Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

tention of the wolf leader He stood for
moment with his ears cooked forward; then he
started for the stable. and the pack followed
on the yelp.
TCHE real sum total of a mans life seems to
be made up of multitude of little things,
as the vast ocean beach is made up OF tiny
grains of sand. Even the few great things that
happen in his life usually hang upon an in
significant act done or left undone. On one
of these little acts hung Our fate, and Solo
mons, at the dawning of that bright winter
morning.
was the fact that Balser and had swung the
door of Solomon's stable opening in instead OF
out. The door consisted of small poles spliced
together and swung by thongs of wild grape
vines to a small upright post which constituted
one side of the door frame. The construction
was rough and not very strong.
Had the door opened outward, the wolves
could not have battered it down by Jumping
against it, and while Solomon would perhaps
have been safer, we should have been lost; for
Balser was right,-the wolves would not have
left us. We could not have held out much
longer in the tree, and there's no give up to
pack of hungry wolves. They would have re-
NAMED with us, do believe, until doomsday,
had we held out so long, if they had been un-
able to break in the fimsy door of Solomon's
stable When we built the stable we had in
tended to hang the door swinging outward; but.
in our haste to finish our work, we hung it
swinging in the stable, and after 1t was hung
we did not care to take it down.
when the wolves left US, they made dash
for Solomon's stable, and soon his corn song
changed to cry for help. The wolves circled
about the stable searching for the weakest
place. Don't tell me a wolf doesn't reason.
the structure and discovered the door almost
as quickly as man would have found it. We
could see the captain and his pack clearly; for
by that time the sun was high above the
horizon. Our hearts ached for poor Solomon,
because we loved him and we felt that his fate
was sealed.
1.-THE wolves seemed to hold consu1ta-
ton for moment at the door; then the
leader said something to the pack, and they
all ran back from the stable distance OF
catapult, they threw themselves upon the
stable door. The grapevine hinges were
tough, and the first onslaught failed to breah
them. Disappointed in their attack. the
p UB my hands, Tom Andy Bill said Balser
hurried1y, Rub them and pound them!
Do anything to bring back the blood so that
can grip the tree and slide down to get the
guns.
Il belabored poor Balser's half frozen hands,
and soon restored the life to them. Then he
quickly slipped down the tree, handed the guns
to me, and was making ready to climb back to
our perch ON the limb. While he was standing
wolves started in our direction.
1.-the wolves, the wolves! l cried. They
are coming! Hurry, or they will be ON you'll
"Balser grasped the tree; but his hands
were so cold and he was nearly frozen that
he made poor Roadway. He thought he was
lost; for the wolves had seen him and were
coming toward him like bowling gray wave
of an angry sea. l too expected Balser to be
torn to pieces before my eyes; but for some
reason the wolves paused second or two, and,
catching Balser by the hand, pulled him up
to safety.
1.-The powder horns and bullet bags were
hanging by their strings about our necks: SO
when Balser was once more seated beside me,
we began to work upon each others stiff
hands, and soon We manipulated them into
a condition sufficiently supple to load our
guns
The wolves how1ed at Our tree for only
moment. Having failed to catch Balser, they
returned to their attack on Solomon's door.
They adopted their former tactics. They re-
treated fifty or sixty feet, and then made
mighty onrush with a howl in concert that
must have frozen poor Solomon's blood.
when the wolf wave dashed against the
door the second time, it partially gave way,
but did not fall in In their effort to complete
their work, the wolves gathered about the door
IN a dense mass. By that time Balser and /
had loaded Our guns, and, when the wolves
were huddled together, we fired into them. We
must have killed at least two; but our shots
had no apparent effect on the attacking force