The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-09

hhuu uiouk my udpy uouu- ~ eeoniou
as II It was drawn out for yards. At
last reached the end What teeth
he has thought |.
Just then the teeth curled thum-
selves up.
whether it was that motion or not.
] never shall know. but in an inst an t
! was as wide awake as ever was.
and In the same second realized that
the baby was not in bed with me. but
that the heavy object that lay across
my chest was the hind paw OF large
animal
Il had sense enough to lie per-
.ectly still. How could have mis-
taken that hoarse breathing for the
baby's foolish little snorep just be-
cause said to myself that II was the
baby.
Il can't describe my feelings as I
lay there. First grew cold and my
skin seemed to shrivel up In horror.
My nerves contracted 50 that it was
positively painful Then came re-
action and the perspiration poured all
over my body. 1t was pitch dark and.
to add to my horror. had forgotten
the lay OF the land My head didn't
work just right couldn't locate the
door. Try as might 1t was impos-
sible for me to remember which side
OF the room my bed faced.
.'Of course the only thing to do was
to lie still until there was enough
light to see the door. and In the mean
time to pray that the object beside me
might not be reused by any noise In
the house. / had no idea what time
1t was. had no idea at all except
that some enormous beast occupied
part OF my bed and that u heavy.
curly paw. with claws on the end lay
over my body.
Il believe was going crazy when
/ heard baby sob little Yes he was
in my wife's room. How happy / felt
whom heard that noise for l didn't
know but the animal had made meal
OF Buster before 1t lay down. Then
feared that the baby would cause the
brute beside me to awake. but at that
moment his mothers soothing voice
Quoted him. Those words Of Mrs.
Pauls never seemed 80 sweet, never SO
musical
But oil was again still except the
breathing OF that beast. An this time
/ had lain In this position. not even
daring to move my hand that rested on
the fur OF the paw n was growing
cold the early morning chill flled tho
air, and there lay uncovered. and In
a clammy sweat There was no noise.
OF course, have no idea how long
remained. I counted one thousand
breaths taken by the animal; then,
strange to say, l felt sleepy
ton was doing for me. That must not
be. collected my faculties again
and once more was In abjeot terror.
"A faint glow appeared at the side
OF the room. 1t was glin. OF dawn
that lightened the space Of tho win
dow Only few moments more
said to myself Slowly the objects in
the room began to stand out and final
ly could outline the door which was
opposite the foot OF the bed 1t was
standing half open. / waited few
minutes longer until more light came
in. then, Selling the paw. / threw 1t
from me and with one bound was out
OF the bed. Another carried me into
the hail. and with bang pulled the
door shut and as / did 80 heard
savage growl and crash.
Mrs. Paul can do better justice to
tho rest of the story, but rs she is not
here will toll it as she has often re-
lated.
.She was awakened by the most
terrific yells intsrspersed by the
growls OF an animal. and the entire
house was Jared AZ II cannon balls
were being hurled against the walls.
Running into the hall she found me
holding on to my door knob with both
hands and jumping up and down. I
had on only my short night shirt and
she said my logs moved up and down
like pistons In and out OF q cylinder.
All the while l was yelling at the top
OF my lungs and by this time buster
had joined In the chorus Mrs. Paul
thought me crazy. but fortunately l
had enough Of my wits left to tell her
to call the men, and in few minutes
tho gardener and the stable boy came
In.
Il sent them for rope. and In
few moments we had the door fast
ened. There was rife In my wife's
room, fortunately. and ordering the
gardner to get ladder. ! sent Mrs.
Paul with Buster 10 the stable for 1
was fearful that the brute would break
through the partition. Then. without
stopping to put on my clothes. which.
by the way could not have done. as
they were all in my room hurried
around to the side OF the house aud
climbed up the ladder to my open win
dow. which was about six feet from
the ground. and was more OF port
hole than anything else. must have
been peculiar spectacle. standing
there in my bob-tailed nightshirt with
my repeating rifle on my shoulder.
Il soon caught sight OF the brute's
eyes and fired There was yell and
a crash. The animal had jumped for
me. Completely unstrung by the ter
rble hours / had passed. fell from
the ladder. and. knocking the gardner
of his feet we both rolled on the
ground. He was certain the animal
had him. and his cries caused Mrs
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