The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1888-03-23
NANCY'S WOLF STORY.
How She Gagged the RavenOus
Animals in Barn.

Cranberry Run, w. Va, Correspondent
Dan. l7) of the Cincinnati Enquirer
One evening after Uncle Jinmi,
| Spencer, the hunter, had told hoy
the bears had treed his wife ant
generally demolished things, VI
were sitting before Il blazing fire 0
pitch pine, listening 10 the rain AZ
it pattered and ratified against The
clap board roof, when The BaqWirel
correspondent asked him ii there
had not been great many wolves
in that ueighborhool when be was
young man?
evolves !" said the grizzly old
fellow. They we're roaming these
mountains in dIoveS, aud there are
still a great many in the laurel
thickets. | will get Aunt Nancy
to tell you OF an experience we had
with them in '43, it you would lii e
to hear il.o
replied that nothing would suit
me better, aud the old man knock
ed the ashes out OF his pipe and
said:
"In the winter of 1S43 we were
living in this log house, which we
had just finished, and about the
middle of December / found neces-
sary to go to the nearest settlement,
about forty.fve miles distant, for
supply of salt and some other
things. The weather had been very
cold, and the wolveS--big, gray
fellows, not like those misera bic,
puuy sueaks you have in the W est,
which you call coyOtes-were near
ly starved out, and had become
dangerous and bold.
| didn't think there was much
danger, however, and lett with my
two horses early in the morning,
leaving Nancy by herself to take
care Of the house and COW and our
poultry. Tue stable in which We
kept our auimals and poultry iu
hard weather stood about one hun.
dred feet from the house, with the
door at the end facing the front
door OF the house. 1t was a strong
log building, with big door which
could be fas ened with piu from
the outside. Iu the lower right
haud corner of the door wasa small
hole cut out for the accommodation
OF the poultry F; this little hole bad |
a big log wedge for fastening. | |
explain all this so you can under !
stand more readily just what hap.
pened. OF course | didu't know
about it until | returned,
when | found the stable half full of |
big gray wolves aud the COW and |
poultry devoured. Now, mother"
sand Uncle jim, "tell your part of
the story"
Aunt Nancy, pleasant-faced old
lady, laid aside her Sewing and
picked up her knitting, and while
her still uiGble fugers rapidly ma
nipulaied the bright steel knitting
needles took up the story where
Uncle jimmy left off.
"The day after you lett it turned
cold, aud the snow uegan to fall
until nearly morning, when the
ground was over a foot deep. Dur
ing the night | heard the wolves
bowling all around the house in the
woods, but l didn't think much of
L, as it was no uncommon occur
renee. The next morning l went to
be stable aud fed the COW and the
poultry, aud came out and fastened
he door, but somehow | forgot to
close the small opening at tue bot
.om of the doOs. Well, about 3
)'clock in the afternoon | saw tire.
nendous gray wolf trot out OF the
woods behind the house into the
opening. He sat down upOU bis
launches, aud seemed 10 be sce0t-
ng the wind. Directly be gave a
Ong howl, and then another. In
niuute or two heard a howl in the
goods to the right, aud then anoth-
a to the LETT, until the bowling APP
leared to come from dozens OF
hem. Tie noise came closer aud
,lOSer until after a few minutes
bout eighteen or twenty wolves
vere gathered about the big fellow,
gbO seemed to be a leader. They all
at or lay around IN The SNOW, aud
TO be holding a council of
var. AtleaSt, they seemed 10 come
a some understanding, for after
title while they III sprang TO their
Get aud disappeared in the woods.
thought that would be the last OF
hem, bat l was nightly mistaken, 1
or l bad hardly closed the back
lOor aud gone back into the house
rhon I haorf fha vhoia nark on /