The Russellville Democrat., 1882-11-09
A Wolf Story.
MT. HERsEY, ARK, Oct. 22, 1882.

Oct. P, 1882.
 Editor Democrat:
 The following very interesting wolf story is told us by James k. Thomp- son, who affirms that, although 1t sounds little romancical like, it IS nevertheless true; and of course 1t ought to find it's way into the col umns of newspapers:
 Now, as it is an evident and un disputable fact that there is in ex- istence such an animal as a zoolo- gist classifies the wolf, and as it is generally known that the wolf, fires pcctive of what people may think or say of him, IS and will ever be fe- rocious quadruped, deem 1t mex. pedient, as hot as the weather is, to get up list of credentials to prove that what I say (and know from per sonal experienced is true.
 ''I was born and raised in the good old state of Tennessee, where this noisy, double throated, bloodthirsty, ver-hungry brute had become al- most extinct; but 1 remember of having heard old people tell while sitting around cracking, blazing winter fires, during the excitable days of my hoyhood, how that the wolf had been known to kill and de, your whole families during the early settleing of that country, and the very natural consequence was, l not only saw the wolf in my night dreams, but was afraid, until I was almost grown, to go raccoon hunting after night fall lest l should fall q victim to the ferocitv of this animal.
 "In the autumn of 1876 (ah! I shall never forget the night, if should live thFoughout future ages ], l had been in the state of Arkansas only few months, and had not learn ed in that short space Of time that the wolf was not mans dreaded enc. my. was living on Cave Creek with my brother, whose wife had gone on visit to her parents in White county at the time of which write. My brother, as well as my. self, was very well skilled in house keeping and so we were getting along first rate. even as well as if there had been q dozen females con. ductlng the business of cooking, dishwashing, and other household arrangements. But there is a me morahle epoch in almost every man 8 life, and this proved to be the great. est one in the few years of my trav. els on this revolving terra firma.
 "One night, feeling somewhat som nolent, alter setting mp till quite late, we retired to bed and were soon travelling in dreamland; but not more Sqn two hours had been spent in at kind of business, when in my
 leep 1 heard a noise, that was differ Int from any noise had ever heard before, sounding in my ears like the eonglomerated sound of bells, tin buckets, drums, iiddles, screech owls oxcarts, earthquakes and thunder. claps, all at one place and at one time. Scarcely had my ears drank in the first strains of this horrible music, when, with one swift bound I lit upon the floor screaming at the highest pitch of my trembling voice and calling my brother by name. who was not long in experimenting the peril of his situation, and, like myself, was in less time than min ute upon his feet trembling and try. ing to say something, but his words were not audible. We knew that we were surrounded by an army of those four-legged demons of the brute ere ation, a Knowledge of which directed us to prepare ourselves for battle. after due consideration. we \aFred the doors, which was only the Work of moment, and lost no llme n gathering up what instru- menus \f war there were in the house when tonsisted solely of an army muskeb Nhat my brother had bor rowed q few days before for quall and raoblr shooting The gun was not loa9ea but we considered the loading oi gun a momeatary mat ter little tNuking, until we bod poured down iA Is iron throat a donl,Io charge of powdAr that tbero was Y,t yot shot, bullet \piece of lead on tho place of which va had the fointosl Idea at that time. \Wbat wae tol,n aono2 was the inquArv of mv o,., ,' ,1' 1'
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