The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-11-05
a auAgoR LIFE.

r,e ., M los.e. 1 vA nrieispediy pies
ed 10 zee hin. ! kses be bad been svs
on bo,spiesi .1ped,,ioe into Cetifs
Amsries spa sss prepared for isoe .
brown SIS bsrry. Bot ipsiess. bis chi
sss White and dfssn. snd ! noticed ibs
be walked viia slish, limp.
Yoa look. ssid |, sitsf cor greeting
sere over. - 10 yos ha; come iron ho
pitsi rather than The open cot q doors.
Ihsve, be ssid. ThsIk you. ! siIl se
dosn. l ran Into sn sdve1,nfe dosp Their
tbst's left ne pretty wssk.
Hs ss, do~n snd held ons bic hands Il
tbs warmth Of the bfe.
Isuppose you'd like 10 bear sbout u. he
s.ii. si,h . whimsissl smile You slssys
we're . erest fellow Tor ysros.
Well. to tkip 10, of unnecessary de
tails, / sss cot on loo. one day, searching
the high tsblt.lsnds Ter . certain orehid.
sbep c,ne 10 large. treeiess svsnos
Of probsbly three bundted scres or more
10 exteut snd about a mile sctoss The
surface OF this clesred and gently rolling
plain US covered With long ersss. across
which / resolved to make short cut to
the forest, on the farther side.
vss quietly wsjiog tbrou ,h tae rank
growth, snd bad reached the middle OF the
savsons when ! c.me upon . shallow
sloush contsinins very little water, but
great deal OF deep black mud. This slough
sss resrly oirculsr 10 form. snd in disme
ter perhaps rather more than one hundred
yards.
As fer 50 l could see along the margin
there vas . hard. vel!-de6Ded psib. sp-
psrenily made by Wild snimsls 10 coming
to drick. Exactly 10 its center 8 small
pond Of water still remsioed, and on thia
vas a ,slioa . solitary wild duck, il, hesd
turned itqni.iiisely toward me.
/ he'd a repeating rif, on my arm. and
without nA ,ctins thst could not retrieve
the bird. even il should bi. il, / fred.
The duck Immediately spraos mp snd hsv
of uuhu I, bat shrill squesl showed that
my bulle, had found 40 unexpected mark
in the tall srsss on the opposite side OF the
slough The neI! moment large herd Of
collsred peccaries rushed ont OF the sedge
snd e,tohiog sight OF me. came for me
Of once
You may think there wss 20 reason why
q huudred or go Of little. wild. pis-like
cresturee, none OF Wh OF would weigh more
than sixty pounds, should alarm 10 ssm
ed man.
Bot knew enough about these savage
It'll. brutss to be veil aware that II they
overlook me before l could reach tree.
should be torn to shreds 10 Q moment.
Il VAC to be q simple. strsiahtwsy race
Tor lille. snd l stood not on the order oi
uy going, bu. went a. once The nearest
timber was distant nearly half mile. and
for this l struck out Of top speed.
There wss one thing 10 my favor The
slough being sboos one hundred yards 10
diam eter. one hsli OF it's circumference was
Of course, sbont one hundred and 6ity
ysr1s; and ss the peocaries had to come BY
way Of this bali circle to get 90 my track.
| should hsve jost 60 much the stsrt Of
them.
believe yon saw me ran once down 10
old Virgins, with dozen Of the boys 10
grey after me. Well, the time / made
lben was nothing compared with the esit
1t which l now raced for the woods. Ny
present pursuers we're fer more to be dread
ID than . whole army OF soldierly ioes.
had covsd perhsps one bali Of the dis
Isnce, when / besrd q sound % OF heavy
,aip bsslios upon rest leaves, and eIsnc
ug ts,k cav ibe long srsss going down
10 brosd srLtb es II before score Of
'cythe. Toe ~hole drove vas within six
> yards Of one.
| eIpe,i need then. only xiih greater
.eenets. the feelings OF some poor hunted
OF who rtsIzs that be connot escape
rom the pack behind him. knew !
ould Dot reach the forest My legs NOV
d automatically, With no diminution Of 2
pee1; bat N, mind. which before bad Q
zen ffnl, 6Isd, Ike nv gsz,, on the
pe OF trees ahs.J. ran bi.her aid thither b
o confusion.
Al ope moment I sss tempted 10 stand
. bay, While come strength and wind re e
,slned 10 me, snd sell my life - dearly u
} possible. The next moment l searched q
be savanna wildly ~i.h ny eyes Tor some b
o..ible place Of rsfose. o.
Sadeeniy ! c,usbt sisht Of g dead tree
lst topping The tall grass to the left. II q
as such sm VI tree, snd 40 neutrsl 10 v
,lorine snd broken down, that i, vas nos o.
rsr ee hsd not remarked 1t before. Bot o.
,e moment l saw 1t | changed my oourse OF
I'd ran toward II. y
With the sight Of it ssioed new hope. A
ID l Ass through the ersts as II II had ed
zen eos.smer. did not knos whether II
e lidle tree was too smell sni rotten %
su.tsin my weight or net There 90
, time 10 Thick stont II. had bat one %
%. sne that sss to fesch u.
10 thst tnrst Of speed Isctuslly outstfip ~
- the herd Of lit,Ie blsck fepds porsu u
q me-. Then 90 uLiorssen accident hsp 70
ned. Tee tres stood 10 little bare
I, .po,. tso or three yards 10 dismeier o'
intlas ss.inst The pressure OF the grsss az
| bad /. o, sten burst ont of IL into o
s cleared spiss. loesed forward /" II u
me one bid pushe me violently from be o.
%. NJ, loo. slipped 10 the sliny c.Es o'
IRA H,s iron nv hsnd.. snd fell for W
sri 90 ny fscs 70
- a. .ss,n In an {stf.rt hnt aniv ia