The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-02-14
lash. jsmima, and The Wolves.


Josh Staver loved Jemima Pins-
apple Loved her. did I sAy 7 Love
was no name for IT, Whenever he
saw her his heart bounded mp into
his throst 20 violently that he wss
thro~u to the ground. Gold chills
would run al over him, ~ he sx-
pressed il, from tho solo Of his head
to the Gro vn Of his FOOT yemima
was pretty. to josh her hair red
ss the red sea, large eyes which had
the faculty OF looking ways. opposite
zach other st the same time. aud =
nose which lookoi ss ifit hsd been
lsng hensl by the addition Of ssve.
raj otbera.
Now Joshua bsd mover escorted
Jemima homs, f,r sbs lived nosr
two miles from Fleaburg. She came
to 'msetin every Sabbath night.
aul wonld walk across ths Cells oil
alone, not in the least afrail of Tn.
wild beasts which at that tirns iu-
tasted the nutrv. Bat one nj yht
our her resolved 10 bear the dam
sci company, ani sccJrdiogly pre-
pared for his nocturnal j,nrney H.
got his grsu fathers old hor,s pis.
tol, aud loaded il 70 the the mnzzlc.
and thrust a large batch n knife in
his bosom, which On ust didu { hurt
him much for IL was the bosom VI
hiS c,at A lantern completed his
'itinys'
The meeting closed, ani Josh.
With Jeui,na leIniuS on bis arm
like l%rye gonrl hanging from "a
tall vine, sst out for the Pineapple
mansion.
I'VE are in th, woods now Jcmi :
ma. sail Josh. IA he sassisted hi s
partner over tho foncs Of the last
Geld, and now coDs- tho tu q " war
I'll bet dino that these wooiS are
fall OF wolves
"I think they will not attack II, ;
but il they do. oh Joshua. ON thy
arm | will rscliue, aud breathe my
life out sweetly there And she
gave such . sweet sigh that Josh
started, thinking it the half sn oth-
erod growl of bear.
WHATS tho matter, Josh =
"On, nothing, and gaining new
courage Mt the sound OF Jemimas
voics, he slisszsd her arm till she
nearly screamed aloud.
Su iisnly u strange cry echoed
through the wood.
"Wolvss p sh butei Josh.
"B ars !! rs-s"hoel his partner.
"C,me, Jenim,, let us GIT And
they got
Through tho woods they won't,
Josh literally dragging Jemirna along
The foe ws approaching tho coup
10 uld hear his footst ,ps in the
leaves, for they hal wandered from
the path.
Josh, + can't 60 any further Wa
nust tree it, sail Jstni,na, ~ she
paused for breath.
"By gosh. we mast. Hers is .
tree with ito limbs nigh hanging on
the ground. Climb it. Je,uima [!
Here | go Gois IL the suim .ls
climb tho tree. what then 7" AMI
with u bonni the terrified Joshua
climbed up the tree, leaving Js,nima
{, follow hun or DO devoured by the
terrible parsuers few feet in their
wake.
But Jsnima WAS nm old climber,
and WAS soon besi is Josh. who was
perched ia one Of the highest brauch
es sf the tree
Listen. Jemim, hear the horri-
BILE thing snswiuy ut the tree 1t is
wolves, sure'n shootin'. They will
goaw the tree d,wn in half an hour.
4 fear 81, Josh.
but hold, jsmims I've got o
pistol. said our hero, thinking of his
wesp IN fr the first tins that night.
Now jnst keep still whils oh rot.
He deliberately cooked the wesp-
ON, pointed it down through the
brsnchss where the pnrsusr was
D .wing am ing the leaves an I fred
II was o destructive shot. anil Josh
went spinning through the tree like
greasei Lightning. lie had loaiei
the pi,tN - hevi|y that it had
kicked him from his psrch into the
laws Of the animal below. Bnt for
tansts'y he slightsd on his fset, AMI
in an instant he was again mp the
tree, hstless. his rcd locks catching
in the limbs. which cruelty tore them
from his head
II wss n d,rned fool, Jemim,. to
have loaded that pistol no heavily,
and it kicked me right into the vol
yea mouths. hut, that thank Moses.
! escaped. just feel my head
Jemima placed her hand np,a
Josh's Uranium. AMI withdrew it vet
with gore.
"rhat is my blood, shed for you,
.Jemima, and I am willing 10 shed
more, dogoned IL | sin't.'
"Can the wolves climb 7"
"Climb like rabbits, Jsnii,na and
every minute I am looking for them
TO come mp here. do b,lisvs my
shot k,llel half a d,zsn of them
Listen at them gnswing. II We on
Ily coull keep them gnawing al
something else besides the tree, till
daylight, VIZ wonld he safe
"May ba they are like bears. Josh
nr. they eat anything You throw Il
them
We'll. III try them IN fest. here
goes nv boots, aud taking "a hi,