New-York tribune., 1908-04-19

moment with ms ears cooked forward. then he
started Tor the stable, and The pack followed
on the yelp
THE real sum total Il q mans lie seems TO
be made 1p q . multitude II ittle things.
* the vast ocean beach ls made up OF tiny
grains c- sand Even the few great things that
happen y his lie usually hang upon an H.
significant act done or LETT und0ne. On one
q these l---le acts hung our tate. and Solo
mon s. ar the Gaw-lrg II that bright winter
The r--.e peg upon which our fate hung
was the TACT that Balse- and ! had swung the
door II solomon stable opening IN instead ot
out The door consisted of small poles spIceC
together and swung bv thongs of wild grape
vines 70 q small upright post which constituted
one side IF the door frame he constructor
was rough and not very strong
Had the door opened outward. the w0lves
could not have battered II down by jumping
against i. and while solomon would perhaps
have been safer. we should have been lost Tor
Balse- was -7gllt.-the wolves would not have
.etr U.s. We could not have held out much
longer II The tree. and there. no give UP u q
pack ct hungry wolves They would have re-
--a--ei with US do believe. until tooU51aE-
had we held out so long, Il they had been En-
able - break IN the +irusv door ~ solomon
stable When we built the stable We had IN
tended % hang the door SWIM glng outward nUt.
IN our haste 10 finish our work. We hung II
swinging II the stable. and after Il War hurg
When the wolves lett us they made q dash
Tor ~ol9-nors stable and soon MS corn song
changed TO Q crv Tor help The wolves cITC-eo
= bout the stable searching ioT the "etEe7l
place. Don tell me volt doesn reason
The leader examined every log and opening III
the structure and discovered the door almost
Is quickly as q man would have found u. We
could see the captain and ms PACK clearly loI
tv that time the sun was high above the
horizon. Our hearts achea tor poor solomon.
= IN O. O. q
The wolves seemed to hold q coasulta-
non Tor Il moment at the door then the
leader said something 70 the pack. ana lheE
al ran back from the stable distance OF
perhaps sixty feet Then like rock from q
tatapult they threw themselves upon the
stable door The grapevine hinges Were
tough and the first onslaught famed 70 hTe4h
them Disappointed III their al'a-A. li-s
wolves seemed 70 hold second council 81 var.
DUE my hands Tom andy Bill sand b4l5eT
II hurriedIv. Rub them and pound iheiA,
Do ANYTHING 10 bring back the blood SO tAat
can grip the tree and slide down T. seI lAt
III re,abored poor Balser's half frozen hands,
and soon restored the HE 70 them lleh nc
quickly slipped down the tree. handed the guns
=. me and was making ready 10 chmD back 10
,,- ---f. IN The limb While he wa5 standing
n the foot If the tree rubbing MS lait-7 --'
wolves started III our direction.
..tT The wolves the wolves ] cried Art
4-e coming, Hurry, or they VIII be on you.
o.. Raiser grasped the tree. but ms hands
were 81 cold and he was So nearly frozen tl@'
he made poor hcadWay. lie thought ne "ae
i1s-- fg- the wolves had seen HIM and were
.a-rlng toward MN ike a ho"lng gray "ate
~ In angry sea. ! too expected Balser u b'
torn to Pleces before my eye. but i2r 7oIne ON
-e.-.-7 the wolves paused q second OF Two, and,
-s+rfIng Balzer bE the hand, ] pulled him up
..Tfs r,oufe~ horn. and bullet bags were
,-.-Jir-o =, their string about our neek5 so
when B4l=er wa= once more e4tea 4ez-le l,.4 ,,
We f,egau 70 work upon each other -ll-
Fs-ds and soon we manipulated them into
!. -andsrIou sufficiently upp-e u load our
The wo,ve. hoalea at our tree. tor only .
moment Having talied to catch baI5eT. }A't
-,-,--rr-,3 10 Their attack Oh solomon door
They adopted their former tcue5s. 4hey re-
--,-(e5 t{tx ar SIXTY feet and then made q
mighty onrush with howl ~ S4noSi' ''''''
---5.t have frozen poor solomon blood.
When the woh wave dashed ag4laei 'H'
door The second time. II partially gave va.
Inn 5,. not fall IL. Ia their effort ~ ,.u-I ="
-hei- work the wolves gathered about me 60