Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-06-25

TIE leader jumped in his howl sound
| ed like a boast. Then the whole COM
| pany Joined him. The boys heard
1 nosings. sniffings, clawings, snortings
| about the sleigh. Perhaps the wolves
feared a trap. Or perhaps the barbs
/ along the top and sides kept them
down. At any rate, it seemed quite
a while before Alexis, looking up,
saw mouthful of white fangs, and
two fierce eyes glaring down on him.
The leader! AS he saw the boys, he
cross.
i The next moment rival Joined
him, just as the paws and long legs
Of the leader came through the barb
ed netting. He sprawled. AS the
! barbs tore his legs and under body he
i screamed with anguish and fear. The
second wolf tried to get away, but
down came his legs, too. Pandemo-
MUM broke loose on the crisscross.
i That pair fought one another with
i teeth Then one got his scram bling
legs out. all four free at once. He
rolled off, and. yelled more wildly as
the sharp points pierced his sides and
back. But he had escaped the rack.
Il A moment later the other got free
also.
Drops of blood fell on the face of
Alexis. Wiping them off he spoke
remorsefully: Poor creatures-they
, were torn!"
"It was the will of God," observed
Simeon.
There were more snifings, claw
: ings, yells of disappointment round
the sleigh. Then the pack seemed to
draw off for. conference.
can elders meeting" chuckled
Simeon
1T is wrong to laugh at dumb ami
mails" said Alexis, but he could not
!, help smiling little.
The pair felt safe now. They did
not know Canadian timber wolves
A stunning chorus suddenly arose
Then there was a rushing sound and
battering along the box. Another
moment and the whole crisscross toI
seemed to be falling down under {
weight of scrambling bodies and tear
ing legs.
Some of the wire side loops Slipped
and then really became tight. The
wirework bent down so far that claws
. struggling to escape, came scratching
on the boys bodies. But the barb
were doing their iron duty. Just al
it seemed that the top would cave II
the whole gang got off, frantic ant
bewildered.
Il wish the brethren would hur
ry," said Alexis, anxiously. eth
wolves may try it again
'sLet us try to strengthen the wir
top, brother"
II don't mean that I am afraid
brother. The cover is good yet. Blu
the poor things don't know any bet
ter. And they suffer so.'
Yea. Perhaps some may bleed I
: death. But we shall not be guilty.
! ''I am not sure about that. w
might have stayed at home"
} mo, no, brother. The fencing
needed. Think of those wolves get
. ting at our dear little prairie chick
ens!"
Again the wolves came pressin
> about the box, smelling, yelling an
= seeming to criticise one another ar
y grily. Then in an instant they wen
scurrying away. A loud shouting c
men came nigh. The brethren {
Paravgrad, knowing that wolve
l would not attack a large company
!" daylight, had started on the road q
le soon as they opened the Wire gate fo
q the VianoviIch horses.
u Before night had long fallen th
L barbed fence about Paravgrad we
le seven feet high. In the Saskatch,
: wan sky stars appeared, as ever
L. greatly diiated. Vast auroral phal
lasms shifted their colored and shi;
- ing banners.
ln Heaven is pleased tonight, brotl
Is err said Alexis, piously, ''for tt
= dear chickens of our Lord are sure,
1e SAFE. From Youths COMPANION.