Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-01-23


you may imagine, and here they came
making the night hIdeous, but 1 threw
the bacon out and though they were a.
first a little shy of it, thinking to be
fooled again, they soon attacked it and
screaming, fighting, rolling and plung-
ing they were hard at it the last time |
looked back.
But | now busted myself with my
weapons, whose fire / had reserved, as
| did not carry a great deal of ammu-
milton, and, knowing every shot would
have t o tell later, had waited until the
moon, which was just rising like a ball
of fire, could give me sufficient light to
make a successful aim by, Jenny
Black was going at full speed, and |
must have covered nearly a mile while
the wolves were engaged with the ba-
con; but pretty soon | heard them COM
ing, and in an incredible short time
they hove in sight. The foremost,
remember, was an enormous old chap.
looking nearly white in the moonlight,
and an excellent mark for the rifle
ball | sent back to him. He fell with
out a sound, and the others gathered
around, and before the blood had
ceased flowing from his wound he had
been dismembered, and in another in
slant eaten.
The pack now surrounded the cart
and the mare, leaping about us and at
tempting to lay hold of Jenny's throat.
| emptied my rifle again and again into
the crowd, but while several would
gather about and rend the fallen, the
rest would only seem maddened by the
sight of the blood and make for us like
fen S with a savageness | never saw
equalled. My rifle emptied, resorted
to my revolvers, and even after my
cartridges We're all used up leant for
ward clubbing the wolves, whenever I
was able to get n crack at one of their
heads.
But things were growing serious
for my poor mare especially, for.
weighted with the cart and unable to
defend herself, she was soon bleeding
in a dozen places from the swapping
jaws Of the wolves; so, knife in hand,
l sprang upon her back, and, hacking
away at the light harness, cut her
loose from the cart. She sprang for
ward, shaking off her enemies as
though they were flies, and then began
the real race for life. My rifle and
were now useless, so | flung
them away, reserving only my knife,
which | held in my teeth while |
loosened my coat and flung it to the
beasts.
Every moment gained now was worth
a thousand dollars to me; for, like a
star, | could see cleaning ahead of me
the light | knew to be my cabin home.
But had a desperate fight to make ere
l could reach it, and before | had
covered a hundred yards more my faith
full Jenny gave out. She fell with a
gaunt old wolf clinging to her throat;
and, though she struggled pitifully to
regain her footing, was borne down by
the bloodthirsty devils, which covered
her body 81 completely that saw her
no more.
ran on hoping at least to gain a
solitary tree just ahead of me before
they caught me up, and succeeded in
reaching it, but had no time to swing
myself into its branches, They were
on me as I set my back against
it and, knife in hand, resolved
to sell my life as dearly as possible, at
the same time shouting with all my
might for Barker, my partner, though
| could hardly hope that he could hear
me at that distance. Slashing right
and left with my trusty knife-l have
it yet, by the way, and will show it to
any of you if you like-and kicking out
with my heavy hunting boots | man