The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1888-03-23

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III the logs, two in front and two al
the back. | looked through one OF
the windows and saw the whole
pack of wolves, which | counted
and found to be sixteen, making
their way to the stable. just then
1t struck me that had forgotten to
shut the opening at the foot of the
door, and | opened the door of the
house, intending to run out and
close the small opening, for I sa "
that they Intended making an attack
upon the animals, but / waited late
as there were at least half dozen
big bruteS between the house and
the stable. They no sooner saw
me open the door than they sprang
IN the direction Of the house, and
we're so near before | could get the
door closed that another spring
would have brought them right
upon me. | was pretty badly fright.
ened, but not so badly but that
took down the small rifle which
Uncle Jimmy had left, and, opening
one of the windows, took aim at
the nearest wolf and shot him
through the head, The others sprang
upon the dead one and tore him to
pieces and deyOured him in a few
seconds. By this time / had load
ed the gun aud fired again into the
struggling, howlng mass.
III must have hit one of them, for
they all set upon another one of
their number and soon had his
bones picked clean. ] fired three
shots more, and each time | hit Que
Of them, and every one was eaten
as quickly as the first. l could Lave
killed them all, perhaps, but un.
fortunately in loading the gun the
sixth time | got bullet fast near
the muzzle of the qua, and this
stopped my shooting until | could
get it out. While | was taking the
gan 20 pieces the wolves turned
their attention to the barn, and it
wasn't long before they found the
opening in the door. | soon found
that they had got into the barn =;
in fact, | could see them struggling
near the door, as though they were
trying to force their way iD ahead
of each other. Pretty soon | heard !
tue chickens and turkeys squawk-
ing, and the COW bawling above the
sounds of the snarling and snap
ping OF the wolves. 1t was horri-
Bile to listen to the poor COW, but
there was no help for it. l could
10 nothing but stand at the window
and listen and bemoan the fate of
our poor animals. In very short
time noticed that all of the wolves
bad disappeared through the hole
lnder the door INTO the stable,
where they were either feaStiDg
lpon poor Betty, the COW, or cha
sing and tearing the turkeys and
which still kept up a ter.
'ific clatter. The thought struck me
hat | might, while the wolves were
engaged in their feast, slip out of
he house and close the hole under
he door with the log which lay
ust outside; so looking around
'gain aud seeing nothing more Of
he brutes l opened the door and
dipped quietly up to the barn, aud
eizng the wedge.shaped log jam
ned it into the hole just as the nose
# a big gray fellow appeared. l
truck him with the end of it ana l
orced him back into the stable, aud {
hen pushed the log in until it fitted I
o tightly that it couldn't be NOV a
d, aud then l ran back to the house, G
earring there might be more wolves 1
ct on the outside, but didn't see t
ny more, although | stood at the '
findow for an hour. /
"Having satisfied myself that q
hey were all dead or fastened up !;
D the stable, | stole out again aud =
eeped through the cracks between :,
he logs. The sight was awful !
he floor was covered with feathers n
f the chickens aud turkeys with :,
ere and there a bOue of our poor +
Id COW. In one end of the stable :
leven wolves were huddled up ;,
larlng at me with their big yellow =
yes aud snarling with great open :,
lOody mouths, but they didn't =
pring at me; somehow they ap- J
cared to know that they were
risouers. Aud that they couldn't !
ct out, aud all their courage seem
Il to have left them. Well, went
ack TO the house determined to get
be bullet out OF the guu and to Ii
boot them all, but it was stuck so +,
ght that / couldn't move it, aud, n
} fact, didn't get it out until UncleJ H
immy came back, four DAYS later, 3
hen he sOOn made short work of n
be brutes. I,
"NOw, there was something y
TRANCE 10 the action of the wolves L
lter they were fastened up. From Il
bat time until Uncle Jim's arrival Il
Iey didn't touch the remains of e
be COW, nor did they leave the Il
Orner OF the stable, where | first i
aw them after | had fastened them ,
D, so far as l conld tell. Uncle V
i'm shot them all aud skinned g
hem, aud in the spring got .he
Ounty for their scalps, and sold
be hides for enough to buy anOtb- I
r COW aud a lot Of poultry. That s
-as the only time the wolves ever q
lade 4 wholesale raid on as, al
lOugh they often afterward stele
mr. sheen. MICS and small sfOck.1 Z