The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-25

And eheeree as they waded out
What if they hadn't got out: why then.
They have sunk in the mire, OF course.
And the voice of the world would have chang
AID cfoaked till the air vas hosrss. s
What shorid 1fcnoose, could I1ite once nlores
Well, there you've got me. Dick;
\ For the Gle an highway is a barren place,
And mud-wen. mud will stick.
T But If what we miss when we travel here,
We get when we journey there,
! think. were 10 live over again,
I'd take the path that's bare,
ForThen il eehaes to thesettIing day,
When kinds and sorts are clubbed
1thlnk-though here yon must judge for your
I'd rather be filed than scrubbed.
Io6E grrffgysE7 q 0Ef j
4 THE DOUBLE DANGER.
! Amongs the eariy settlers Of wood
1 stock, beautiful TO wn in the Green
/ Mountain State, was nsan by the
/ name of Silas Sioey, ~ no had left his
early home near eiie sea, and follow
i ing the wihdings OF the new Connecfi-
1 cut, bad at last pitched upon place
! in the wilderness. w here he erected
/ his cabin,and then commented an on
slaaght upon I he giants of the. forest
| that reared their heads in stately gran
deur about him but gave way beneath.
| his relentless strokes, and in couple
OF years he had quite aih open space
encircling his, .cabin.9a, During this
time he had lived alone hnt when the
second autunln scame,fs sanothe er jour-
neX was undertaken tOlthatg old home
by the sea, and when he returned a.
young wife. bore him company. to
share with him the joys and priyatiens
lncldent to q pioneer. 50 .FHssa ,ss,1s.ssa,
Three years came and went, and the
clearing bad greatly enlarged it's bor-a
derss although no arm butt his ownsla-sa
bored within its sboands.ss The trees
that at tirsts caneeiose upto the cab-s
IN, had now sretreated ito a resbecabfed {
distance, and the ground they had I
once occupied was new usurped by
foufishing crops that chee.ed the
heart OF the settler and eiicouraeed. /.
him TO sfih greater exertion. s-tzo
The three years spent in the forest
BIZ the youngs couple had abeeEE those
of peace and contentmenfssiszAxl A son
was born to them atesthe oornnieace-
ment of the second yeaF ef theirsm
riedlife, and who was. at the time the
adventures we are ai5oust0 fefatesfraiis-
pired, nearly two years Of age, and as
bright a little Fellow as ever cheered
/ the hearts of parents, whose very life
seemed bound up in their child ?. - -
The nearest nei igh bors of the. Sloeys
were more than three miles away;
through the forest, SO it WAS, seldom
they saw Others thanethemselEes. The
settler was too much occupied 5switinl
his work to pay much attention to ma
king visits, and the distance was SO
great that it was not safe for his wife |
tosges alone as .sthe.aterestssswarsnedIt
with wild beasts, which rendered the.
night hideons with their cries. Bears
and panthers abounded, but the wolves
were n1estato be dreaded and proved |
tlie4greatests anlfoyaAce for often |
they would gather around 1.-The cabin !
at early dusk and skeep8up their hor-
rid cries until the early gray of dawn
sent them bowling into the dim aisles |
of the forest aafd up the dark ravines |
among the mountains, where shadows
almost like those of night ftirked all |
Through the day - ,.'- -, - - . -. -,
; one day late in October business
called the settler to the nearest settle
Tnent of Importance in that section,
which chanced to be some eight miles
distant: and he set out early in the
mot loOkHfors shimabeforen as il |
wassswery uneertainsiaThat time he
would be able 90 accomplish his bus
ihess, and sit might be that he would
mot be home till late IN the night but I
come he would before he slept; unless 4
some unseen event interpreted to pre-
vent. Bending over. his, child that
was sleeping iii The bed, he kissed 1t,
and theR having bestowed the same
mark of affection upon his wife, ,nhe
ibadc her to be careful not to stir from
the cabin Or to allow the child to warl- /
der from her sight, for fear>that some
harm might come TO them from the i
wild beasts. With this caution, which
she promised readily to observe he !
threw, his rifeloyer his shoulder and /
took his way across the clearing, and
his wife watched him from the door
way until the forest thicket hid him
from her sight. .'sssesEiA ssasits$
The morning had given promise of
a beautiful day. which assurance was
well kept until little past meridian,
when the wind changed to the east
ward, and dark clouds began. to OBJ
scure the sky to south and west, gis-1
Ing strong Indications that a storm
was nigh at hand. Busy with her
work andthea care of herr boy,' Mrs.
Sloey did not no1ce the approaching
storm until near nightfall, when the
sudden DARKNESS that seemed all at
once to throw deep gloom about the
cabin reminded her that the night and I
storm wereclose at hand, and going
10 the doorway she gazed anxiousiy
toward that point in the forest whence
she expectedto ger the first sight of her |.
husband.
Although her gaze was long and ear
nest, itwassnot rewarded by aglimpse
of her husband then with glance at I
the dark clouds that7seemedo to- cover
The little clearing as if with a huge
pail, she tried to calculate how long
it would be before the rain W ould be-
gin to fall, and TO guess the distance