Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-03-17
A THRILLING STORY.

ryng the mail better than did, and so went
t. work in n new clearing ! had commenced.
about Il mile aud half from home. and not
quite So tar from the house ol abiothrriu-law
used to stay aS often at one place n the other
II was Il had arrangement, rs. in case Of accI.
dent, Hithcr Emi Y would hc alarmed or 20 t.
look for ne il | should not come home. felt
the force of this in the course Of the winter.
as YOU will see directly.
There had fallen one of our old fashioned.
/ Northern New York SHOWS, cruSlcd over hard
enough to bear man. was gcttn. un IA
lnoG,,y with my clearing. g tda. res Is t.
build u house IA the >IhnS. Wa ambitious
and worked early anH late, inx without NY
dinner some day. when the r,ry.oi bread an.
meat had brought in my pockct was iruzrn
! 50 hard ihat could not maStIcatc it without
taking up too much Of my time One day it
! was Intensely cold. with the prospect of Il
storm, that might hinder my work the next
day, and - ! worked on rs long AS couid >,,.
and after twilight ftllcd tree. which in it,
I descent ltt!l;r'i against another rcuiri nut
bear the idea IF leaving the job half finished.
and mounted the almost Ir">ratc body t. ,ut
away limb t. let it down.
The l'ir oi th' tree f'rkcl. about forty feet
up into tN" equal rart., with "a &C lryjrcting
limbs from both. 1t was one of til, &c | l,, t"
! rnt away to bring i; to the cro1ntl In my
hast, pcrlar> was not - rar III AS should
I have been at any rate, the blows ca>rd t..
Judgement 50 that the TIRE, hcgan 10 settle, ahi
! | was .in,t going to jump oil, when the fork
split, and Is il dill 50, one io.t cropped into
! the space, 50 that could not cNtJi'a,c il tor Il
moment; hut ilt no alarm, for kew That |
could cut away the tree in minute or per
hapS draw my foot out OF the boot, A. the pres
sure wa, ilut severe AZ the first h,o,, # the
TX, ttr trrr took Hngthrr start, T1ttctuyCr and
the sI!lt rlosci Nit, al the force. Il j. .iai,.
strength, en- hing my tp"t till the very hrur>
wcrc tint'ooa, and t.'lc | i,uuE s,.,r .;.i,I
iIUSt able O t0l'h thc TIPS OF my fingers in TIE
,how, with n'thi". t. ! ! uHon l,ra II ,iu.'.t
the nj" at H,roaid eros IT,. co!,r--no lro>
poet Of any one coming that way Tint nj .ht -
the nearest house u HIii" awav--nu iiirirr~ t.
fed alarmed at MY absence, for one would ,up
pose me- safe with the other
Ny AK in It's la rested Ir1n tie S9Dw CrC-J.
about ten feet olI II | rou,d only IT ,h.t. /
might yet save r1ySo:t. did not t6tGk 1-,N
| was L. cut myself loose from tie body If tnat
.r,nt tree. Suspended a. was, head down. al,.
4,iilrtit-1, nj
/ cd blood, but thought ia that keen b,alc my
only hope Of life was ii%cd just forward Of
M grrw Il sin bush, vhjrh thought ii |
rotl'dohain, could iorn intoa hook by twist.
,ug tLr ir,I,, loc,,hrr nn,l ,r,o. ,,. ~ v.;,i.;
,,r, rrrr
Although the bush was out Of my reach, !
Mt last sue cclcd in getting holI Of it tv means
! OF a hoop made hy tlih1 my su>pcl 'cr> to-
Nith nv ,l,t.lnif-N",r If ,,,,,. ,,t,,,i,.,',
knuwn ~ :" Eo,low knives =" L.y;,.., .i,,,.I-.
I,I,Jc ,L,ut ,vo ami g, I.Ir i,,.L,,. f',,,.
tbrnr cloths If an inch viIn I'll, ,n,,.i ,,;ItI
III L'nnu, SET in - L,n ~. IF nc,.,,,,,r r,r,,'
ho,r il. LIr,h iron md L.'fL',,, l',,,n
| .ucr,n,lrI oJr;,,Ll,. IN i,.li.u;,, ,,,,. I.,.
md almost G.It rLr ,,,,rr uf ,hr ~ viii, ,,,,
,,r.,.n =, ,,,,,i,, v,. I ,r .r.,,., r,',,, 81,
,r., th,t im,,i.,n.I M, l,..,.,,,,1 ,..'.,,,i.i
r,,iJIr far n d,y,n r,,l. mr. r..,..t +, g. .,,.,,i
crrck Nv nx Inv man fin. Lr,,y nf ,L, i'iii
The first mny,nrut | n,Ir tnwn,j. >t;,,,,
tho lnon oC nv .t;rL nrtr,,I tLr L,,'.N, -, -
ia droy if within nv rr,,h no.cncIi !, rro,,
il. irv r,.t mad nvnv II vnrt d,nn ,i,., LII
CRUSHING thr,uoh thr Ii,,I,. ir,,,t l,;,,l,. Lnh,
dawn u,nn tho loo ut thr ,r,L I,vn ~ =
litlr fall = G.w ,,L, h,.,,Y .,,J nycr ,hnt ;,to
Tho uurrulcn rnol Win a., ,uyni,.,, .n,,,.J -. !,
FIJI into the wafer than Soon ~, s,,.l - ;,.,.
chin tlrou,h every vein ma artery in r;.
whole body.
| sin bad my knit. Tu, il w,s, r,u,r,
,uryir,l instrument lint ln,, nnI Nm, l,y..',r
M, rovc me strrnrih to cli,nh nm hv my c,s,.
rnrd L.r and ru, nvov fine L,ut mai .In,.i;n
and then with that knil, unontrl nv ,,.rl,.
and Cll to fine ,,round-mv i,n lr,, , ,,nt,r..
bleeding stllun, The Intensity Of Tine ,.,li
saved m, rou Llrcliur IA l,nth I,n,r,r,
nnrt Of NV conf and Win nv h,nilIcrr;,i..,
and .u.n,ud,rs m,u,r,l tn lind nm n,. l. .,
with handful snow. and STATED +, rr,LI =.
hnmr succeeded in r,acliu,, vi,l,, :; IN,
IF ,hr Lnnsr and thcn STRENGTH uttrrlv r,iIn,i
m.
tirl my v,rr in win. c,r,l r,.l, -.
ana L,,,o ,rr,t.I ,ny.,ir ana, ,r,,,,, .,l
,.r,vlcl toward. tho rn,i Tim, l,.ry. II'.,,.,'
mn>, cn,n, II w,. =, r.,,,f,,,,,., r,r t,.iI','
nv r>h,,,,,ior v,. u,,; .l,i,, v,,,,,,tI
.Inst Then Lr,rI m, IonnJ ~ No., hr,.l,,r,.
s,onohnrr ,nI tL, ;i,,,,,o',, "a, H., I'u..,,.;'.
Inwn thr KIN stininrd my ,,i.. T., ,Ln ~
most piI,h lint he dbl mot r',',l mot hcn,. h',,
there was another lrirnd-mou's G,,h,ni f,i.nI
had insisted on accompanying him this trip
and brother said, "Lct him go; who knows
what good may come ot il" Good did cone
of it, for his car was quicker than llcmau'S
and he reused up at the first cry, and aa the
second cry reached his ear, h" lcaprd ont, and
in minute was at the spot where | lay upou
the SHOW. lie smclt all around, and held ~
my GootcSS lrg. DUST then the Slci.h had got
mp the hi; Hunter >ira' : lark into IL" path
hark, Il loudly, aud. a. the IurSrS came M h,.