The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-22

Itciiuu. Ana WulIt TINS terrible 0;9-
coyery was breaking through bis almost
callous sense. he forgot. for an instant.
the whip. the lash Of which swung
under tie runners Of the sleigh and
snapped. The horse, too. was showing
signs of exhaustion. and Toilet. seeing
that only one chance was left. rose ND
with his boy IN biz arms. and upsclting
the barrel on q great ledge Of Ice. con-
cealed himself and the child under II.
Hardly had he had time 10 brace him
self against is sides. pressing his feet
against one side and his back against
tho other. when he heard the horse
giving u wild scream. while the short.
whining bark Of the wolves told him
that the poor beast was selling its life
dearly. Then there was q desperate
scratching and scraping Of horseshoes,
and all Of q sudden the sound Of gallop-
ing hoof-bcats on the ice. growing
fainter and fainter. The horse had
evidently succeeded in breaking away
from the sleigh. and was testing his
speed in a race for life. Some Of the
wolves were apparently pursuing him,
while the greater number remained TO
investigate the contents Of the barrel.
The bowling and barking or these
furious creatures without was now in
cessant. Within the barrel was pitch
darkness.
NOW. keep steady" said Toilet.
feeling q sudden shock, as If a wolf had
leaped against their improvised house
with a view to upsetting Il. He felt
himself and the boy gliding . foot or
two over the smooth ice, but there was
no further result from the attack. "A
minute passed; again there came .
shock, and q stronger one than the
first. A long, terrible howl followed
this second failure. The little boy.
c~lutching his small cooper's Ratchet In
one hand, sat pale but determined in
the dark. while with the other he chung
to his fathers arm.
"Oh, fatherr" he cried, in terror,
II feel something on my back"
The father quickly struck q light, for
he fortunately had q supply Of matches
in his pocket. and Jaw q VOLTS paw
wedged In between the ice and the rim
Of the barrel; and in the same instant
he tore the Ratchet from his sons hand
and buried its edge in the ice. Then he
handed the amputated paw to Thor,
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Of his 3D.. had made . slight cavity
wn. ~ IL was SITTING. ana whenever IL
renamed moment still his trousers
frozo fsst n TIA ice n Wa only TIA
presence Of lis bov that inspired him
with fresh courage whenever hope
seemed about to desert him.
About 80 hc,,r &c., "a ascht - ~
horso Nan Eva - - wo7ves, ns,vs
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Nc irsf fhere ,yss = IulI "a fhe aftack
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wh;n;nc vcln;nc and bsrk;n~ ro;se
without. Toilet concluded that INA
wolves meddencd ~ fhe smell -
hlood were aftack;nc thar wounded
fellows. IA a. fhcir hnsvIs secmed =
come from Y short distance. IL cau-