The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22
TWO BR1TE BOYS.
THEIR STRUGGLE WITH WOLVES.

In certain village in Hungary lived a
poor widow. She very iii, and in want
OF hrewoOf!, SO she sent her two children
out into the forest with ii barrow. One of
these boys was 10, the other s Yeas old.
1t was winter, and the ground was deeply
covered with snow.
As they were on the way with their bar
row, they came TO a church.
''Janko," said the younger, 81 feel very
strange. 1t seems to me as if gome mis-
fortune would happen to us to-day. Let
Us go into the church before we go any
further"
His brother said, II am quite willing"
So they left the barrow at the church
door. wen: in, knelt down, and prayed to
the Lord Jesus.
Then they went on farther, feeling
cheerful and of good courage, although
they often fell down i'll the snow. They
found plenty of dry wood, and, white they
we've busy gathering it up and binding it
ia: upon the barrow, they saw two wolves
in the distance running straight upon them.
What could the poos children do now?
10 run away from the wolves was per
fectly impossible. There was not a tree
near into which they could have climbed.
for round about there was only low brush
wood. Even if there had been a tree ever
so high it would not lave helped them, for
and they would have starved to death
What did they do. then, in their distress
The eldest, a brave. determined boy, made
the little one lie down on The ground then
he covered him with the barrow, threw S
much wood as he could upon it, aud called
to him
"Do not move. | am not afraii.'
'tOh, Janko - said the younger one cry
ing. .If we should perish, nur mother
will die of grief
The little fellow remained under the
barrow aud the dry wood : the elder stood
up before hiiS, holding his AK. When one
wolf, which had run the fastest, came up.
he dealt him such 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 teri ible pain and fear. he
seized the monster with both hands by
the throat. and held his open jaws away
from him-wiihout screaming, however,
for he did not wish his brother 20 come
ont and show himself to the wolf, and so
risk his life. But terrible fear came
over the younger boy in his hiding place.
He threw off from him the barrow and
the wood, seized the AK, which had fallen
on the ground, and smote the "olf on his
back several times with all his might.
The beast now tnrned upon lis new enemy.
WhoW he "o'iu ui'a""otSuiS hd'e tolh U"
pieces, had not the other boy sprung up,
quick AS lightning, and struck the wolf lit
the head with his AK. so that he at once
fell duyn dead.
Thus ti,s two boys, by Gods help, over
came two rayenous 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 III
their barrow.
When they got home they told their
mother wha. had taken place. Size was
amazed at the bravery of the boys, and
blessed God for giving them the victory.
They brought home the carcasses of the
wolves on the barrow, and showed them TO
all the people in the village. and the boys
ever after we're considered the heroes of the
place. Chicago Ledger.