Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-11

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Lif.-This story show. That she Not
Only Has Nerve but Strength.
One Of tho bost known characters 10
the lumbermen and sportsmen Of upper
Michigan Is Mrs. John Towle. Of Strong.
Vile, a small deserted village on tho
Pine river, twelve miles below Rudyard,
station oh the 500 railway thirty miles
from here. Hor homo and namo have
become famous to tho woodsmen aud
lumberncn on account Of Mrs. FOWL,
keeping boarding house. where the
woodsmeh engaged ON the drive In the
spring have always stopped for their
meals, II being tho only house on Pine
river for distance OF ten miles on each
side OF Strongvillo.
Mrs. Towle came TO this country from
Aalborg, Donmak, twenty years ago.
and frst settled down In Newport, VT
She was called TO attend her present
husband, who was confined with q
broken shoulder, after tho doctors had
given him up. Shc rnended him in such
good shape that Mr.. Towlo decided that
she was tho woman OF his destiny, where
upon they were married and started for
the Wild upper peninsula Of Michigan to
make their home and fortune. Taking
homestead near tho banks Of the Pine
river, Mrs. Towlo has occasion 10 come
10 this city once about every two months
with the produce Of tho farm and dairy.
In the winter sho can drive In, but In
the summer there Is no other way but TO
take boat and row up the Pine river
twelve miles to Rudyard station. where
she can take the train for this point.
II rs with one Of those trips that this
narrative has TO deal. Mrs. Towlo had
left home with boatload Of produce Us
usual, and came TO town with good sue
cess. on her return trip she was leisure
ly rowing homo down the Pine river,
with its high and very thickly wooded
banks in some places, and sloping, moss
gone far when shc heard rustling
sound above her
'oUT OF THE FRYING PAN" ETC.
On looking up sho perceived large
deer standing on the edge Of the prcci-
pico about fifty feet up. screaming, with
awolf hanging on It's front quarter. Tho
deer Immediately jumped for the river,
landing close to tho shore, but tho wolf
still held its grip. II might DO noted
hero that deer when attacked by wolves
in this country will always make for tho
nearest river. as wolves will not go into
the water unless they have a hold on
their prey. Tho deer had no sooner loft
tho ground to jump when two moro
wolves jumped down after him, followed
by ten more. Ono OF tho wolves man.
aged to secure grip on the deors hind
quarters and took chunk out the size
OF a saucer.
The deer, now thoroughly frightened
and excited, ON seeing Mrs. Towlo in
the boat started for tho boat. The water
not being very high 1t managed to re,
It's fore feet into tho craft, with tho two
wolves still hanging on. Mrs. Towle,
although half scared 10 death, did not
lose her presence OF mind. but seizing
her paddle struck the two wolves such
blows on their heads that they released
their hold and took 10 tho shore, while
the boat continued TO drift down tho
river with the current. Tho wolves seo-
ing this gave up hope and returned into
the woods.
Mrs To now that the wolves were
gono, foun out enough OF the sports
man left In ..er TO have desire tosecure
tho deer. She raised her paddle and
struck II blow between the horns,
which was not very light one, by tho
way, us Mrs. Towle has always been
used TO tho harder working side Of life
and is Of strong physique, Tho blow
stunned the deer for few moments,
md Mrs. Towle, thinking 1t was dead,
started her craft for shore 10 place the
deer in position TO row tho boat home
with him.
MR.. row1R YISps THE DEER.
When sho reached tho shore and was
about swinging the deer around by the
tail the deer came to and started up the
high bank, with Mrs. Towle hanging on
to its tail The deer succeeded in got
ting about half way up the bank when
tho skin ON its tail, which Mrs. Towlo
was hanging on TO, gave way and pro-
cipitated Mrs. Towle down tho bank
hcadforemost.
Tho deer by this tim~ had become so
weak from tho loss Of blood from the
wolves attack that 1t slipped and fell
Town the bank, landing ON Mrs. Towlc.
She, thinking the wolves were after Il
again, nearly went into Mysteries. The
deer, however, on striking terra frIna
never moved again. and Mrs. Towle pro.