The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-01-10

uO ivy - llSib, STanQIatnef SalQ, the
snow is already so deep, and the wind so vie
lent, that apprehend more danger from his
IGiloWing you than from his staying with me.
mere, Francois, take my stick.it is strong one.
and pointed with iron: 1t will help you down
'he mountain as it helped me up. Let the cows
out OF the stable; leave us the goat and all the
provisions tnat remain. l am more anxious
about you than | am about myself"
When my father was on the point of starting
gave hun handsome flask covered with fine
wicker work which was a present from nv
mother, tn. first time came up to the chalet
1t contained wine which had provided for NV
grandfather the day before. He pressed me in
his arms,
! We drove out the herd, which appeared much
surprised to find the earth covered with snow
some Of the cows seemed at loss to lind their
way and kept running in circles around the
enact. AT last they congregsted in body and
set OFF in the right direction. At a very few
races distance, both my father and the herd
disappeared, being lost to sight in the whirs of
SNOW. When we saw them no longer my grand.
rather appeared to follow them with his ewes.
ne leaned in silence against the window, but
MS lips appeared to be articulating words his
hands were clasped and his eyes raised TO heav-
ell.
We were reused from serious thoughts bv
the increasing violence of the wind. We were
wrapped round by a curtain OF thick black
Clouds, and nightfall came almost suddenly
never heless, our wooden clock had only lust
struck three We had been so anxious ALI dav
long that we had never thought of taking food.
ana was dying Of hanger, At that moment.
l made grandfather listen how the goat was
blevting eO"' was
g Poor Blanchette p he said, Z" she wants to
be relieved of her milk. She is calling us to
come and it. Light the lamp; we will 90
ana milk her, and then we will sup"
The wind roared loudly, it forced its way
unuer the Dardeaux OF the roof making them
rattle; you would have fancied the whole roof
was going to be carried away
Don't be alarmed" my grandfather said
~, TINS house has resisted many like attack
nc bardeaux are laden with very heavy stones.
ana the roof with its slight inclination, gives
very little hold to the wind"
"nen tSe goat saw US she redoubled her
Dieatlhgs she seemed as if she would break her
rope 70 get at US How greedily she licked he
SAT- which offered in my han /! She gave us
large pot OF milk stood i'll need of It. NV
g[an I sald,as we returned so the kitchen,
we must take good care not to forget Bian-
chette VIC must feed her well and milk her
punctualiy morning and evening. Our life de-
ponds on hers"
After supper We sat down by the fire, but the
flakes OF snow which fell down the chimney al
most extinguished it, A cold draught OF ar
also descended, and we could only keep our
selves warm by going to bed after commencing
ourselves, by prayer, to the Lords protection
This morning, on waking, found myself in
complete darkness, and at first supposed that
sleep had left nae earlier than usual; but hearing
my grandfather cropping his way about the room
RUBBED my eyes, and saw none the clearer Tor
that. The snow had blocked up the window.
" The window is low, the old man remark
| ed besides it is probable that the snow has
been drltted into heap On that particular spot;
perhaps we should not find ii more than two feet
deep a few PAGES from the wall.
f" In that case, they will come aud help us
out 2"
" hope SO but supposing we are detained
here Tor any length of time, we must see what
resources we have; when we have done that
we Will consider how we can best employ them
ne DAY has dawned, there can be no doubt for
the hour hand of the wooden clock points to
| seven, 1t Is fortunate 1 did not forget 10 wind
IL up Iast night. We must always be punctual
with Blanchette."
.N00em0er 23.-Yesterday morning when we
discovered that We were closer prisoners than
we were the day BEFORE we were very much
depressed and saddened nevertheless, we did
not forget our breakfast and the goat While
grandfather was milking her l watched him
ciosely with great attention. He noticed il, and
ADVISED me to learn to milk In order to replace
MN IN Case CT need. l made All attempt which
was clumsy and unsuccessful at first, especially
DO Diahchetie Kept wincing and shifting her
glouna' as II aware OF my inexperience but
improved greatly after three or four trials.
When we had taken stock of our provisions
anu utensils, we wished to know what sort of
weather 1t was out of doors. | went under the
chimney ami looked up through the only outlet
"!lich renamed open Ill the chalet In q few
minutes the sun suddenly shone upon the snow
Whlch rose around the opening to a considera-
Die height pointed out the circumstances tony
sian 40! We could exactly distinguish
~: lnioA!ess OF the layer of snow, because the
chimney does not rise above the roof. In fact
there Is simply hole in the roof. the outside
chimney having been blown down in storm.
:, II we had ladder my grandfather said,
you might get up and disengage a trap which
our IatheF lately fixed on the top of the Chin
hey' to keep out cold and wet until the outer
chimney is repaired"
sever mind the ladder" replied" I saw
IN the stable long fir pole and that is all l
"'n'' nave olten climbed up trees no thick
er than that, aud the pole has still its bark On,
which makes it easier to mount"
set to work, tying string to my wastband,
70 maui up shovel after got to the top. II
managed SO well wish feet and hands, and by
pressing against the walls of the chimney as the
saVoyaTds do, that / reached the roof. With
che shoyei, cleared away an open space, and
iounu that there was about three feet of snow
Ell Inc root Around the chalet it appeared to
iae 'hat t4ere WAS gread deal more In fact,
tue "lhu had swept 1t up into a bean. never- |
thsless there must have fallen an aporyoors
mass OIL snow in a very short space of time
Every thing round the chalet is hidden under
timex white carpet: The forest of fir trees which |
surrounds In the direction of the valley, and |
Whlch shuts IN the prospect is white like the |
rest, with the exception of the trunks. which
appear all black. Many trees are crushed by |
the weight; saw large branches, and even |
STEMS that were broken into fragments At
that moment there blew a stronG and hitter
wind from the north the dark clouds which Il
drove before it opened at intervals; CLEANS Of
sunshine mashed through the openings and ran |
over the neld of snow with the swiftness of an
arrow - "
The cold began to lay hold of me. When i
trled TO describe to my grandfather what | saw,
ING Heafd mat my tecth chartered. He told me
10 make haste and clear the trap as far as [
coulo reach around the aperture of the chim>
ney' IL took some time, and was hard work.
put 1t wa med me. Following my grandeather's
directions, l passed the string l had brought,
thfougha pulley, in such way that, by pulling
from below, the trap would open, while its own
"elght would cause it to shut. When we had
eheafSed this little manouyre two or three times
20 see that 1t worked properly, L descended
more easily than l had mounted
MY clothes were al, wet and l had no others
10 put on We lighted a bright fire of twigs
ahu nr cones and then, lowering the trap an d
lee@Flhg no more than the necessary space for
cue smoke TO escape, we spent the greater part
u the day by the chimney corn ar, with no other
''ght IMAM that from the hearth for our stock
OF OH Was very small, and we clearly saw that
we W, mus not expect to leave our prison so soon
we dld not light our lamp till it was time to
milk the goat.
we md it very unaecustomed and melan-l
choiy life, to have to drag through whole day
ID thls dull manner. Still | think that the
hours would be less wearlsome if we were not
ii'liig In constant state of expectation. 1t al
ways seems as If some one We're coming to res
cue u.s. mounted a second time upon the roof
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