The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-20

exactly on tho track where tho trap was
SCI. iho night was now nearly, dark, and
thinking only of hs doves and the loved
one, he failed to observe that several little
pieces OF string were swinging to and fro
III the breeze from the branches of the
til xet near him. Dreadful, indeed, was
1t tor him that he did not, for suddenly he
1elt terrible shook, accompanied by most
intense pain, tho bones Of his leg being ap-
parently crushed to splinters. He was
caught in the wolf-trap. The first few
moments Of pain and suffering over, he
must have comprehendcd the danger Of his
position, and had, 1t Is presumed. with
great presence Of mind endcavored to
open the scrated iron jaws which held
him fast. But though danger Is said II,
double the strength Of man, the trap re.
fused to give up Its prey, and, as at each
movement OF his body the iron teeth bur
led themselves deeper and deeper In his
flesh, his agony must have been Of the
most exquisite description. He probably
shouted and would have continued to
shout, however hopelessly, for help, had it
not been for the fear of attracting the
wolves that might be lurking in tho neigh
borhood. He had under his coat a small
hatchet; and with this, in the event of his
being attacked by the dreaded animals. he
trusted to defend himself. As the night
lengthened, the moon rose, and shed her
pale light over the forest. He may now
be pictured immovable, with eyes and ears
On the ga utpe, his body in the most OK
cruclating torment, listening and waiting,
AL at once, far, very far, off, he hears a
confused murmur Of indistinct sounds.
Approaching with rapidity, these murmurs
become cries and yells. They arc those of
wolves on the track--hclllsh demons. which
ere few minutes would bo upon him, car
rled direct TO the spot by the trails set for
the destruction of his destroyers. Fear not
being part Of his hardy nature, he by al
most suporhuman cffors, and in the awful,
moment forgetting all pain, contrivcd to
dfng himself and tho trap toward Nh onls
tree, against which no placed his back.
Herc, with his hatchet ready to strike, the
young fellow, full of courage, doubtless of.
tered up short prayer to his God, and
embracing, as 1T were in his mind his poor
GA mother and his bride, awaited tho hor
rlble --Ilt, determined to show himself O
true child OF the forest, and meet his fate
ike man. a few minutes more and he
was surrounded by Gordon OF yellow
ilaMes from the eyes of the brutes, the ami
o'Aoi'oSAfSot "hlCu scarcely
distinguish, sending forth their horrible
yclls full in his face. On the following morn
ing, when the unfortunate forester who set the
trap came to examine it, he found it at the
foot of the oak, deluged with blood, tho
bone of human leg upright between the
iron teeth, and all around, scattered about
the turf and the path, quantity of human
remains. Shrcds Of coat and other ar,i
clcs of clothing were also discovered near
the spot. With the assistance Of some
dogs, which were put on the scent, three
wolves, their heads and bodies cut open
with hatchet, were found dying in an
adjacent thckct. When tho venerable
cure of the village, after previously en-
deayoring in every possible way by
Christian exhortation to prepare his aged
mother to hear the sad tale, Informed her
that these remains of humanity were all
that was left OF her boy, she laughed.
Alas it was laugh Of madness; reason
had fled