The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-01
THE DOUBLE DANGER.

Among the earliest settlers of Wood
stock. Il beautiful town In the Gree,
Mountain State, was II man ny the nam,
of Silas SlOey, who had left his early
b. M near the sea, and following the
winnings of the new Connecticut, had a.,
last pitched upon place In the wilder
ness where he erected his cabin, and
then c"mmenced an onslaught upon The
giants OF the forest that reared their
heads in stately grandeur about him, hu
gave way beneath his relentless strokes
ami IN couple of years he had quite All
open space encircliug his cabin. During
this time he had lived alone, but whel
the second autumn came another journey
was undertaken to that old home by the
sea. and when he returned young wife
bore him company, to share with him the
Joys and privations incident to d pioneer
Three years came and went, and the
clearing had greatly enlarged its borders
although no arm but his own labDred
within its bounds. The trees that at first
had come close up to the cabin, had now
Eetreated to respectable distance, and
| the ground they had once occupied was
now usurped by flourishipg crops that
cheered the heart of the settler, and en-
couraged him TO still greater exertion.
The three years spent in the forests by
the young couple had been those Of peac,
and conteutment. A son was born to
them at the commencement of the second
year OF their married life, and who Res,
at the time the adventure we IRE about to
elate transpired, nearly two years of age,
and as bright little fellow as ever cheer
ed the hearts of parents, whose very life
seemed bound up in that of their child.
The nearest neighbors of the Sloeys
were more than three miles away through
the forest, so it was seldom that they cav
others than themselves. The settler was
too much occupied with his work to nav
much attention to making visits, and the
distance was 50 great that It was not safe
for his wife to go alone, as the fores,
swarmed with wild beasts, w hich rendered.
the night hideous with their cries. Raar r.
and panthers abounded, but the wolves
were most to be dreaded and proved the
greatest annoyance; for often they would
gather around the cabin at eariy dusk
and keep up their horrid cries until t6e
early gray OF the dawn sent them howl
ing into the dim aisles OF the forest ana
up the dark ravin samong the mountains
where shadows almost like those of NIGHT
lurked all through the day.
One day late in October business called
the settler to the nearest settlement of
Importance in that section, which chenced
to be some eight miles distant and he set
out early in the morning. telling his wife
she need not look for him before night.
tall, as 1t was very uncertain what time
nc would be able to accomplish his busi
ness, and it might be that he would not
be at home till late in the night, but come
ne would before be slept, unless some un-
forseen event interposed to prevent. Bend.
ing over his child that was sleeping in
The bed, ne kissed it, and then having be-
slowed the same mark of affection upon
his wife, he babe her be careful NOT To
stir from the cabin or to allow the child
to wander from her sight for fear that
some harm might come to them from the