Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-13

be plenty of excitement for We in about
an hourl The parsen knew what was
comm as we'll as l, and he says: 4
think thar room for two in my box,
Mr.. Rivers. Will thee not jine ME thar,
when we are obliged TO seek safety, on
til these poor critters become weary of
their thirst for human bloody'
60 'Thankin you for yer hospitality,
parson, says l, it will agree with my
constitution better, | think. to climb a
tree and pick off them varmints, one by
one, till the coast is clear for warm
supper and dry bunk.
- % Lord, says he, lookin up with
mournful eyes, the bloodthirstiness of
man, made in thine imagel Neverthe-
less l will continue with thee, my
friend, ontil the peril is upon us. Then
perhaps thee will reconsider and enter
the box with me-
s. That remains to be seen, parson,
says l, for / didn't want to hurt his
feelin's too bad all at oncet.
In the meanwhile the howl OF the
first wolf had been answered by another
and another, and putty soon the woods
seemed to be full of the yellin devils.
1t wa mt great while afCre we could
see EN- skulkin arter us among the
trees, and | come 10 the conclusion it
was time to get fixed FOR business. Get
into yer box, parson, says |, for I've
picked ont my tree and the limb whar
I'm goin to set
= Thee will not jine me, them says
he, beginnin to pitch out his plumber.
Not this trip. parson. says l.
Some time, when it ain t go cold and SO
late in tine day, perhaps III line ye.
- Farewell, then, says he And
may God restrain thy hand.
80 he tucked himself into his box
and got out of the straps of my pack
and took old Spitire up the tree with
me-
1--WE had hardly got fixed afore the
huh pack of wolves, about 90 on 'em,
was swarInin round us. They didn't
give look at me- but begun to nose
around the parson s box, and kind of
held off; with old Spitfre, becuz I'd
HeNtl lttIN SEEN ION tilt IfdISOh Nth-
Quoted his campaign, and was mite
cur us to obsarve now the varmints
would use him anyway. Arter smellin
round for few minutes the wolves be-
gun to scratch and gnaw at the box,
and finally they sot to work to tip it
over.
Now, as l was sayin, the parsons
chist Of refuge was sot on a toboggan,
to which it was bound by thongs. We
had stopped on the side of a small
and when the wolves begun
to push and haul at the box the tobog-
gan slowed around till it was p'inted
down HILL and then off she went like a
duck onice
" 'Thunderation thinks l to myself.
Is the parson goin coastin among all
these trees1' Sure enough he was, and
gatberin headway all the time. with
the wolves trottin arter kind of snr
prised like. 'Parson, yelled, unlock
that box and stop her or thar won't be
a splinter left of either of ye!'
II dunno whether the parson heard
me or net, but if he did thar wa MT
much time to foller my instructions,
for in less than half a minnie the tobog-
gan was goin like log in the rapids
and then like bullet out of gun, and |
afore l conld get my jaws closed ag' in
she struck a big hemlock.
The parsons box bust open lengthwise,
just Like a peapod, and out he come |
afyin and sailed along ON his cOattails !
for a good ten yards. just like a
pa fridge when she lights The minute
he struck the snow he was up agin, |
leggin it for a tree reckon he had it |
all planned ont while he was in the air,
for / couldn't a chose a better tree !
myself nor Skinned mp it any livelier.
when the parson got perched, l
could see his white face among the |
branches, lookin down at the wolves |
that were howlin and leapin up on the
tree Shoot, Mr. Rivers! Shootl'' he !
yelled. For God sake, save me from
these beasts
81 got rest over limb and begun |
to onhitch old Spitfire. Every time she |
spoke wolf keeled over, snappin at |
the snow and maxim himself red rug
to lie on. Once in awhile the parson
would give yell. and toward the last |
they was whoops of triumph In less
than half an hour every wolf was dead, |
except three that sneaked away. Then
got down and went to see how the |
parson was. He seemed to kind Of miss |
bis box. for never see a man quite SO
disturbed about a few pesky wolves
Have You killed EN- all, Mr.. Riversy |
saws he, with cbatterin. teeth
'All but three, says |. And you
needn't be afraid they II come back.
" 'Sure2 says he I
I" Sure says l
But it was 15 minutes afore ! could
get him to come down 1T is dreadful,
this carnagel' says he, shyin away from
the dead wolves You must excuse my
confusion and Inconsistency, Mr.. Riv-
ers, but was never in such plight
before In the seclusion of my box l
knew nothing of these terrOrs
You'll get used to 'em, parson,
says l. now that the box is gone. And
when you set down to supper at Jen-
nings' tonight I'll bet you'll be glad
you amt cooped up here, waitin for
them critters to get tired of the smell
Of yer carcass.
Z" Thar is somethin in that, says he.
And, by gum, if the cuss didn't eat
hunk of bars meat with his beans and
mush that nioht at Jenninos' p'-Iames