The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-06-03

told me that l hau 1Ounu ono. i could
feel the pain, but / could not see the
coal, and vet it must have been live
one or else it could not have burned
me. With trembling hands and ter
rible sinking at my heart, | took out a
match and lighted it. / could distinctly
hear it burning, but | could not see the
blaze, although held the match until
my fingers were scorched. Then |
dropped it, and with a scream of terror
Jumped to my feet. Great heaven! [
was snow-blind!
with the experience | now have, |
know that my situation would have
been desperate if had been in possession
of my sight; as it was, | gave myself up
for lost. ] was paralyZed with horror,
and for time could not move The
actions Of one of my dogs aroused me.
He bounded forward and began a
terrible battle with one of the wolves.
With another cry of terror | CROPPED my
way back to my bed, and catching up
my rifle succeeded, after a desperate
scramble, in placing myself on the top
of the rock. BY this time the battle
between my dogs and the wolves was in
full progress, and a fierce one it was, too.
| fired shot after shot into the air in the
hope of frightening the famine-breeder
but they were rendered too desperate
by hunger to fear the smell of gun
powder. How earnestly | prayed that
my noble dogs might succeed in fight
ing off their savage foes! | shouted to
them words of encouragement to which
they had never failed to respond during
hunt, and finally l knew that they
were gaining the victory, They drove
the wolves away from me, but the
ravenous animals were not to be
cheated. They turned their attention
to my horse. ... .....t .
II fairly cried as | stood there, sight.
less and helpless on my rock, and
listened to the struggles of the frightened
beast as she strove with desperate
energy to break her fastenings. To my
great Joy she succeeded and with a
shrill neigh of terror, set off UP the
valley. heard her hoofs Gathering ovei
the bare ground, and the snarls and
yelps of the savage pack as it followed
close at her heels, and then all was still.
| called to my faithful guardians, and
each one answered to his name by a
! joyful bark, all except the Major, whose
response was a mournful whine. Poor
fellow! He had been severely handled.
Il did not delude myself with the
hope that l had seen the last of the
wolves. knew that my steed, fleet and
enduring as she was, would in the end
be overtaken and torn in pieces by hel
tireless pursuers, and that, havingwhet-
ted their appetites, they would return
in sufficient numbers to overpower my
guards and make an end Of me. | had
always prayed for q soldiers death, and
the thought that must give up my life
in this horrible way, was agonizing.
q cannot tell how long 1 stood there
waiting for the wolves to come back and
put me out of my misery, for l wa:
dazed with terror l fell into a sort o.
a stupor from which was aroused by
ba"k from one of my hounds, and c
know every note uttered by these ami
mails as well as | know The sound of my
own, voice. it was a bark of welcome
Help was near. My first feeling wa!
one of amazement, and before | had re
covered from it j heard a rifle shot, anC
then another and another. The Who'll,
pack broke out into a Joyous baying.
cooked my rife with my benumbeC
hands. and fired all the remaining cart
ridges into the aiIal l tried to shout
but | could not utter q sound. My heaC
reeled and fell from the rock.
9 remained q full month at Mr.. But
ler's hospitable rancho beforeI was ablc
to return to the post. He and two o
his neiGhbors had been out after black
tails andwere caught in the blizzard
but knowing that they must reach home
or run the risk of being showed. up il
the hills, they boldly faced it, and a fort
innate thing it was for me that they die
so. They saw the wolves devouring my
mare and took the back trail expecting
to find my mangledD body. When they
discovered me lying behind that rock
surrounded by my bleeding hounds, NJ
words could express their establishment
Close by, there were seven dead wolves
and three disabled ones that we're trying
TO crawl off. These they shot. Tha
these dead and wounded members o
the pack were not devoured by thei
coHaalless WAS owing to'the fiefcenes
with which my brave dogs fought them
The5 sweie baaN lcat up but they re
ceived the same Kind nursing that did
and here.they are, as ready for a figh
as they ever were. Do you know WHY
everybody in the fort thinks so much Of
my body-guard, Harry" .'. "' f'i
thought did.-Our Continent.
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