The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-08-12

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Hetey fldais ihas hfHifd Wafhead
iha iflief NJ W. iltai mnblHR shelter
~ M night mingled win Ne dnYHy
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faint lHt flsluiife efg a = heWlifeffd
Iamh alHNa hIuiH tie stiffness n NE
running night TIE shUui N The blayef
HHa Hilfd, ihe mfashuHai bur ~ ~
laughter ifam ne distant ilegHs soHR
crowd ND M mach The l0Nland N he
swamp ihe efuak ~ Me- ffogA IN me
Rfeai marsh R0mHad HE thn mystic
mnsio NJ sfmo unseen chorus, and
waiefg fhhsHs, faint sud SWEET Seated
thru igll lhe ar A. Nod advanced he
LONELINESS twtHme nlarr marked
This did MOI trouble The boy, how
ever, ~ many y mlle bad h. tfampcd
alone and after pightfall, too hut there
rnne uHeallrd f0f a. hia busy brain
jnsi M this Time ~ MI others The fum0r
which h. bud listened IA The day before
ai The village store. NJ n panihef's cry
which hal been recently heard pro.
"''ulnE wv ~" n,H'y ulpp"i Wv
an unpleasant thing 10 remember NJ the
shadows were falling aud the distant
woods l11mod black and s1fnbef, hut
H"u mnRnan Nv ~ 'aR". I'M l'hr,
oNon WINE h,s nehrt p'u = n'la moIo
inplul,' ah' hi"''he' ior"'"a wh'S''lnR
'n,.'ly
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w hehfp Try, eNrnpt Whefe we
whtcr ,gri'eu nccp poor, hnh 70 hvoIu
lne~ ue BOY was opngeu 70 maxi
nnahl un,hs nnu uepo",S, cnoos,nS ~
Ph,n WIN Rrrn' .nle "H' Wy nnm
.ght NO snoula pesoIno eh'ahglcu ~
,ho nlorass ana DO iorcen 10 return ~
hc ohunc'
hllnough lnc nclua, Instance through
wv swamp whs cohsl,erao'y Tess 'hnn
u mle' ye. 'no a,lleul.y OF passage was
~ grea. .haa ~" WIZ no' nhl, way
hctoss Wh'n 'he tWhlkn' iaueo In'o
nlgn, anu Wy so'' s'ars .na' pcepeu OUT
oIurnoau Wnpra y on,y lamps ny
"I,cn wEuluo nls iyo,socpsi
no nnn i1rgo',sn .no P"n,ner Story ~
ns worty apou, 'he pam, snu us only
nnAls'y now rs ~ movcu slowly Tor.
ward WINS 70 cseaPe tno l~reacherous
snus .hat ,on''n"a,ly wouha aronhu
MS loe'' anu hVV'u 'ne "h'er hoios thnt
my upon ollher manu-.
WIS cno'us was qu'"' now, pnt
= hlgn, haa oIher yo'cos ~ US own
we genlle whisper OIL passing breeze
y ais'an' park ., omo proving dog,
NV lar,oh ralt'e OF homc'going wagon
upon .nc hl'lsine roau, tnc soit Groom OF
niue NESTING one against ,he other
among inc low-growihg pushes' inc
9lsmal, lonely moot OF an owl IRON the
nnrksoD'e recess o' 'he WOODS close a'
mana,
nn .hese hea hearu, hardly noting
tn'm ~ nc struggieu ohwhrui pnt SUI
denly q new sound broke upon his car,
s'nr,Iing MINI ana, pn'slng' nc turned
quickly iowaru inc quarter whence II
came,
u vas q ioolstep, apparently follow
ing MN a hthc treaui' mob crashing
through VINE ana branch y falling q,
r>
GROWTH ana inc panther story again
flashed across INC boys brain, chilling
MN WIN quick fright ana driving Tho
WHISTLE rom ms ups rcrhaps TN
!, r",nor hhu Decn 'ruei 49,.
WIN strain ng eyes no peered int
inc darkness noou hm' listening mean
! time in'en'ly.
, tor q moment nc heard only tho ow
nnd The iar,way dog; no saw nothing
ihen . sudden swaying OF the Dui no
: caught ms Intention, and an inslan
,a.er ! p'a'k sone'ninR, IN ANNA, wiz
DnH pouy, 'ou, I've, anu hugo hcau
a,Inly appoas'u nsn c~1ohching upon ~
, opcn W.. no, .n"'' 'oc' oc"'na NM !
va" mn pan."o,. 49, .,.
WIN ey OF 'er'or inc hoy 'ufhc'
: 'nr ne"' H.. 49,. ,.
! vser m"'sra u"es ana lu.erinl
= Iu.o'a. .hhu an'
sIng'ng pnshcs, Ncu run, 2 uespcra.
Y ma,.v m.guni mn w, a'an''u s',cng'
sphoans n,n' hn' ivy. y looke'
Q pon,nu ne NV .nc iorm ., ns sa'ag
Q pursuct, io',o"'nB "'ong MS oroau an
w,nuing
ns sv"gns 70 . a .no s~amp an
reasn .n' oPcn no'us pclona, put pe
mnu.,cu a., nv was. nc run nis' 70 IN
{ ie'h men 70 = sight anu Q . MI !
wv ucsi.uu u,.v..'oh' grvwlns encn me
: mvns mosv 'on,useu anu "ea1ieu, !
no ,uuuohly Piunseu MO Wiue'sprea
. peo'. anu staggering 70 e'ump OF iern
wnlcn lo.nncn = lnne ,s'ahu nea ~
.cn'e', u.c,'y ~cAnaus'eu, ne sank
d nnVes M. siom ~ .errIp'e p"'s"s'
y . ny cou'o n'e no iur'her.
y And a. he crouehcd. painting, torn an
o almost hopeless, he saw the great an
q NAL who followed him pause at u
n verge oil the pool. survey the situation
It aud then Ito quietly down with tho cv
dent intention oil blding his limo no
h that his prey was within easy reacl
1t Ncd's heart utterly failed him,
= For q few moments he was but partia
d " conscious. Tor no was only a boy. an
The peril that threatened him was no
" riblc. indeed. but after n little his bloc
10 ran more evenly and his heart beat leI
iuriously as he noted the qnietness
70 his savage captor. lie was q prison'
d now, aud bis only hope was that u
l. panther might retire, or that some OF
In search oil him might come to his re
70 cue. And with these two chances q
" escape before him no grew Drawer m