| Show A RACE FOR LIFE arrow escare ESCAPE ESC supe sure OF A nun TER FROM 1 A PACK OF WOLVES 40 A thrilling incident related to a reporter by mr james austin just in from cheyenne wells and who ping at the american hotel proves that the popular idea that came game is ashard hard to jand ind in the state and that wolves and eitner eytner ferocious animals are things of the past is a fallacy said mr austin I 1 at the station which is a collection of I 1 cabins occupied by ranchmen ranchman ranch men and those in putting down the tiie govern are a number of wealthy men from the east who aro are engaged ina lna in a hunting expedition edition L large arge numbers 0 of buffalo ana ey other game frequent the vicinity and soine some days ago i L hunt was organized in m aleli all participated IcI rated the party parts when organized I 1 included four others and myself were I 1 veli veil vell yell armed and we weli weil 11 mounted and from rokhe the r C p art beys li e I 1 U 0 r thurmen atthe station ye started fast ast 10 inq ind II 11 clawy ti rode due east and then northeast until when eighteen eigl elgi iteen miles out we discovered in the distance a cloud oi of dust such as a lar large body ot horsemen would make look looking g ng through a fl nield field eld eid glass which I 1 carried I 1 readily discovered that the occasion was an immense herd of buffaloe buffalos buff alos sweeping across the plain almost directly toward us we galloped on and were soon quite close to them when the leaders observing us wheeled suddenly to th the e leit left followed by the whole herd and swept to the north like some huge avalanche we followed them as closely as we could getting in an occasional shot but without any material result for several hours thinking to accomplish more we scattered with kith rith the intention circling them or at least turning them from their course in this we were not successful f ill ili as i night light overtook us before we had downed a single bull I 1 had singled out one that had become separated from the rest of the herd and had f followed ol 01 him some distance when it became too dark to see anh and discovered that I 1 had lost my companions there being bein nothing else to do and as it i wound be impossible to find my way in the dark I 1 resolved to camp where I 1 was so unrolling the hide lariat I 1 secured the animal to some stout sagebrush and after building a small lire are of grass and brush rolled in my blanket and prepared to make the best of it but without much idea of sleep in fact in spite of the heavy overcoat and blanket which covered me it was uncomfortably cold I 1 lay four hours i la in a half waking half dozing statland state and it was perhaps s midnight when some thing more inore like ilke ilke like sleep overcame me suddenly a sound the most horrible and bloodcurdling blood curdling of any I 1 had ever hearp seemed to chill the very marrow in my bones to my excited imagination it seemed like the shriek of afif nifty fifty ty demons jumping to my feet I 1 discovered that my fire had gone one ing but a f few ew embers auf buu at a distance of 1 koo feet a complete circle around me was a line of bright points scintillating like so many diamonds I 1 instantly realized my danger I 1 was surrounded by wolves to hesitate was death deat h and mounting my horse who was trembling with fright I 1 drove spurs into him and we darted off through the only opening left in the cordon which nearly surrounded me and swept across the plains without regard to the direction my only object being to escape esca re e the fangs langs of my hungry pursuers the wolves as soon as they discovered my flight with a renewed howl more full of rage and horror than that which had wakened me started in full cry cr and the terrible race began at ahe e start I 1 gained considerable as my horse was a good one and his fright seemed to add to his lightning speed s eed miles seemed like feet and after alter perhaps a half hour had passed upon looking back I 1 saw that the distance from the foremost of was the same as at the start to keep this distance till daylight idelt seemed my only chance yet what a hopeless task I 1 no horse could long keep up the terrible strain which mine was enduring suddenly the faithful animal stumbled over a low san dune and fell feli to his knees throwing m me e to the ground in an instant the hungry me and I 1 imagined 1 I 1 feltt feitt heir Keir fangs already buried in my flesh fleshe fleshy fear 1 lent nt swiftness buess to my amov movement e however and I 1 re mounted and was off just as the leaders were about ab out to pounce upon me my horse soon began to show the effects of his terrible efforts and th thinking inkin to gain t time me I 1 threw away the blanket which I 1 had hastily thrown over the horse at the first alarm this gave me a slight advantage for a time as no sooner did it touch the ground than it was torn to shreds by the hungry brutes the th e delay gave me a small advantage but I 1 soo boo soon n perceived that I 1 was losing it and moy TOY horses movements became more labored mk a ored I 1 next sacrificed my ver over vcr bat t then the coat which I 1 more which in u turn t m suffered the fate of the blanket bink et the horse began to show sits sigs signs of ex 1 analou but lie he still kept ii iris s feet but I 1 fi realized that in ina lna a short time my fate was sealed scaled an a miracle was int interposed eri ert to save gave me ine the valves were already snapping at my horses I 1 heels wiled upon looking up I 1 saw lights bigg in trl front of me perhaps a mile or so distant I 1 endeavored deavo red to urge iny horse to further her efforts but without avail the poor animal heavily and could hardly keep his feet the maddened brutes were jumpie jumping and snapping around me and I 1 had struck several of them down with the butt of my rifle after having exhausted the ammunition in shooting at them I 1 turned tu arned and an found myself within a hundred feet of a house and an enclosure making makin a last despairing effort my horse hobe cleared cle cie fred the fence and fell feli ell dead on the inside at the same moment several men came out of the house with th lanterns aroused no doubt by y the unearthly sounds sound S I 1 vr ar 1 i L sri r ra g e d inside and immediately ime mi a t e 1 ay swoon v 0 onely eu upon recovering consciousness it was road broad daylight 11 and I 1 found myself in the cabin of a ranchman within half a mile of the station from which I 1 had stai stal started ted in the morning lying on a rude bed with a man sitting near by and watching me it seemed that my mv horse guided by instinct had taken the straightest straight cst est dl 1 from the place from which we I 1 had started I 1 learned by bv inquiry that the wolves had surrounded the house all night long falling the air with their fearful howls howla and never departing depart ing lug daylight dav light I 1 was too ill from froin the effect of the fearful experience I 1 had to leave the house housa hou ac until yesterday and an dreame r came to denver for rest and recuperation 11 wok 1 |
