The Princeton union., 1879-08-13

haunches-his forepaws dug deep into the
matted grass-a wild, maddened sncrt
and his claws we've buried in the shoulders
of the helpless woman! Fllnging Mag.
gle upon the fragrant heaps Of mountain
heather, which grew everywhere in rich
luxuriance, Mrs. Glenn prepared herself
for a desperate and unequal struggle: Un.
equal indeed, for u hat was the strength
of frail woman, opposed to the fury of a
raging panther?
Already the fangs of the animal were
fastened with an iron grip upon her left
arm; the blood flowed in torrents down
'er disordered garments; the pain she
suffered was past all mortal conception,
and yet, IN that fearful hour, the courage
ot Martha Glenn did not fail her. A
blessed thought flashed across her mind
she seized with her uncontined right hand
the strong cord which fastened to her
waist the long, sharp pointed shears,
which were then deemed necessary to the
toilet Of every housewife. The glittcring
steel flashed bright in the sunlight, and
with one powerful effort, she. drove the
instrument to ,he handle in the throat Of
her assailant.
His cries Of pain and rage were appal-
ling and his teeth closed together through
the t]es Of that torn and mutilated arm
Not then did Mis-. Glenn yield! With
certain death for herself she would still
save her. child, and with desperate and
determined bravery, she plunged the
shears again and again into the neck Of
the infuriated beast. The combat grew
terrific! Growls and howls filed the air,
and Maggie shrunk beneath an overhang-
ing rock, and hid her little face in her
apron. So >'.s
At length, by lucky movement on
the part of Mrs. GleEn, the panthers en-
tire throat was cleft in twain, and un-
loosine his hold, he rolled upon the
ground IN paroxysm of agony. Over
and over-raising the dry, gray dust in
clouds, in the struggle with death. 1t
lasted but a little While; there was
convulsive twitching of his strongly de-
fined muscles-a grating of his ponder
Gus jaws, a dying out of the light in his
fiery eye, and he lay still and motionless
- dead!
Thoug gh faint, and almost dying from
pain and loss Of blood, Mrs. Glenn had
sufficient presence Of mind to crawl back
to her home, followed closely by Maggie,
Who could scarcely comprehend the terri
ble affair. Drearily, and in the most in
tense suffering passed the long afternoon
to the wounded mother; but IN the smile
which welled up from Maggie's blue
eyes when standing beside her, she felt
more than repaid for all she had already,
and all she must in the future, endure for
her child's lite. ~. ....r
William Glenn was horror-stricken on
returning from his labor, at the frightful
condition of his wife. He dispatched
his hired man eleven miles for the nearest
physician, and in ANXIOUS hope and fear
he awaited his arrival = 7""%- y" :
At SIT was nearly day-break-the
man of science came. After gravely cx-
amining the case, he pronounced amputa-
ton of the mutilated limb the only means
OF preserving life Mrs. CT enn did not
finch from the trying ordeal, but bore
herself throughout with Roman fortitude.
Maggie Glenn grew up q good and
beautiful wOman-her love for her moth
er the one great, holy and sanetitied trait
in her lovely character. Early in life she
was united to hardy young mountaineer,
who took her farther east to live in a.
pleasant home of his own 4..... ~ 5 q
The old shears are preserved as a sort
OF an heirloom-a token Of their ances-
tors prowess-by Maggies descend
ants. 81 .i5sgs3 . 81