> CHASED BY WOLVES.
Before any railroad had been built
along the upper Mississippi all traffic
in the summer was by steamboat,
which carried also the mall. In the
winter everything was carried by
stage. There was a line of mall stages
between St Paul and Prairie du Chien
—or the southern terminus may have
been La Crosse at the time of which I
write. These stages followed the river
—how much of the distance on the ice
I can not say, but in my neighborhood,
where the river expanded and became
I>ake Pepin, the route was all on the
Ice. Leading down to the lake, on
both the Minnesota and Wisconsin
sides, are many ravines or coulees,
worn by the water courses and wood
ed. Even now there is much wild
land among the bluffs.
It was in the latter part of January
years ago that 1 found myself at
Hawk's Landing, on the Minnesota
side of the river Just below the foot
of the lake, whither I had gone with
an uncle. He found that his business
would detain him longer than he ex
pected and he decided to send me back
alone on the stuge. It should have
left the landing at 1 o'clock, but it
was delayed somewhere down the river
and did not arrive till nearly 3. It
was a full afternoon’s drive to I.ake
City, but the driver said he had a good
team and promised to get through on
time, notwithstanding the late start.
He was a rough and dissipated man,
but he had the reputation of always
keeping sober till after the day's trip
had been completed. But the delay
may have upset him, and I think he
Jf began drinking before we started, al
though no one then noticed it. He
certainly had provided himself with a
large bottle of liquor, as I soon had
occasion to know, I suppose I could
not have been more than 12 or 13
years old, although a life in a new
country and on a farm had given me
ability to take care of myself beyond
my years.
When we departed from the War
Eagle House on the levee and swung
up the road under the shadow of Wa
basha Bluff, with the horses at a gal
lop, I felt a sort of admiration for the
L
THREW OUT THE TRUNKS,
driver, notwithstanding his roughness.
We slackened somewhat when we got
beyond the line of houses along the
single street and soon rounded the
hlufT and kept along the edge of a
bank above the frozen river.
We soon came to the lake and turn
ed down Fond du Lac Point, and out
upon the ice, where the road was
marked by little cedars. I found cause
to be alarmed at the state of the
weather. The wind had freshened a
great deal and the snow was diifting
rapidly. It was not sufficient to shut
out from our sight the row of ever
greens, and we could see even the
bluffs at either side of the lake; but
the fine snow was sifting along over
the crust like streaming hair and rap
idly filling the track. This made our
progress slow, but the condition of the
driver was soon a greater hindrance.
He drove either with the horses on a
run or a slow walk, although they
walked more than they ran.
Wo were not yet half way when the
sun was only a little above the Min
nesota bluffs, with big orange sun
dogs standing up each side of it. Just
as it disappeared below the bluffs the
driver slid out of the seat Into a
drunken sleep In the bottom of the
sleigh. I climbed over into the front
seat and tool; the reins myself.
“You seem to know how to drive;
do you think we ran get there to
night?" asked the other passenger.
“1 ran drive four horses,” I answer
ed. very proudly. ”We can get through.
I guess, if It doesn't storm so that we
can't follow the trees.”
I had for some time been looking
anxiously for the lights of the town,
although there was no hope of seeing
* them yet. when my attention was at
tracted by a dark object on the snow
far to the right toward the Wlsconaln
allure. *
The man saw It and said;
“What's coming over there some
other teams?”
"They wouldn't be going so fast.” I
answered, picking up the whip from
the bottom of the sleigh. The shadow
was now directly to the right.
"It's some sort of animal,” went on
the man. He paused for a moment
and added ‘They look like big
dogs.”
At that moment there cams a cry I
had au often heard at home, only much
deeper, harsher aad louder.
"They're wolves.” I said.and I crack
ed the whip at the horses, although
that was hardly accessary • « they
heard the savage howl ae well ss we
did and knew It meant danger.
The »er<>utl time I looked beck I saw
that the pack was much nearer. |
Could make out the leaders and eee
•hat there muet be twenty or thirty of
Use nnintsis. *11 told My fellow pas
senger was cliaglag la the seat and
crying to me in drive faster, although
Iks burgee were fairly runalag eeejr.
and I had practically no control over
them one way or the other.
"Can’t you throw out the trunk and
back seat?” I shouted to him.
I heard the man throwing out the
small sacks and the buffalo robes. The
robes seemed to delay the wolves
longer than anything else. They
stopped and tore them to shreds. We
got a quarter mile start. All of this
time the drunken driver was sleeping
like a log In the bottom of the sleigh.
