Show i A W WOLF A weird ilke like romance hangs over the heights that crown the river biver rhine tales of feudal ancient times rival the stories that lend romantic history to the scenes of the tha same character in scotland and the rhine passes in its ita course coarse through all the varied changes of rugged magnificence to the ealm waters that are bounded by fertile valleys resembling rather the placid quiet of a lake than the progress of a stream the upper rhine formed a frontier department of france and alsace which belonged to the german empire till 1568 after ater passing to the control of austria it was finally annexed to France by louis XVI in the province is norr now the battlefield of prussia in the tho west of this province arc the chains of the a and jura mountains these stretch jett in gloomy magnificence and with the exception of the poor alsatian rarely penetrated ave save by an adventurous hunter in pursuit of or game the chamois here hero are sought by the sportsman or pursued by i the wolf who maker this nimble footed courses of the forest their chief subsist ence saye save when the decent upon some pome fertile bertila and cultivated spot in the plains they extend their forays to the sheep r fold of the peasant barely rarely however docs doca the wolf make these incursions unless impelled by the stern dictates of hunger this spurs the natural laziness of his dispo anabe then becomes the most dangerous of ravenous animals exercising the sagacity of the fox wll with an insatiate rapacity that leads him in extremity to prey upon the carcass of his hia brother wolf the fetid odor of hib hia disagreeable that dogs will hardly attack him and the flesh ia is refused to be eaten even by the bloodhound who pursues hi his trail an old hunter relates a nights experience peri ence in the when the presence of thesa these animals was more numerous than at the present time and how bow by an ingenious rube he defended himself and dogs from the onset of a pack of these rapacious beasts night had bad overtaken the hunter more than a league from the nearest civilized border accustomed to the bivouac lie he did not hesitate to spend the night in the forest relying upon the results of if the days 1 ibor labor bor for a satisfactory meal which witha with a hunts mans provident providential idl lil skill was duly prepared by the cheerful fire that contributed both nourishment and wa ruath no sign of a lurking foe was remarked until warned by the instinct of his hia dogs who crouched at his hia feet their hair bristling with terror the expert hunter was warn edof a present danger an instants reflection and if he had any doubts of the i cause it was certified by the prolonged howl rather than bark which distin i tho the wolf from the dog the hunter had ensconced himself in the I 1 fissure of a rock and he felt secure that he could be attacked from one side eide only so 60 he prepared himself against any surprise and casting fresh W wood upon udon the fire peered into til the 8 darkness where the dark forms with gleaming eyes revealed the presence b of f his wolfish assailants the hunter felt feit that to make an open attack or forcibly resist assault would be bb a useless hope he well twell knew that the brightness bf i the fire would deter mediate immediate assault the only fear was that his supply slimly of material failing falling short this meth method od of defence would be exhausted f aj at last a bright thou thought bugge suggested cid sid itself to his hunters experience and vad knowing that the nature of wolves was sometimes appalled by the scraping of a violin he drew from his breast his flute and struck upon it the highest keys in the loudest notes the effect was as instantaneous as remarkable A rushing sound bound of flying feet sounded accompaniment to the notes of the flute aud and ud the rustling of leaves in the distance died away as the ravenous pack fled to the inner recesses of the forest the hunter slept no more that night but vigilantly stood guard until the patrol of the moon abon had passed and the gleam of day assured him of present safety since then he never ventured to make a bivouac without companions even in the forests bordering on civili civilization for at that period it was not unusual for a wolf urged by hunger to seek beek the border settlements and bear off the sheep of the haidy hardy peasants ex TUB RIGHTS OF GHOSTS it ap bp pears after all that ghosts do have righta rights which white men are bound to respert respect in england the tho protecting ragis of the law has been cast around phantoms at huddersfield Hudders field a medical gentleman wat wai lately called up at three in the morning to attend a patient and the case being urgent he be hurried off loosely clad ina in a dressing dreb drea sing aing gown while flitting through the streets at that untimely hour he was noticed by several belated youths who promptly concluded that he was a ghost and the midnight doctor by certain paling appalina ap utterances ances anees and ghostly motions of the arm rather encouraged the idea determined to put an end to the wanderings of unwelcome spirits the hudders field you youths attacked the supposed phantom and gave him a severe drubbing they were subsequently summoned before a magistrate who fined them each five pounds and took the bold ground that even had the unlucky physician been like Ham bam hamlets ieti leti father fa theran an honest ghost he had bad as much uch right to the tho streets as other people and find should shoula he protected from assault and battery this decision will serve as a prece precedent dept and haunted street streets swill nill pro probably babiy soon become as numerous aa haunted houses |