The Winslow mail., 1899-04-29

about.a The frst,tAing that drew our
attention fosit were the two black Oh
.jects On its largest limbs. These Oh
sle cts we speedily made out to be the
missing children.
8 eeBut why were they there? And.
casting our eAes about for the cause, il
was atsonce made manifest by seeing
three large, gaunt wolves sitting al
the base of the tree, watching the
forms above.
We both simultaneously looked a,
the priming of our rifles. and, although
the distance from where we stood was
considerable for the muzzie-loa;:ine
guns-of those days, yet had nc op-
l'on but to try, as there was no other
point OF concealment between us and
the tree bu- the place we were in.
Jerome selected an immense gray
Ieiio" as his mark. and pickc out one
e1 the others-a pure white, with black
ears and muzzle. We each took careful
aim and fired together at the word
three ST. - ~ - -
When the smoke cleared away
from our guns we had the satisfaction
of seeing both animals rolling and
snaPPing their great jawsinthe death
agony, and the third sdisappearing in
full retreat over o distantl,lion.
Reloading our guns as we went. we
hurried On with what speed we could
.oward the tree, the fathers heart in
Jerome being stirred to its depths by
The awful dread he felt at seeing those
notienless figures, which made no per-
ceptible move at our firing or approach.
The younger boy, Mark, was the
uppermost, arc, tied TO the~tre trunk,
with his brothers. belt, and, better to
secure his safety, his brother sat astride
If a 'liElb lower down and clasped. the
legs of Mark and the trunk of the pop
:, lar with the same embrace.
\ "At first, as we gazeG up at the poor
children, we thoug hit they were. both
dead, but when |, the lighter man and
the least overcome, ascended the tree,
found the younger long since past all
- assistance, for his body was frozen
hard. But Williams still gave out some
warmth, ,-but quite e-oyercome- with the
stupor that precedes death by exposure
10 eXeessivepcold.
/. .sFortunately, before leaving the
house, I had showed into my pocket
small flask OF the very pnrest
Franch brandy, some of a small
quantity given to me by the cap
tain of a Jersey vessel that had yis-
tied the coast the previous summer AS
best l could 1 forced q portion of this
between his clenched teeth, which
caused him to cough, and at the same
time he opened his eyes for moment
a dazed way. -
sufficient of the liquor had found
its way down his throat TO create gen
tie glow through his body, and after a
moment or two he opened his eyes and
sndeavored to speak, glancing up in
mute and appealing way toward his
brother.
Ellis fingers were frozen ,interlaced,
On the opposite side of the tree, bat as
hey were past all chance of being
saved, and especially as they gave him
no pain, l wrenched them apart without
hesitation and lowered the boy to his
father.
Gas we had all we could do to clrry
the frozen boy to the house before night
set in, we concluded to leave the corpse
Of little Mark secured to the tree as he
vas. There, at all events, he would be
fee from any other wolves that might
be in the vicinity
"Whiles old Jerome built a fire to
make warm drink for the boy William,
ripped off the skins of the dead beasts,
as they were both beautifully furred
and of uncommon size. These | made
up in ball and hung them up for safety
f1om destruction until we came back
The following day.
"a trife more of the brandy and some
warm Cruel brought William back tc
full consciousness, and we started fol
the house, bearing him between us or
an improviscd litter.
"What a night we passed, with the
wailings and lamentations of the poor
mother at the loss of one son and the
crippling of the other! -
.sHaving been All assistant surgeon il
my younger days, I found on eXanina
ton of Williams frozen eXtremltie:
that all his toes on both feet had tc
come off, and all the fingers of the lef
hand. But managed to save the thuml
and index finger on the right one, thu
possession of which has enabled him to
do many things that the want of then
would have prevented him from accom-
plishing.
"a few days after 1 had performed
the operation On his hands and fee
(Which was quite painless to the boy)
he told US that the wolves had ssvoopeC
down on them all at once from the cres
# a neighboring knoll, and in thei
Laste to scramble up the tree their guI
was dropped, and the vicious beasts sa
down on their launches to deliber J.,
starve them OUT =
In thoughtful way.De Hertle aros4
from his chair, knocked the ashes from
his pipe, and, wishing me goodnight
departed for his .wigwam.-N. Y. Led
ger.
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