ice on his cheeks his clothes were completely with the hard snow which had been beaten into them by the strength of the blast and his joints were getting stiff and the tumult of the tempest the whirling of the snow clouds and the thick snow now falling and again tossed upwards by sudden to the clouds deprived him of all power of reflection and rendered him though not altogether blind or deaf yet incapable of forming any distinct opinion upon what he saw or heard still by the principle of self preservation he oo cold feeble and breathless now driven back like a reed by the strong rush of the storm or al � � je � most to under the that started up like savage creatures of life about him during all this time his faithful dog never abandoned him but his wild only heightened the horrors of his situation when he fell the affectionate creature would catch the of his coat or his arm in his teeth and attempt to raise him and as long as bis master had of mind with the certainty of instinct he would turn him when taking a wrong direction into that which led was not however reduced to this state without sensations of which no language could convey adequate notions at first he struggled with the storm but when utter darkness threw its shades over the desolation around him and the fury of the elements grew so tremendous all the strong to life became roused the of a young heart on the steep of death threw a wild and corresponding energy into his vigorous frame and occasioned him to cling to existence with a rendered still stronger by the terrible consciousness of his unprepared state and the horror of being plunged into eternity by the rites of his church whilst the crime of attempting to take away human life lay on his soul those domestic affections top which in are so strong lt became excited bis home his fireside the faces of already impressed with affliction for the death of one brother and the mild countenance of the fair girl to whom he was about to be united were up in the powerful of natural feeling the fountains of which were opened in his heart and his cry for life rose wildly from the mountain desert upon the voice of the tempest then indeed when the gulf of a two fold death yawned before him did the struggling spirit send up its shrieking prayer to heaven with desperate impulse these struggles however as well as those of the body became gradually weaker as the storm tossed him about and with the chill of its breath withered him into total � � � � � p � helplessness he on stiff and insensible without knowing he went falling with every blast and possessing scarcely any faculty of life except mere animation after about an hour however the storm subsided and the clouds broke away into light columns before the wind the air too became less cold and the face of nature more visible the driving and hard snow now ceased to fall but were sue d by large that descended slowly upon the still air had this trying scene lasted much longer must soon have been a the child like strength which just enabled him to bear up without sinking in despair to die now supported him when there was less demanded for energy the dog loo by rubbing itself against him and his face enabled mm by a last effort to recollect himself so as to have a glimmering perception of his situation his confidence returned and with it a greater degree of strength he shook as well as he could the snow from his clothes where it had accumulated heavily and felt himself able to proceed slowly it is true towards his father s house which he had nearly reached when he met his friends who were once more hurrying out to the mountains in quest of him having been compelled to return in consequence of the storm when they had first set out the their companionship and their assistance soon revived him one or two were despatched home before them to the afflicted family of his safety and the ence was hailed with melancholy joy by the a faint light played for a moment over the which had settled among them but it was brief or on the safety of their second son their grief rushed back with renewed violence and nothing c be heard but the voice of sorrow and affliction more who had assumed the control of the family did everything in his power to console them his efforts however were viewed with a feeling short of � said the afflicted mother you have god in some my fair son s death to account for you had a but you wouldn t tell it to us if you had my boy might be this day for it would be for him to be an his guard poor woman replied sure you don t know you afflicted what you re about tell ray why thin it s myself it to him from beginning to ind and that we goin to mass this day itself desired him on the of his life not to go out a or the mountains good or bad � you said you had a prayer that ud keep it back observed the mother an why didn t you say it i did say it replied an that afore a bit my this but you se he broke his promise of not goin to the mountains an that was what made the come well well i beg your pardon an god s pardon for you in the wrong oh my son is it there you re us and she again renewed her grief oh thin i m sure i forgive you said � but keep 