Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22

B+SsAAAos vhcahiu8 tuxVuBu INC tulCkSt1s
crossing the ravines. climbing the hills, l
descending the glens and sounding the
horn with full lungs to attract theat- +
tention Of their companions and their /
dogs.
"All Of a sudden. In this wild run, my
neutrality-suspicious. dashed his fore
head against an enormous branch, which |
split his skull, and he fell to the ground |
stone dead. His horse, mad with fright, |
disappeared in the shadows that en-
veloped the wood.
''The younger d'Arvillc stopped short, |
jumped TO the ground, seized his brother |
In his arms and saw that his brains |
were pouring from the wound, with bis |
blood. Then he seated himself beside |
the body, took the red and disfgured
head upon his knee and contemplated
the iInmobile face Of his elder brother.
Little by little fear invaded him, Z
singular fear which he had never felt
before; the fear OF the shadow, the fear
Of the solitude, fear o. the deserted
wood, also fear of tito fantastic wolf
which had killed his brother to venge IL
self upon them.
Darkness was falling rapidly, and the
sharp cold made the trees crackle. Fran
co.'s rose mp shiyering. incapable Of re-
manning there longer, feeling himself
almost fainting. One could hear moth
| ing, neither the voices Of the dogs, nor
| the sound Of horns; all was silent. And
this gloomy silence Of freezing night had
in it something horrible and strange.
1 ''He seized the colossal frame Of Jean
in his hands, lifted it up and laid it across
the saddle, in order to carry it back to
the chateau Then he slowly started to
return, his mind wandering as il he
were tipsy and pursued by horrible and
startling images Suddenly in his path
way through the night monstrous form
passed.
sit was the beast.
;. "a shock of fright agitated the hunt
err; something cold, like dropo Of water.
glided along his loins. and. like fri3r
haunted by the devil. he made the sign
of the cross. He was distracted by this
: sudden temperance of the frightful
, wanderer. Bnt his eyes fell upon the
, inert corpse lying before him. and his
i fear Immediately changing into choler.
he shook with rage. Then he spurred his
horse and dashed after the wolf. He
followed If through the copse, through
/ ravines and through the forest. travers-
, ing woods which he no longer recog-
nized, his eye fixed upon the gray spot
r which flew before him in the night. His
. horse also seemed animated by an I'M
, known force and ardor. He galloped
] straight ahead with outstrctched neck,
3 the heed and feet of the dead man across
the saddle dashing against trees and
, rocks. The brambles tore the hair Of
: the corpse, the forehead battered the
e enormous tree trunks, scattering then
with blood, the spurs ripped the bark Il
: tatters.
Suddenly the animal and its pursuel
emerged from the forest and rushed int
d valley just as the moon appeared above
: the mountains. This valley was CLOSED
i on all sides by immense rocks. withou
possible egress, and tho wolf found it
: self driven into corner. Francois thel
: emitted a howl of joy. the echoes o
a which were repeated like a roll of thun
/ der, and jumped from his horse, cutlas
, in hand. The bristling beast waite'
Is with rounded back, its eyes gleamini
ike two stars. But before Offering bat
: tie the hunter lifted his brother down
s seated him on a rock, and supporting b
means of stones his head, which wa
d hardly more than patch Of blood, b
le cried into his ears. as though he wa
le speaking to deaf person:
% "'Look, Jean; look there!"
Il L A.
% monster. He felt strong enough
overthrow a mountain, to grind th
d stones in his hands. The beast woul
S have bitten him and tried to dash at b
s. stomach, but Francois had seized it
D the throat, without even the aid of b
IL weapon, and slowly strangled it, lister
lie ing to the stoppage of the breathing
he its throat and the beating of its hear
And he laughed wildly, closing tighte
y and tighter his powerful grip and CT.
- ing in delirium of joy:
III "'Look, Jean; lookr
u "Au resistance ceased; the body {
It the wolf became limp. 1t was deas
NJ Then Francois took it up in his arm
{, carried it and threw it at his brother
- feet. repeating in tender voice:
d. Thine, thine, thine, my little Jea
there it isl
;. Then placing the two cadavers aero
=. his saddle. one upon the other. he s
~ out on his way back. He returned
the chateau laughing and crying lii
Garyantua at the birth of Bantagrut
- emitting cries of triumph, stamping wi
- joy in recounting the death Of the al
- NAL. grooming and tearing his beard
- telling that of his brother. And oft,
~ in after years, when he spoke of tn
u, day, he declared with tears in his eyes
- "'If only poor Jean could have seen L
20 strangle the brute, am sure he Won
have died contented.'
- THE widow of my great-great-gran
e :. father inspired her orphan son with
horror of the chase which has be-
az transmitted from father to son down
~ myself"
w The Marquis d'Arville was siler
Some one asked:
"a This history is legend, is it notyN
= ii swear to you that it is true fro
u one end to the other he responded.
liz Then woman said in a soft, lit
\, voice:
=. 1T is a fine thing to have such p;
~ s;ons. TRANSLATED from the French
~ Guy de Maupassant for the Bost
~. Herald.
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