The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-25
A NIenT AMONG THE WOLvHR.
By JoHx o. vNrrI1A

By JoHx O. v4rrnA
----rhs = : = e.uss "a volf.
Seating the place of slsugAase. With his lsae
And most edsnsivs howl. did ask foe food.
Twas . night in Jsnusry. 49,. We
had been 70 jolly quilting frolic
about two miles from our settlement ef
foYf or 6vs los houses. Twas rashsr
lstSa sh0ue' teslvo pclock & should
Ay, wbso tie parV otolA MP. These
IVES no morn. and . dun gray sbadov
Of haze hung srsund the hosisou. whils
overhead . few pale and siekly look.
Jog st.rs gave Us their dali light -
they shown through dingy e1rtain.
There were six If % in company
Harry Mason and four - pretty eizis
- ever grew Up this sits of thg
Green Aoeotsil1. fheeU vurs ~
tpo sisterseaad Htr1ys s11er 1ed bic
sweet. hGArE the dSal Atsr luoe neas-
e nelghbos. She % 8 d>1nrighA
h1Adsepe irl. That sCsS in1 Alies
I never cav her equal. though I sn no
stranger to pretty faces. She was -
pleasant and kind OF hosrt-so Rentla.
and sweet spoken. and 20 intelligent
besides. that everybody loved her
She had a eye - blue - . hill vielet. :.
and her lipe were like = rsG rsD-leaf
10 June. No WosAss2 Aes; thsk Has.,
ry Mason loved hsr-boy thosRh he
wss, for We had neither OF % seen our.
seventeenth summer.
Our path lay through . Thick
forest Of oak. with here and there /
tall PING missing its daSk full shaAov
a1aiast ths shy with - satliso poAder.
Cd indistinet By datknesa HI 1snow
was deep; deeper great deal thss it
ever falls Of lste years; but the surfaoe
was frozen strong enough 70 bear odr
bright p<shwsy WITH rapid teSpS.. WI
had not proceeded far before Q howl
came to our ears. We ell knew il in
. moment; and I could Sssfe rhuddee1
thrilled, lie arns thai uer6s e3dDs y61
my own. - saddesi cgyssbent lsoo4
tho lips Of eli Of u. "tte wolves the
Hoavss 9 Yug Hani 2e3'TI rswod II
one n your csys1, broken down chow
snimsls which are exhibited for . six
pence q sight. aud children hslf.prics.
but fisscey -lelfstartt4 1Snuhe;of tie
wintry forest hUwiin9 xhd hurryine |
over the snow actually mad With
hunger! There 10 no one Of 0od1
creatures which hes such q lsieAtfui.
6sodish hook - thia .esimsl.1A Il h46
the form . we'll - the spirit ofse
demon. al
Another and, -easthsr howl; and
then We coald heas distinctly The qaisk |
pattsr Of the feet behind %. We
turned right sbost end looked in the
direction Of the sound. e~.e-
"Ths wolves ars after ~, y peintinx
to line Of dark bodies. ssa1
Aud 90. In fact. they were, whole
troop Of them. bowling IKE % many
IpdhAs 10 ~.r. dance. We hsd no |
weapons Vf any kind, and ~ kaeW
enough Of the savage creatures whet
followed 10 70 know THAI il woald ~
useless to contend With, 4hs0sa1.3Aere
was not . ne0ant - rl0ss cHheossvaEs
beastA were, cloee upon %. To attempt
10 light 1onld have been . hopsless
Affair. There VA but one chanc1 I'll
escape Andlwe nslanely 80 spou
Il. II H'fs
= 4 rs the tree III a xt,thlA trAar'
I cried. sprineine tov.cda = lev.
bouohed And rnsrled ~. vhish II
:;;w,.: :sv = !. glance .3hs b '''s'
Hsrrv Macon sn,.ne liehtlv into
thu trse M .;dsS III n1se;n. ~
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