The horses were becoming exhausted
and I could feel that they were going
slower. I now urged them on with
whip and voice, but It seemed to make
no difference. The howling behind
us began to come plainer; the wolves
had left the robes and were again gain
ing on us. Right ahead 1 could see a
high ridge In the Ice where It had
cracked and shoved up. A notch had
been cut In It Just wide enough for a
sleigh to pass through. I held the
reins steady and tried to slow up a
little, In the hope of steering safely
through the narrow crack. As we
came upon it I saw a dark streak be
tween the rough cones at either side;
the crack had opened two or three feet
during the day and new Ice had form
ed. We struck the opening In the
ridge squarely; the nigh horso reared
up and Jumped over the new Ice, but
the other stepped on It and broke
through with one forward leg. He
fell, but the other horse dragged him
and the sleigh beyond the crack, where
we slopped all In a heap.
1 Jumped over the dashboard and fell
In the snow beside the horse. He was
struggling to rise, but 1 guessed what
had happened and threw my body
across his neck and felt of his leg. It
was crushed and broken. I got out
my knife, cut the breast strap which
held the ueckyoke, and called to the
man to unhook the traces, which he
managed to do at last.
The wounded horse was again strug
gling to rise and bad sprawled himself
out of the way. 1 shouted at the other
horse; he started with a bound and
the man and I threw ourselves Into the
sleigh, half knocking out our brains
as our heads struck together. We
looked back and saw the whole hungry
pack fall upon the abandoned horso
and bear him down Just as the poor
animal had succeeded In getting upon
his three sound legs.
I'he horse that was still attached to
the sleigh plunged on bravely for some
distance, with the sleigh tongue al
most plowing In the snow, but he soon
tired out and dragged himself along In
a startled way. But It made no differ
ence, as the wolves never pursued us
again.
We got out and walked beside the
sleigh to keep warm, and, as the crack
was only two miles from town. It was
not long before we reached our des
tination. A party of men went back
to get a shot at the wolves, but, their
hunger being satisfied on the fallen
horse, they made off before the hunt
ers could reach them. The next morn
ing the passenger took the down stage
back to civilization, vowing that he
had had enough of the northwest. The
drunken driver was promptly discharg
ed by the stage company.—Youth’s
Companion.
Always the Hame.
Somebody has unearthed a book
written by Barthomolew Angllcus,
about 1260, of which one of the most
amusing chapters is on the children of
his day.
They dread no perilB more than
beating with a rod (he writes), and
they love an apple more than gold,
and make more sorrow and woe for
the loss of an apple than for the loss
of a heritage.
They desire all that they see, and
ray and ask with voice and with
uand. They keep no counsel, but they
tell all that they hear and see. Sud
denly they laugh, and suddenly they
weep. Always they cry and jangle;
that is, unless they be still while they
sleep.
When they be washed, anon they
make themselves unclean again. When
their mother washeth and combeth
them, they kick and sprawl, and put
with feet and hands, and withstand
with all their might.
All of which makes it appear that
those 1260 youngsters were the sam»
then as now.
'l
Why She Refused Ilia Room.
A German lady, arriving for the first
time in England, drove to a first-class
London hotel, asked for a room, and
was shown Into u very small, scantily
furnished one. She said, in a deter
mined manner, and In very broken
English: "1 will not have this room.”
"No, ma'am." said the porter, and
brought In the first box. "Man!" re
lated the lady, emphatically, "I will
not have this room!" "No, ma'am."
said thv porter, and brought In the
second box. The lady thought her
faulty grammatical construction was
the reason for the porter's continued
obstinacy, and repeated, with a stern
distinctness "Man. 1 will this room
not hove," “No. ma'am." said the j
porter and brought In lbs third box, i
whereupon the lady left the room In- |
dlgnantly, but the porter drew her
hurriedly bach across the threshold,
pulled a rope. and. to her Intense as
tonishment, (he lift went up Tit
lllta
Mts PftsOst*.
"Are you In favor of an often door
policy•*’ "Well." said Aguinaldo. "I
suppose the door Will hsve to be
opened Hut I went II understood right
now that I piopo*» to be there lehlag
lit helm"
t PtMil gawH
dks llsve you ever climbed aa Alp?
II* No, but I went up to mv ogee In
the twenty seventh story «me dny
• ban lb* elevators were out of order. |
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The rehabilitation of the Baltimore
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This will be Immediately delivered
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The latest contribution to the list of
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One of the most respected citizens of
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Orders received for Richard's Magic
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1899;
From Kansas 1,828
“ Colorado 1,628
" Nebraska 1,901
“ Missouri 1,730
" Iowa 1,283
•* Illinois 672
" Wyoming 297
“ Idaho 220
“ Utah 263
" Texas 881
“ 16 other
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Total for month 11,132
Total orders re
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1898. 93,280
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