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I had galloped all the shot out of my pouch, and now 

 the wolves were around the rock, and had set up the most hid- 

 eous and hungry howl. I could see their dusky forms and 

 gleaming eyes — they seemed unusually large — larger than the 

 gray wolf of the Blue Ridge, and perhaps more ferocious than 

 the terrible Russian wolf. Now, two of the daring devils start 

 up the very rut that I came, and as they get in a few feet of me, 

 I let both barrels of powder off right in their faces. This was a 

 surprise, they rolled down the rock and the whole pack scam- 

 pered away. Just then a flash of light caught my eye out on 

 the ])rairie — some body's home. I slid down the rock and made 

 for the light. I never felt so agile before in all my life, as I 

 seemed to fly over the grassy land, and during that brief transit, 

 the panorama of my whole life passed before me. My 

 thoughts traveled from childhood to the ])resent and on into 

 the next world to the judgment to come; but all this did not 

 impede my speed in the least. I believe that extraordinary phys- 

 ical action produces extraordinay mental action, and vice versa 

 It is retroactive, and just then I felt assured that all my mental 

 and physical forces were pulling together. I knew I must 

 annihilate time and space, or be annihilated myself, for the 

 ravenous beasts were again on my track. They were coming, 

 closing up the little space between us. I could almost feel their 

 hot breath and bloody fangs, rending ray limbs and gnawing 

 into my vitals. 



I reached the house first, the bloody wolves at ray heels. I 

 did not try to ring the bell, and gave but one knock at the door; 

 knocked the door clean through, both falling inside, but I was 

 on top of the door and had burst into the kitchen. The hur- 

 ricane awoke the cook, a Sweede, and he was scared nearly 

 as bad ns I wns. He could not speak a word of English, nor 



