The Republican., 1888-10-06

one that made me turn cold and wonder now
4 nature had produced anything so hldeous.
1t IS like nothing but itself; you can not
compare or contrast it with any other cry
OF living things; gale Of wind in the rig
ging of a big ship at sea is the nearest ap-
! proach to it know Thin, hollow walls OF
sound grow and swell and burst into one
demoniac howl that embodies IN its volume
every conceivable note of despair and eter-
nal torture. Then the crescendo dies
sometimes as though suddenly strangled,
more often in long drawn shrieks that fade
upon the ear. There is music in their ca
dences at times; those that | heard were
fairly in tune-but such a tune, such a
dronng, fiendish whirling blast Of melody
1t was. If the neither world has its own
music, that music should be the howl of
hungry wolves-the frantic chorus whose
elimination is death to flying singers, or
fleeing audience, or both.
So much for the wolves l know; so much
Tor wolves whose hearts are broken and
whose sides have ached often enough under
the heavy whip of their master SO much
Tor the tame wolves who do clumsy tricks
ana nave learned the beauty of obedience,
forgetting, at the same time, the watch
| word OF all wolves, that union IS strength
Return we to my pack, which is moving
ike one big machine and the component
parts OF which are together giving tongue.
Inc snow for them, is in perfect order;
put somebody ahead may perchance find
MS horses crushing through the thin frozen
surface at every stride. The darkness suits
the hunters we'll but somebody ahead may
be praying Tor that moonlight which, at
present, only shows silver fringes on black
cloud. 10 them, their wolf music is their
dinner gong; but somebody ahead may
near hoIhing more oeautltul imam MS own
passing oelI III Uhe ulsIahI ululaIlonS, rising
anu iailihs anu coming over Uhe SNOW
!. rUIIunaVeIy uhoughI ana pen travel
qulO .I Aoi On"n e'eu gray WolVes' therefore
unouSn noC hnoWluR WIN certainty
W. ,i,oi ~ al '"U0H US "Salh oelore Uue
CIV, ouu u O5io sur we wiz ieaVe Ihe racing
pa 'iu "a d" le'ci Win OLie sIeuBe'
iieIo ~ 10 sure enough PloWlng through
I-i' "uu o'ilnlLg ouv IuoSe TWO pafal-
40 s'o IL Soes, Inc sOouV Drown horses
o. a. PinS SVI""IIy anu Vhe soliudty llau
alv.ii'5 ooninu .'ieIL uoes not use WHIP OF
800 80 az Plo90nU P'S Ile must NC SOME mics
Ia noiio Slo U1o I"sy SOrusSIe oGglhs'
anu iG n0' oHlS hHoWS Che Ioau WELL ouU
can dl9o guess WIN IoleraDle accuracy
"g 1iio uI9I"hce WHICH SUN Ienas en-
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no's "eHihu uln Ihyslcally, RoLIo
/ SVantsen IS typical NorWegian-s strong
and in the prime Of life. He has
been in passing peril from the wolves
before to-day; the rug now wrapped about
him, one corner of which flaps and rustles
in the snow, is made of wolf skins. Tonight
he appears anxious, however; his horses are
| powerful but not feet and in his Judgment,
when the journey is ended, there will be a
very short quarter of d mile between his
sledge and its pursuers. AS though to en-
courage him, the moon at last rises free of
the far-stretching cloud that, till the pres
ent, has hidden it. A clear white light
| floods the darkness, and the snowy plain
| begins to widen out upon every side as the
driver rising in his seat casts one search
ing glance ahead, looks to the fastening of
big Ieathern bag which is tied to the floor
OF the sledge, and then gazes long and care
fully behind him. Yes, there they are, just
little dark shadow on the waste, shadow
which one less experienced might have
overlooked altogether, but a shadow that is
moving hardly less quickly than those
cast by the rack of broken clouds, drifting
| across the moon.
| What Svantsen had seen in front of him
was black line on the horison and tall
| Ai'6Si PSSNi gun lai aliSetuf WuST0 Two TOduS
met what he had not seen, was figure on
M looU' " @iinS Oo""iu 'H0 ednle o'doA line
Pr M. olio no lso
IHo u 4'Ai 10 iiioNihH ouC sloWly, anu
Ta rrIo soiJ IiUU.o iulnIhs lolI III Mn
NC 9iio" ielaius every suep' anu c1ogs III
!uinPo upon tno neeiS VI MS poouS' Lnere
70 10 ~ u eoh " 20 ~ ouu ne Aeeps sOrSlshv as
ne odn iol Tu9 s UaH nHSer ~ posi- 10 reoch Ile
DlaCH lino oeIo5o .noSe nyIns leeU III .ne
Io"l oIosou WIN nliii' lS' ne Knows III
P.' Po7'loio, anu oU nc 9'aSS0!e Iol "alu' ne
n o''l lioU iiclP nlAiS9Ii' nc i!sUlhcV VI SILL
pneS0i , 'tiGn "ou!u niaAo nIn slrugsle Oh
5;S4 80 9"loUJ "olo d nulluiou Allies
Iii ,o i +iro5 an t ,-u oi' :,I iI
tba - -, 5o.,., 0p'' VI 'ili
rr,,.,, -. r''
.,Ii5r, 10 CTiiioo Snlnh VI ltVhe sounu VI
oIsS-. ~ iia oa's tne one eartnly
:S lIolcuS 'io hno"9 'LaU' Ill MS present sore
9vi"tU' can mean sucCor anu saiNaIloh. he
neeuS IL noV at lrsC' Inc NorWeglans are
superSUltlous loIk' ana our poor wretch
Chlhks IhaU the hlghC demons are abroad,
uahclng IN IheurlI ing snoW-wreaths, laugh
ing at MS agony ana tuhln8 the distant howl
lhgs InUo Ihe SOUND OF Dells.
oledSe-oeIls 10 not always make music.
mere Is nothlhg 10 suggest pleasure and
| pIuiles ana hoddlng OF proud equine heads