Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-02-24

he JaluarF Say E1a cllFCsa f1leEsw
ard 10 vas growing dusk en- the river.
lie had said fhas Be was rot afraid g
wolves. BET there uas something e.
this dismal eh1rrs ard Eatheriu= rivht
that made hirz ilound forward anL
overiaks his sister.
The wolves Ne sasred. - pack o..
them
The girl seired TIE rupe without
word ard in spite q the rraekirT -ri
suayiar iee thev leaned forward 70
Z zefhsr ~ tie top % their speed
Trs they were not swift enough
They rua,d tell By the voi~es that the
wolves had fe=eerlei 20 the river snsl
rea'xr,l that they were gaining. Eab
Ireu bis fathers revolver and FIRED tven
shots over hfs shoulder This checked
T the h1wlirr for q bTisf moment art
-hev believed the rursuers had hssi-
-ateI Perhaps in this vay BE- could
Z keep them hack ior~ enough. He BAD
. f1lr more more shots ard they we're
ssh more thar four miles fEou hone.
E S-1.I-nfy Liza stumbled ard gave a
. 'ow cry Her strap bad broken again
ard her skate hung useiessiy on her
T foot.
-Oh. Fob. were Ioss.- she cried.
I speaking n0s FOR the frxt time
/ TIE boy whipped oat his tnise zut
cut tie strings tE&t held The bundles
o. The hand sled
-fFe. uu.- h co-uzrdel. IS he
T tbrsst tir- pack -~.siis.
TIE Eirr r-'eyed ard iu another mo-
meat they we're speeding away again.
tAoezh les rspitiy than before.
Tae rsrl on the sled looked hack ur
E t'ae riscr vhere 81 couid see q dark
I mass In The Eimmin- iiGhr.
Tive IT. the pistol. Rob- she
called
He reached It hack 70 her. and vhea
Z the dark mass drer u-arer -he fred i-ta
I IT, There was a yeip- and o brief pause
< Then the pack moved forward s-a-r.
bowling r1ve and ther i- coreerr- When
they reached The packages they
paused again ard SEEMED tn D. frfr-
ing This gave tke fusitises little
hetter starr and La fsit src1lrz Ee5-
Then the dark mass came rushing on
. L
more shots ia the revolver. and uhel
the land was q few yards h.ti-i she
fired one % them AMI a little later Oh =
sscou,' Jusr before she cred TIE third
she felt ,ke iee hrueath The sled crack
and cire aiaru.fue'y she rfalirel That
they Wrre ca a rifle. where the ier was
always thinner than s-s~uhere- owing
q 2 81. q 20
hrsatsed easier e. they p1ssei h-youi
H. Thrn. Tor the WOLVES were close
upon them sh~ frvd the third ID o. and
the ferr. howl that f1Iious.i -a1l tiat
IL hal gone home. Taerr was q clarr-s
q velps ll.i srarls-thev uere fighting
over the sounded animal A-6 ta-r.
the girl could searrr-v believe hsr ewes.
FOR the darlz bowling H-zss sudzr- b
disapPsarri- and -he saw tae splash
which tod thar the tain Der ca re
rife ta1 hru&ea -hrvV-t
Bob. Isab.- she called. -rhey'rs
drowning
-what- whzt . you say - came rts
I painting reply
-They-rs Ir1wuI---. 7 r-ll yea We're
saved
The sled s-acker-d aal rle lay ref
tered lie was az the paiat q e,hsas-
tina
-Droening-- b raspe1-
Il vas rr1e- Tha weight - fts ss-rz-
giiEg mass Hal ben tlo n-leh rer -.
weakened iee- and TIE swift water te-
rearh bad swept The hungry cFsatar-s
10 death T9a maaaEe,l 70 strz-s-is cay
asi disappeared ever the tauk.
-Oh- Bob. Is IKE Phzraoa-s hcstss-
erred LIZ. Historically We're d.
lirere,l fram the yptiars--
They WERE fadeea. Bob lrztensf =
H1omert. then he said.
Lets % uP en- the ether hank. azd
ga lack aHd SO = ve car fnd any q
the thing
Eliza hssitarei ~ frs. bur presently
her courage returned The wo}ves u-ere
gone and When thrr passed the brsak
I'm the lee there was no sign 90 auythfnr
bar the swift water \ few hundred
Tzr,Is further aaek thev fauuI srerv-
rhius bat the neat That the wolves
haI devoHred- TLey gathered ". the
bundles ard rpturne FL 70 the sled Thea
Feb hastily repaired the broken skate
strap. aEd a half hour later they
reached home In safety
Whea Mr. Charming heard the story
~ aas hled With remorSe and thank
: falzess-
1t was NY weakness.- he said. 20
TT you 90 bur- as Eliza saws. God raok
care of yaa and delivered sea zs lie d5I
the children OF Is-aeI
Fob sat rubbing his zrus ard loasizl.
iate tie IRE 1T gsas a pretty close cal
for The ehTl,iren.- he said. theaehtfal-
w Y Herald
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