St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-04

pretty for a woman of thirty, as you
can see.
cat the time the adventure happened
which earned for her the nickname of
Wolf-Solange she was still single. Her
parents were tenants of the small
farm of Rein-duBoiS, about eight or
nine miles from here, near I.urcey-
Levy. Although poor, she had no lack
of suitors, even among the wellto-do
young men of the neighborhood; but
the only one she encouraged was Ger
tain Laurent Grillet, to whom she had
taken a fancy when she was a mere
girl and they used to tend sheep to-
gether.
Laurent Grillet was a founding; his
fortune consisted of his strong arm
only. Solange's parents, not seeing
the advisability of marrying their
daughter to man just as poor as they
were, especially when she had several
much better chances, forbade Solange
to meet her lover; but the parents in
junction was UNDECIDED, and as they
lived in the same village and the forest
was close by, the opportunities of
meeting were numerous and easy.
When the Tourniers discovered that
I the lovers still saw each other and
! perceived that neither soft words nor
| blows had any effect upon Solange,
! they came to a weighty decision
they would send her out to service at
! Ursay, on the model farm of NJ. Roger
Duflos, our deputy.
Perhaps you think that this step
put a stop to the lovers meeting? If
SO, you are quite mistaken. The only
difference was that they had to see
each other at night. AS soon as it was
quite dark the young people slipped
away from the respective farms on
which they worked, and, taking a
short cut to save time and to avoid the
high road, met in the forest, unknown
to any one.
ut was in 1879. The summer and
autumn passed in this way, then came
the winter-and a terrible winter it
was! The Cher was full of pieces OF
floating ice, and finally it froze right
over; the high trees of Tronsays bent
under the weight of snow; the forest
was deserted, the roads having be-
come almost impossible; and we saw
what. had not been seen for many
year-WolVeS!
Eyes, young gentlemen, wolves They
prowled about the outlying farms of
Lurcey-Levy and Ursay, alarming the
good people who lived on these farms
and were even seen on the streets Of
Saint Bonnet-le-Desert an out-of-the-
way little place close to the forest.
Wolf hunts were organized to kill them
and fifty francs were paid for VOLTS
head. myself saw three-two full
grown ones and young one-on the OPP
posite bank of the Cher one morning
when I was on my way to Saint-Amand
in my cart.
"But neither the hard winter nor
the wolves prevented Laurent and So
lange from meeting at night in the for
est; in spite of all the dangers they
continued their nightly expeditions.
Every evening Laurent left Lurcey-
Levy, his gun under his arm, and
walked through the snow-covered for
est with a blithe, fearless step; So
lange, on her side, slipped away from
Ursay at 9 o'clock, and they met at a
glade called The Walk about mile
and a half from here.
con Christmas evening they met as
usual, but just as Laurent reached the
glade he slipped upon the frozen
ground, and fell in such an awkward
way as to break his right leg and
sprain his right wrist. Solange tried to
she could only drag him to young elm
tree and set him up with his back
against the trunk.
2" Stop there, my poor Laurent she
said, wrapping her cloak around him,
and 1 will run to the doctor at Ursay;
he will come and fetch you in his cart
"She started off on her way to the
village, and had turned the bend in the
road when she heard the report of a
gun and cry for help. She ran back
to her lover, whom she found CHASTITY
pale with pain and fear one hand con-
Vulsively clutching his gun, which was
lying on the ground.
What is the matter, Laurent, dear?'
she asked anxiously. Was it you who
fred?'
= :" Yes he replied. Soon after you
had left me [ noticed a strong smell.
and when L looked up 1 saw an animal
with glazing red eyes, and as big as a
great dog. I believe it was wolf.
Ibid you fire at it?'
No, [ couldn't lift the gun, YOU
know, on account of my arm. L pulled
the trigger as it rested on the ground
to brighten the brute, and you see he is
gone
"3'Will it come back again?' asked
Solange after a moments reflection.
I am sure it will! answered the
young man. You'll have to stop here
with me, Solange; if you don't the
beast will eat me-
=" Very well, DEAR said SoIange, TIL
stop with you. Let me have your gun
She took up the weapon, shook out !
the discharged cartridge and put in a |
fresh one, and they both waited anx-
iously.
1.-TWO hours, perhaps more, passed. |
The moon, still invisible, had risen |
above the horizon, for the sky reflected |
a confused light, which became lighter |
each minute. Laurent was feverish-he |
shivered and groaned; Solange, be-