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

ing to the bed, :he clAsped her child IN
her arms and sprang mp the ladder, IN.
harmed by the wolf, who was still strug
Cling in vain endeavOrs to rid it's If from
t be quilt. With one hand she threw the
ladder back into the roooI, and then n
cry of ;hankfulness fell from her lips at
the success ha had attended her effolt Is
to save her child
The boy, not knowing the meaning Of
this behavior on the part OF the mother.
and somewhat frightened withal, began
to cry and while she tried to hush him.
in silence again, she did not take hei
eyes from the wolf, who, completely
bindfnlded, Was spinning about the room
In the most eccentric manner
II was more by its subsequent action
than the fortunate throwing OF the Quilt
by Mrs, Sloey 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
rhe lire new terror took possession of
her heart. Should it blunder therein, as
he seemed fated TO do, would not the
abin be see on fire thereby and q death
horrible as the one from which she aad
u.s. rescued her child be their fate.
Trembling with fear she watched every
motion, at the last that which she had
cared occurred.
/ Each circle, a, the wolf frantically en-
deaV"red to free itself from the covering,
bad brought it nearer to the fireplace,
under tue mass of glowing embers. A
howl "t rage AM pain followed as it
Sprang out again upon the floor, lis GOV
erlng sheet of fire. Another bound and
| 1t landed upon the brd,, where, by a
frantic etfTt, it threw "ff its fiery cover,
and uttering yelps of pam it sprang again
to the moor and rushed around the room
| for chance 50 escape
| The bed was'all afire in u moment, and
Mrs. Sl"ey uttered cry of despair as the
tidmes Caught Ia every direction and II
dense vo ume OF smoke rolled up through
the aperture IN the LIT.
Father III hea.'en must we perish 7
exclaimed the mother, us she pressed the.
child to her breast. Husband husband !
why do you not come and save ,unr wife
FaudchIld from this horrible fate ."
No answer To the frantic ejaculation
came 10 the ear OF the distracted woman
save the cracking Of the flames as they
lcdught upon the dry wood of the cabin,
Iand sent their forced tongues up to the
spot where she stood, while her ears were
filled with the sharp cry Of the wolf AS il
ranged round and round in its vain en-
Ideavors to escape, while ever and anon
the flames would catch upon the fur,
where 1t was already scorched off IN its
first contact with the fire, causing 1t to
utter Il howl oi agony. -
i Although death stared her in the lac.
Mrs. Sloey was not woman To give u
SO long AS there was chqnce for iIfe lef,
~ ner.9 As we have already SAID, tn,r,
was II" windows IN the lott, 81 that
lavenue of escape was denied her. Tie
ront VAS COVERED with hewn plank asten
Cd to the ridge pole and The top to- "I
the sides 10y mean'nt stout wooben pins
70 remove Oneor more nf these was her
only chance of escape, but to do this wirt
her own unaided hands ,eemtd To tie lnr
OssI'le. Half clicked by The smoke AMI
ner child cliuging To her aud crying
with all Its power, she ftl5 abnIt her Il
tind some Instrument to aid her in the ac
complishm"nt of her purpose but all
she could hud was Il stou; stick of WOOL
hat tl'r husband had placed there I,
sea >'n for an axe heve. InseItny ths
WIN all her strength between the log nd
one OF the piank>, she essdyed with all
her streng' hto raise H. from its place, but
without success FInting tins one I'm
movable, she tried another and another
Il with like result.
Hotter and more sitting grew the all
about her, tbud,r, cracked the fl I'M.
below, AMI tiercer became the cries oi
tlIo imprisoned wolt, willie the cries ol
her child rang above all, and rend.ren
her we'll nigh desperate HOpe was fas,
leaving her. Bnt one more plank re
manned untried, and she had gone the
length Of the front Side of the cabin.
With the ener y born OF despair she in
serted the stick, and pried upward with
all her strength, and to her great iov II
moved slowly and the welcome FRESH
air OF heaven came pouring in upon them.
Inspired by hope she attempted to
start anot her one by its side, but, with
all her strength she found it impossible,
and yet the aperture was not large enough
TO admit her passing through, and az in
the pangs of despair selzed hold upon her
heart.
The heat was becOmming terrible, and
the opening she had made in the roof
seemed only an outlet Tor the smoke,
which. as il p'ured our, we'll nigh slifl,d
her. Clasping her child, she thrust him
through the opening, and holding him
ON the roof for Il moment, she was about
to let him slide to the ground, at the risk
of dashIng tile lite from the body, when
the sound Of rapid footsteps we're heard,
and the next moment the we'll known
voice OF her husband sounded like mus G
ia her ears, as he came across The clear
ing, ana 10y the light of the flames that
4 had begun To break our III Si.vlral lnln CO..