The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-05-05

and hia heart ahudIoy,o1 ok fho s,s,nnaSork
His only hone isv !, The ~, ,,os.;h!I;ty th.t
thew mioht not d.rs tn foilow him .cros,
the ;ca-6r;dce mt th;s hons var;shed
s.e he c .h. Su th s a.h ns sh vS auJ
COW no the n,nnr,;rtt savor.1 - the
~sunt creasnras aws;t;,1 ,,;n, On that
s;da What sh.,,Id no 3op No douhs
thew wonld soon muster holdnass 70 s snI'
Low him nnon the ice and then b;s f.t "a.
.,o,,id 10 so.1ad =, r 49,, -'@
In the emercencv hc Thought of the
.xos and t.k;r,s H.. &C.,. h;s ..,'t -.
the cord .nd tI,s,,st IL ,.Ih; ..;Sn =, -
-. 90 haI,. ' 10. ii's = L .u.o
sa,s 10 The Last " "''0''' NM
A. th;s ;nst.r. ha os,,;sa .r,orc tho
tb;ct u,,ha.waJ $500 t.-o Sr a..
fragmenfs ie.r;ro sgs;nst each other in
src5 |. ,vsv - 80 o,ss' 800 nth some
th;nr III: sr,sn rco,,, r,,de-nesth
He's no COW ~ o,Iv chance Snr;nc;nc
w; wifi be nsed The AZ to chin ~ afhes
fra~n,en ~, with ,vh;cb - c}pse mn the
anf.anca and sl,nost or;cker than 4 can
be told had Tins constrnctcd . sort If
fort which ba believed you'd Withstand
tho ,tt.ck ~ The wolves A. n;ohtfaIl
tho weather had hacome colder and be
lnaw that n . few ,n;nn,es the damn
n;acas of loo wo,:d he firmly cemented
torether
Hardly had no lifted the last niece IN
;ts nlace when the mack came r,sh;no
about him. snapping and snarlinc. hut
at first not testinr the strength Of his in
trenchment. When AEON tRev beoan to
snr;nU AGAINST r and snan at the corners
~ ice7 the frost had done its work and
thew could not Loosen his hastily built
wall
Through narrow creyices he could look
out at them, and at one time counted
sixteen grouped together in council Az
the cold increased he had 10 keen In
motion in order not to freeze. and anv
extra action ON his mart increased the
fierceness of the wolves. At times thew
would gather in a circle around him.
and after shifting at him eagerly. set up
A doleful bowling. as II depiorinr the ex-
cellent supper thew had lost.
Ere long one OF them found an OPEN
ing at corner large enough to admit its
head: but Evan was on the alert. and
gave it such a blow with the axe as to
cause its death. Soon another tried the
same thing, and met with the same re-
ception, withdrawing and whirling
around several times. and then dropping
dead with a broken skull.
One smaller than the rest aftemntino
to enter, and receiving the fatal blow.
crawled. in its diving agony. completely
into the Enclosure, and Law dead at Evans
feet. OF this he was not sorry. as his
feet were bitterly cold. and the warm
carcass of the animal served to relieve
them.
In the course Of the night six wolves
were killed as they sought to creep into
his fortress, and several Others SO seri-
ously hacked as to send them to the
woods again; and however correct the
notion that when on the hunt they de-
YOUR their fallen comrades, in this case
they did no such thing, as in the morn
ing the six dead bodies lay about on the
ice, and Evan had the profitable priv
lege of taking off their skins.
OF his thoughts during the night
quotation from his diary is quantity sug-
gestive and characteristic:
IL bethought me OF the wars of Glen
dover, have read about, and the battle
Of Grosmont Castle, and | said: i am
Owen Glendower; this is my castle; the
wolves are the army Of Henry; but win
never surrender or Weld as did Glen
Toward morning, as the change of
" oosner conunuoo anu inc Wasefs OF the