The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09

OF talk between Jim and Maggie, it wa,
suddenly brought to disastrous ter,ni
nation before they had got half way r.
| Their destination.
A little rise there was In the road. and
rough jolt over it, and, as the onicb
strain came, snap went the fastenino n
the thills to the cutter. ~
Jam Jerked upon the reins. but those
IN turn gave way, and the now free an,
Ir1ghtened horse bounded homevva-5s
leaving the disconsolate couple sit4;,, :
helplessly in the cutter.
a moment of silent dismay followed
1hou8h JIm had sprung out into tbe
SLOW. SLOW AS ne stood, however, gazing
Se .llSeI ms runaway horse, his ears were
saa1 ssaI'.teu m Dy 2 strange, iong-drawn, mourn
tue stiffness of the woods. and 49,
an d again. - ,'''''e'et again
jim, exclaimed Maggie, stwha+,s
that E What can it be 90 i.ss
Jlms face was deadly white IN +ba
moonlight, and he hesitated for . ne rar.
ment before he replied !: " Ano-
Maggie Galbraith, that was the bo.,,1
u Won, and 1t sounds as if there was q
Jingle, jingle, came the swift. ianol;no
Dens Dehlnd them, and in momen3
. a;Jn hAaArrJ Mapiesons 8 cutter was along
$ The wolves Maggie-the wolvas
don you hear them r. cried Annie.
On, Annie ! and our horse Is gone ,,
teturneu her s1ster. What shall we do2"
9lck, Maggie !" here interrupted
Harry Mapleson. "There ism amo,ifoes,t 49,
to lose. Jump In here with Annie and
orIve on home. Out of that. Jeff We
men must stay and fight it out. but the
8lrls Will have a good chance to get in
Maggie's motions may have been slow
Dut 6etore she could answer, Harry had
IN his own seat. - 's't'---
Drive, now!" he exclaimed. ex-
cltedly '' Tell the Squire to call ont the
tpoys, and come for us, but do you two
here z" 'oo
Yes," said Jim, "it's your only
chance, and maybe it's the best thing for
us, II You get In soon enough. Whipun
now. Good-by, Annie l'' '
=" Good-by, Maggie !'' shouted Harry
Mapleson, and the quick jingle of the |
bells rang out again, for the girls had /
too much good sense to wait for more
eA1fs11 LoOu-OJ, Jim, -GOOu-Dy, Harry. -
and 'E Good-by, JEFF but which said
which, it would have been hard for .Taff
to have told.
Jetf heart was shifting him terribly
Tor the consequences of his pr,,ct;csl
Ioke, but none the less did he come in
with good suggestion
we can't hope to foot it home in
he snow ahead of the wolves,' he said.
OF course not, said Jim they'll
De on us before we've gone mile
linen we'd better make for the
ocks, replied JEFF, g short ORDER
Jeft right r exclaimed Harry. eve
an PACK up to the rocks and keep the
owing devils III front of u.s. H.
The next half-mile's WALKING, was as
ear run as they could make it. and the
6ead1ly nearing sound of those warning
owls was all the urging they needed.
ut 1t brought them mp where the road 5
assed near the foot of a high. r1ooed.
erpendlc1lar granite hedge.
hurrah e suddenly shouted jeff.
Let's have a fire. I've got some :
latches- Wolves hate fire.
1t was desperately quick work. but a 2
ing plle OF fallen branches and frap
. 1ents u OF trees grew rapidly near the face +
the rock There had been no time to :
sc, indeed, for, as JEFF kneIt in tbe d
low, over handful of drv twios he VOC a
'anng into a blaze, his eomnanions v
'uld already distinguish among the for
t shadows the dark, grisly, crouchino-
'und1ng forms of their dreaded assail, y
It's. ''''H'ii- a
Hurry, JEFF, blaze her up =" shouted (
N Oakes. a
" heavens and earth, what a lot of 8;
EN- r exclaimed Harry. -
JeH sprang to his feet, but his work "a
IS not accomplished till he had lii the - -
le In dozen places. Merrily the drv a
cch and hickory bark caught the hot 4
ngues OF the curling flame, but before
~ heavier wood could be kindled, the
'est giades around them seemed to
aze with fiery eyes.
st
One barrel at time ~ shouted fr
Try. Always keep one back of
Inc liTst charge of the starving, raven til
> pack had been fierce one. but the tn
'1iIng storm of buckshot checked it for 81
moment. Over rolled three of the In
'nsters, only to be instantly torn to is
'ces by their fellows !; but even that de- WI
saved precious time, and gave a M
ance nee to load up again th
lhere was never such wolf-bee in hi
sc woods before, said JEFF, as he SO
1bed his shoulder after the kick # had arl
elved from Elder Moseley's awful o1n. be
guess everybody else must be safe. pl
they re pretty much all here. % di
LII looks like it, said Jim and while ca
was busy loading and was not likely bl
near ne turned to his partner-in- trade les
half whispered tsHarry. old fel- tn
!, we can't say how this thing'u turn ch
let's be friends we
Give Us your hand, - said Harry. "I mi
you anything for giving up Maggie no