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

That was Il great winter among fht
scattered farms and settlements Of ths
Upper Aroostook Valley. Bitter cold
to be sure, but with just snow enourh e
make ~; the gong easy for man and beast
There never was such a time fer ala;oI,
ing and for bees of all sorts. Nega,
such a winter for wild animals. either
and the whole country was alive wifi,
bear and Welt yarns. Trade was Iivelv
and the slnart-looking store at Sozlare
-Four corners could hardly ever be De.
serted oy Doth ITS owners the same
night, no matter what the froIic wns
That was the way the coolness began
began between the two members e,f a.
E tl!1n OF Oakes & Mapleson. If it was
Jim Oakes, turn to go out, Harry Maple
son was sure he would spend the evenin,, !,
at Squire Galbraiths on the hin anS
waen 1t was the other way Harry wonld
scow1 at hls customers till shutting mn
tllne, IN the certainty that Jim's cntter
was hauled In under the capacions 49,
at the Squire's 'Ai''0A
Two bouncing, merry-eyed, self-wiIled
whole-souied girls We're Maggie and An,
ME STalDralth, and such bellies were fbev
OF the village and all the country ro,In3
that either Jim or Harry might have been
u Il manner contented, since they had a
1alr certainty that neither one OF them
would catch the Galbraith girls alone.
N - ,ACAO"S, rs 6nkey were, how
ever, they let the mutual coolnees cro1y
unml now it was pretty evident t6at .
crlsls could not long be postponed Tn
fact, each one had determined in h;s o1-,1,
nl1nd not to let the other out alone aeyo;Y
business or no business. and it x.as h.,
SOFT OF common consent that they both
1l.9e !It: arrangement to go to the grand
~ tnsAl8 pee at Elder Moseleyis, out at
the mead OF Feather Lake, a dozen miles
away. '0
Not word did they say Il, each ot,,,,.
beforehand, but they both hit on the
same; evening Tor calling at SQUIRE Gal
oia1tn 20 secure their partners
=, Inns too, was awkward AGAIN. and
"a me girls themselves seemed to feel r.
1hey We're shy and oflish, and there were
SlluiesS olunders and bushes all aronnd
,as UuS e5le upsnet OF 1t all was that Maggie |
WAS ul1Sen TO the Elders by Jim OaRea |
Wt1!e Harry Map1eson took CHARGE If |
the blooming Annie.
1he sIelghing was splendid. and the
run at the quilting was of the rrenu;na
90 time, up-country sort, bnt none of !
Ihe party from Square -Four Corners
seemed to enjoy it to the full.
zen t1al lDraIth, the younger brother of
the two bellies, a sturdy. bripbt-eva6
practical joker of sixteen or therea6o,,+'
alCer teasing both couples to his hearts
content, managing TO keep both his sister,
IA "a the hands OF other admirers for more
7Inan IN two-tmrds of the time. finally re-
9req "a TO corner TO devise with himself
1ne Sr ways and means of fresh annovance
came to him. -e-et'
1t did not take him great while 70
ehect a loan OF the horse and sponge
that had brought his own weight to tho
quuung, so he would have fair excusa i.
= Ior adding himself to Harry MapIeson's
turnout, and brief absence in the harm. ,
yard enabled him to effect certain prom
1sang aiteFatlons IN the arrangement of ,
= !. SlIn i Oakes cutter. looked all the l
sleighs were of the most COSY and dirnin1,1 M +
ave pattern, hardly large enough for / /
80 much done, and jeff was back in /
the house Just In time to call Harry ont
from the most comfortable Quarters he
had had as yet; but jeff looked serions. I
and Harry came.
Have you heard all this. about the G
wolves r. asked jeff +
What about tkem?" said Harry a. a
Oh, droyes and droves of them i'm f5iaa n
woods. We must keep together rroins, p
home, and wish we had our guns b
along.'' >-'-' e
JEFF was tribe taken aback at this.
Tor Harry replied: Il
Cf course have, and SO has Jim n
You don't take us for pair of fools. do r,
ron Dou5le barrels, and plenty of g
ouckahot. fl
Jefss face Iengthened for a moment
or he thought of his lent horse and his j.
work IN the barn-yard; but his boyisb tc
,ecklessness came to his aid, and he re- al
olied: 10 20 h
90 All right; 7 II borrow a gun of tl,e On
Elder, and I'll ride home with Won. PoT,
Watkins has borrowed my turnout IS -
AXE his wife home with, for his girls as
want their sleigh to their own company. !"
harry again seemed much more philo- Al
optical and don't-cariah than JEFF had m
and the young Joker went
If to find the Elder re
bis request for a gum was received H
nth degree OF sober acquiescenca that bC
Fas an awfIu cooler ON the fun of The
hing, and the old man said. as he b,
rought out an enormous old ssdeer-l TO
un and the ammunition TO match da
.Jen, my boy, yer right. We folks st
lght around the lake amt In no danger l1s
ut wouldn't like 10 be caught To- lor
lght betwixt there and Square without fo
Ieapons- That ar old iron throws q or-iist | f,r
: lead ?, - '---'s - -
JEFF inwardly acq1iesced a. he looked on
own the capacious doubIe4Efruat of the 81
ig gun, and wondered sssif the old
Il
When the time came, as Ii soon S7id. Ia
u the g beev to break up. the moon IA
as shining brightly among the frosty be
ees and on the snowy hilIsides. and "a,
very ything was propitious for q ride he
ome. And yet, not only Jim ana w
Laggie, but Harry and Anrlia, felt ns If be
le whole occasion had bea1 one Of VIC
oss-purposes and misund ndexstandinoa
just then, however, they had q special Isss
Ibject Of conversation ID hand, for half as
e talk among the women IN the dress
groom at the elders, had been about 1 th,
9 wolves and their doings, and both ,
& girls were ven satisfied With the ain
which g6ve them al armed ma
eork oIs
The first few miles were oI,ickly
imnaed over, Jim Cakes, wIfh his Of
hter load, gaining 90 steadily that he'll bra
S half the time ont of sight, ahead, In jaw
Mindin8s of the road. The fences brc
IS lew and far between, and much of
S9as through The open and now exc
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