to do this with her own unaided hands seemed to be impos- sible. Half choked by the smoke, and with her child clinging to her and crying ! with all it's power, she felt about her to ! find some instrument to aid her in the ac- c0mp1ishment of her purpose; but all she could find was stout stick of wood that her husband had placed there to season l for an axe halye. Inserting this with all her strength between the log and one of the blanks, she essayed with all her strength to raise 1t from it's place, but without success, Binding this one inn movable, she tried another and another, with like result.
 ] Hotter and more stifing grew the air about her, louder crackled the flames be- low, and fercer became the cries of the l imprisoned wolf, while the cries of her
 child rang above all, and rendered her well-nigh desperate. Hope was fast leay- l ing her. But one more plank remained untried, and she had gone the length of the front side of the cabin. With the en- ergy born of despair she inserted the
 stick, and pried upward with all her
 strength, and to her great joy it moved
 slowly and the welcome fresh air of heav-
 en came pouring in upon them.
 Inspired by hope she attempted to start
 another one by it's side, but with all her ! strength she found it impossible, and yet
 the aperture was not large enough to ad- nit her passing through, and again the bangs of despair seized hold upon her heart
 The heat was becoming terrible, and the opening she had made in the roof seemed only an outlet for the smoke, which, as it poured out, we1l-nigh stifed her. Clasp 1 ing her child, she thrust him through the
 opening, and holding him on the roof for moment, was about to let him slide to the ground, ct the risk of dashing the life
 from his body, when the sound of rapid l footsteps were heard, and the next mo
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