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strongest ilcctc'i, hUrgrIH.' uu" among
thcm-was within dozen Nar,i, 20 Allan.
who was now riding faster than ever u.b
Bob had ever gone before or would eve.
20 again Excitement made the Iad',
blood boil in his veins, and he determined
10 show fight. The moon had risen and
the scene was as light rs day. Now he
could count the crOwdiug host of hi, cn
emies, and just rs he broke from the for.
es, road into the old clearing, he Turned
in his saddle and fire /. The foremost ot
the pack rolled over and over; the rest
gathered around him and tore their leader
IN pieces.
3y the time they resumed the chase,
Allan was hundred yards ahead with
his rifle loaded. He determined to make
Il running fight of it to the hill, where
he WAS sure Of meeting his father, or
could take to tee and shoot until help
came. This had hardly flashed through
his brain when, right ahead of BIN, "A
detachment OF the pack sprang into the
road and answered with double yells the
cries of the rest coming up behind. The
J horse wheeled suddenly, almost unseat-
ing Allan, aud dashed across the clearing
toward the wood; but he had not t. ken
a dozen bounds when wolf sprang upon
him. Old Bob reared and fell, pitching
Allan nearly twenty feet ahead, aud was
covered with wolves before he could re-
gain his footing. That was the last OF
poor old Bob.
But Allan. What of him? When he
recovered from the effects of the shock,
he found himself over head and ears in
snow. He had no idea where he was,
but struggled and plunged in vain en-
deavors to cXtricate himself, until at last
be broke into space that was clear of
snow but dark as Erebus, damp and close
Feeling about him he discovered over his
head logs resting santiDgly against the
upper end of a pit, and then he knew
that he was in the cellar of the old house
his father had built, and which had been
burned down nine years before The
cellar was full Of snow, except at the cor
ner rooted over by the falling logs, aud
Allan, bursting through the snow into
the empty corner, was as secure from the
wolves as though seated by his fathers
tireside. 1t was not nearly as cold in
there as outside, and he found dry spot
upon which he lay down to think.
He was in no danger of freezing to
death, his food would keep him from
starvation week at least, and Allan con-
cluded that, with the first glimpse of
dawn, his father would be in search Of
him, and following their tracts, find old
Bob's bones, and quickly rescue him from
his predicament. He reasoned wisely
enough, but the elements were against
him. Before sunrise furious storm of
wind and snow had completely obliter.
ated every trace of horse, rider and wolves.
At home, as the night wore on, the
anxiety of the family had increased.
While they were watching the gathering
storm, they heard the long dismal howl OF
the wolves coming over the bill. The
chill of fear that they should never see
the boy again settled down upon all their
hearts, until the house WAS as dreary
within as the winter waste and gloomy
forest were without.
Meanwhile the brave youth was sound
asleep, dreaming as peacefully as though
snugly resting with his brother iD his
warm bed at home. He slumbered on
unconscious of the raging storm without,
and did not wake until the next forenoon.
1t took him several seconds to realize
where he was and how be came there, but
gradually he remembered his ride for
life, the falling of his horse, his strug-
giles in the snow, and his breaking into
the protected space where he lay.
The storm lasted all day and far into
the succeeding night. Allan ate slightly,
quenched his thirst with few drops of
water obtained by melting snow in the
palm of his hand, and began casting
about for means to get out. He soon
found that to dig his way up through the
mass of snow that filled the cellar was
beyond his powers. If he could have
made succession of footholds, the task
would have been easy; but all his efforts
only tended to fill his retreat, without
bringing him nearer the air. AS soon as
he saw this, he gave himself up to calm
ly waiting for help from without.
The second morning Of his imprison-
ment broke clear and cheerful, and Mr..
Devins set out to search for traces of his