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Show WILDCATS BESIEGE HERMIT. Snowbound In the Hills, He Nearly Perished of Hunger. South Norwalk, Conn. After having been cooped up for threo months and six days In his llttlo hut In tho mountains, moun-tains, Georgo Washington Gllhort, a recluso, of Uldgolleld, appoared In that placo, gaunt and nearly starved. Gilbert admitted that It had been tho most sovoro winter ho had evor passed. Tho wildcats, driven by hun-gor hun-gor from tholr hnunts, had hung around Ills hut, ho said, nnd ho had beon afraid to vonturo out, his ammunition ammu-nition hnvlng been used up. His stock of flour, drlod woodchuck and dried herring had given out mid tho snow was so deep that ho could not got to town. Tho thaw saved his life. Gilbert Is 75 years old and has lived nil his llfo in a region called Florida, botween Hldgoflold nnd Wilton, one of tho wildost sections of tho stato. Ho nover wenra a boot, stockings or hat tho year round. |