Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-15
YOUTHS COLUMN.

Too Brare Boys.-In a certain village
In Hungary lived poor widow. She
was very ill, and i'm want of tirewood.
so she sent her two children out into
the forest with barrow. One of these
boys was 10, the other 5 years old. Ii
was winter, and the ground was deeply
covered with snow.
As they were on the way with their
barrow, they came to a church.
"Janko," said the youger, 81 feel
very strange. 1t seems TO me AS If some
misfortune would happen to us to-day.
Let us go into the church before we go
further"
His brother said, SCI am quite will
ing"
SO they left the barrow at the church
door, went in, knelt down, and prayed.
Then they went on farther, feeling
cheerful and of good courage, although
they often fell down in the snow.
They found plenty of wood, and, while
they were busy gathering IL up
and binding 1t fast upon the barrow.
they saw two wolves i'm the distance
running straight upon them. What
could the poor children do now?
To run away from the wolves was per-
fectiy impossible There was not
tree near in TO which they could have
climbed, for round there was only low
brush wood. Even if there had been a
tree ever so high il would not have
helped them, for the wolves would have
kept watch be ow, aud they would have
starved to death,
What did they do, then, In their dis
tress? The eldest, brave determined
boy, made the little one lie down on the
ground; then he covered him with the
barrow, threw as much wood as he
could upon il, and called to him:
''Do not move. / am not afraid"
"Oh, Janko." said the younger one
crying. "If we should perish, our
mother will die of grief"
The little fellow remained under the
barrow and the dry wood: the elder
stood up before him, holding his AK.
When one wolf, which had run the
fastest, came up. he dealt him such a
blow on the neck that he fell TO the
ground dead.
At this moment the other wolf seized
him by the arm and threw him to the
ground. In terrible pain and fear, he
seized the monster with both hands by
the throat, and held his open jaws away
from him-without screaming, how
ever, for he did not wish his brother to
come out and show himself to the wolf.
and so risk his life. But a terrible fear
came over the younger boy in his hid
ing place.
He threw off from him the barrow
and wood, seized the ak, which had
fallen on the ground, and smote the
wolf on his back several times with all
his might. The beast now turned upon
his enemy, whom he would undoubted-
ly have torn 10 pieces, had not the
other boy sprung up. quick as lightning
and struck the wolf In the head With
his AK, so that he at once fell down
dead.
Thus the two boys, Overcame two
ravenous beasts without receiving
themselves any dangerous wounds.
Then they knelt down and thanked
God for their wonderful preservation,
and then returned home rejoicing, with
the wood in their barrow.
When they got home they told their
mother what had taken place. Ste was
amazed at the bravery of the boys, and
blessed God for giving them the
victory.
They brought home the carcasses of
the wolves OIL the barrow, and showed
them to all the people in the village,
and the boys ever after were considered |
the heroes of the place.