The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-01
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with our traps, and we began to thin
that we were all right agin. But "
soon found that we WAS u good way
from it. The third night, when W
got back TO camp. We found Uurselve
in fix. The redskins had bee
there, and carried off everything W
had. All our furs, and our outfit, eA
cepr that which We he'd With Us.
Sam and 1 talked the matter Over
and made up our minds that the bes
thing We could do wss tO cut stick
al once.
"lf we staid where we was W
were sure 10 have more trouble, su'
we might not get out Of il very ea, Y
30 We jest Cooked our suppers out u
some game we nau brought la. anC
then We sho1ldered OUR rifles aGt
started"
After leaving the river We had d
plain W cross, fvur or i've miles wide
on which there was uothIng but long
dry grass that crumbied under oul
feet. Beyond that We knew that VT
should strike u creek with belt u
timber on ellter side There Was 6
young moon 10 the sky bout as big
as yer pOSder-horu, aud it gin us d
light for al hour or Two.
1--WE had got jest about hall
across the plain when all at once Sam
stopped aud looked back.
What Is it?' sed l. 'Anything
up!'"
Redskins"
Il gin a start, stopped and looked
back AT first couldn't see nothing
aud said 50, to Sam.
Right under the moon. Don't
you see 'em nows
He was right. There was lugius
thar not more than half a-mile away
aud coming after US at the top Of their
speed.
i see 'cm now / answered -
Thar's a dozen of 'em at least
What's to be done?
81 see no way but to run for il,
sed Sam. If We can get to the TIM
Der before they do, we shall stand
some sort of a show We have got
TO do some tall walking Tom.
That's my mind. Come on, or
we shall lose our hair.
"AEG We went.
For mile we kept the distance
good between Us, and then iu spite OF
all we could do, they came nearer
and nearer Then, then the noon
went down, and we could no longer
see them.
Just then sound broke upon
our ears away in the night. The
wolves had scented US, aud were
coming in full pursuit. So we bad
two kinds of enemies to contend agin.
Atween 'em both we knew cur fame
vas up, unless we could get to the
timber The redskins would have TO
get there too, or ihe wolves would
make a meal of EN-.
"lt was a strange race, and hard
one but Sam and ! came in ahead
But we hadn't much to brag on; the
redskins were in the timber about as
soon as We was.
I'VE didn't take TO the first tree
We came to, for it didn't appear as
though We could climb easy, but
went up one not a half dozen rods
away, and left that for the redskins.
They took it-all except one who
was a bit too late. The wolves
caught hold on him as be was going
up. and in less than a minute they
had tore him to pieces and devoured
him. We could hear them crunch
his bones as plain as couli be.
"But soon as we got our breath
Sam and me talked our condition
over. We were safe so long as the
night lasted, for the wolves would
keep the redskins up the tree But
as soon as day began to break they
would sink of, and then would come
the tug Of war.
What could we do against many?
We might manage to kill half Of 'em
before thev could finish Us, but what
goog could that do US! There We was,
and for the life Of Us we could not see
how we were going 10 escape.
The wolves divided up so to keep
US all where We were. The ground
beneath both trees were covered
with 'em and such a swapping Of
teeth and growing | never heard be-
fore in my life. Could they but get
at Us they would have devoured the
whole of Us in less than FIVE minutes
time.
That boys was about as unpleas-
ant sight as ever l was out in
But We kept dreading the morning,
for we felt that il would be worse for
US. But it didn't happen to be af-
ter all, though we felt mighty squir-
raish when We see it begin TO grow
light in the east. just then :here
was an awful crash and scream
that seemed to split our ears. 1t gin
Us an awful start aud Sam and i
held on to our perch with all our
might.
"Tbe next minute we knew what
it meant" The tres in which the red
skins were roosting, bad split down
and every one of 'em had gone down
among the wolves.
For about two minutes there was
an awful fight about that spot and
then all was over. Every one of the
redskins had been killed by the
wolves, and we could hear them tear
ing the fesh off from their bones
"Ssm and / shook hands on it, for
we knew that We were safe now"
The sun was jest coming up when
the last oftbe wolves snesked away.
and gin US a chance to come down
from our roost.
ut was hard looking sight un-
der tba, tree, can tell you boys"
The wolves were our friends that
night for they saved our lives, as
you can see, and that is why Ike
music. But then, boys, | believe it
sounds better when it is little ways
of"
A Brace Of Dog stories.
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