led out to him, uttering confused shouts of
encouragement. Both were bearing themselves manfully, but Frank was
most in danger. The wolves were upon his heels! `O God! they will
devour him!' I cried in my agony, expecting the next moment to see him
torn down upon the ice. What was my joy at seeing him suddenly wheel,
and dart off in a new direction, with a shout of triumph! The wolves,
thus nimbly eluded, now kept after Harry--who in turn, became the object
of our anxiety. In a moment they were upon him; but he, already warned
by his brother, wheeled in a similar manner; while the fierce brutes,
carried along by the impetus of their race, swept to a considerable
distance upon the ice before they could turn themselves. Their long
tails, however, soon enabled them to veer around in the new direction;
and they galloped after Harry, who was now the nearest to them. Frank,
in the meantime, had again turned, and came sweeping past behind them--
uttering loud shouts, as if to tempt them from their pursuit of Harry.
They heeded him not, and again he changed his direction; and, as though
he was about to skate into their midst, followed the wolves. This time
he shaved up close behind them, just at the moment Harry had made his
second angle and escaped.

"At this juncture we heard Frank calling out to his brother to make for
the shore; while, instead of retreating, he poised himself upon his
skates, until Harry had passed; and then dashed off, followed by the
whole pack. Another slight turn brought him nearly in our direction.

"There was a large hole broken through the ice close by the shore; and
we saw that, unless he turned again, he would skate into it! We thought
he was watching the wolves too intently to see it, and we shouted to
warn him. Not so: he knew better than we what he was about. When he
had reached within a few feet of the hole, he wheeled sharply to the
left, and came dashing up to the point where we stood to receive him.
The wolves, following in a close clump, and too intent upon their chase
to see anything else, went sweeping past the angle; and the next moment
plunged into the broken ice!

"Cudjo and I ran shouting forward, and with the heavy rail and long
spear commenced dealing death amongst them. It was but a short, though
exciting scene. Five of them were speared and drowned; while the sixth
succeeded in crawling out upon the ice, and was making off, frightened
enough at the cold ducking h