The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-03-06

'nT lq'. upo0 bin. 'Let me out, Eric, le,
@ me out that I nay. ay to their .ssis.
t''nee. W Wbb.re b'.,, is uy riaeY" s~
"sit .till, Carl, 1 implore Of YOU ::
our ooly change Of getting up to then,
10 time fr help, Is to trust to the speed
Of our horses, it Gao only keep them
going Get toe pistols ready the,
are loaded. Gao you manage t., gs,
at NY huntiug.knite :? it i. 10 the Case
which the laoolord put a.der the
seat"
"All right" said Carl, who having
secured the weapons, now rat, his teeth
elenched, bis eyes steainiug forward i.
the direction fiom which the cries ser o. .
I'd to come.
''Ihere they are" be exclaimed a..
'ast, fright a.head. Heaven ! there j.
sleigh AID two women 10 it the hor.
Tst are on tie ground, aud there is I.
battle eoiog on between a wolf and
large houud."
The bright light of the moon r.
vealed the scene distinctly to the ey. .
of the two young meu. Eric fvrcrd
bis now frantic horses alongside the
sleigh which Carl had de cr,bed. Stun1.
ing upright 10 this Was young girl,
clsspiog io her arus aoo,her she a..
pesred to have faioted. Her hood
nd CLOAK hud fallen IF, aoi her gol.
den cur Is stresmsd 10 the Winds from
ander light blue Polish cap, burdered
With ermi"e; her large blue eyes werv
rs's' d 10 Heaven IS if seeking from,
thence that help which her Wild cri.s
had 7aioly implored fr.m Earth.
E'lc stood for: an. instant trans6xed
In amszement, but it was only for un
ln>ta"t, the oext mumept both he aud
Csrl had sprung to the ground.
"L.y hold of tbe horses, heads. Carl !
Doo t let them 70, tor G-d's sake (!
We shall need their speed soop."
Seiziog his pistols aud The hunting
k'lfe, Enc ran round to tie side where
the battle ~as go,og on between large
wolf and magnificent wolf.h"u'.d.
This latter had seiz-d his art gouist
by The throat With grip the w,lf tried
ia vain to escape from They bow
oil. d ov:r aud over on the snow to.
sfther free snort" coming trom III.
wolf aud faint stiff d c.ies f,om ,he
hound. As Eric approached the sceae
Of the fray, two wolves who bad b. en-
e"rgiog themselves on a PROSTATE horse
l,iog behind the ladies' sleigh, spraur
+, rcely upon hin. These, however, tr
soon dispatched, after some little diff.
Guilty one he shot through the brain,
50 close to his own face, that the aast,
OF The pistol scorched his eyes the
other received thrust from his hunt.
ng.kniie, which penetrated his lungs
and be fell beside biz compsni"n sui.
tocAted in his own blood: Ere one
mpre free, approached to the help OF
the noble hound. 1t vas we'll D,sh
time. The volt had extricated bis
thr"at from his teeth; and was uo~
making strenuous Efforts to free him.
>e'f from the gripe which The desprr-
ute h"und still fssten-d on him. 1t wa>
some time bef'r Enc could give h,m
any help, so clio. ely ~er. the two All.
tsyonists locked together. At last,
watching bis opportunity, ha Was able
by weIl.j'rrcted blow to plunge biz
knife into him. The wolf rolled owe,
and over, dyeiog the trampled SNOW
with the l,te.blud streaming trom bis
wound. The bound rose slowly, sh ok
himself we'll, and then rushed to the
sleigh and lespt fawuing upon his youhy
mistress.
Mean.hile, Gail struggled msnfull,
With the plunpiog ho1se.. 1t requ,r.
ed the fall strength of his nervous am,
okeep them from gsl'oping off wildly
t. the TO- est. But when th- scufH
with the wolves Was over, and Eric
ca ne round c"ver.d With Llood an
snow, be pstted them, aud the sound OF
his voice quieted them.
Eric then f,.~ to the side of the
ladies' sleigh. The wolf hound stoou
with his paws on bis MISTRESS koees,
ssioly trying to il ducs her to l. Ok ".
She had sunk back 90 her seat. Her
face WAS concealed iu her bands, and
she wept aloud. Her companion, still
insens'ble, lay beside her, totally Ut.
conscious of the deliver4oce which bad
been wrought tor them.
."Gracious lady, said Eric, in bis
gentlest tones, "you are safe new. Will
you not look up and tell me whether
there are any more Of your party in
oeed Of our assistance r.
The young girl looked up. and said
through her tears, thst 'he,e we're two
meo servants with them that one Of
them, who had been driving bad been
thrown out OF the sleigh when tn.
wolves first attacked them, and another
horseback, siter trying 10 vain to stop
the horses who had gsllol ed off io at.
fright, had disappeared Ill at once, and
she did not know what had become of
him.
CONTINUED NEXT wEEK.)
"A DAobury by who ,e.ds the
papers went to bis father with a ro.e