The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-12-02

appearance OF IoHl, leauliB MS uoSs, anu w
ciferoualy calling for Jack, whom he could not
see for large bush behind which he was stand
ing to screen him from the wind, "hallo, Jack
which way are your"
"Herc," and in an instant Aoy were rssdy
for the perilous hunt,
"Tom, you're good fellow" said Jack, after
they al walked short distance. "oryou would
not have accompanied me this dreadful cold
and stormy night"
care you dreaming Jackw
"No-why do you ask that question:"
"Why, because you termed me good fellow
when was but doing my duty. Do you think
that Tom Latton would let his old hunting and
fishing companion 60 alone such time as this
no, It's not his nature"
"Well, Tom, am happy to know that in
you have such a devoted friend. said Jack as
he replenshed his pipe with tobacco, and gave
It to his comrade to fill his.
The conversation here ended for time, and
winds, quietly smoking their pipes They had
Just crossed the plains, and were entering a
dense forest, where the expected to find their
game, when the snow storm burst upon them
in all its fury, almost binding them. They
hurried on against tempests of wind and snow,
which came faster and faster, mingled with
huge sugs of ice or hail that almost penetrated
the thick fur garments they wore. The path
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snow to such an extent that it was utterly i'm
possible for them to see their course They lost
the track, and were now wandering about in an
unknown part of the frontier. The snow was
Guilty that they waded through it. At length,
after theyhad wandered far into the interior of
the forest, Tom, who was a few PAGES in advanc
of fhis companion, stopped suddenly, and pitt
his ear to the ground--"Hold-stop Jack--I
hear the dogs; they have trailed something"
Jack halted, and listencd--
"Your are right, Tom, and its deer, for I can
tell by the peculiar yelp of the dogs"
"God grant that it may be So calculated
Tom, "for if not, we will perish with hunger,
for the way the snow is coming down, we must
find some kind of a shelter, or ere long we will
fall exhausted in our tracks. feel weak now,
and can go but little further"
"That is even so," said jack
''Hsrk they are coming over yon hill"
Sure enough the dogs came yelping and
barking over the hill, and few PAGES in advance
were two large bucks, and IN an instant they
were within the range of their pieces.
"Thank the Lord!' exclaimed Jack, as he
saw the dim outline ofthe deer.
"Now, Jack, this is life of or death" ejacula-
ted Tom, as he examined his piece, to see that
.he printing was all right.
"Quick-here they are" exclaimed Jack, and
.he hunters placed themseveles in readiness for
,he attack upon their anticipated prize.
They level their rifles and take deliberate
-bang-bang-- goes the guns in quick
succession, and the deer give leap in the air
and drop down in the snow dead.
"There they lay as dead as log" shouted
Ton, as he hastened to the spot where they lay
in the snow, and commenced the task
If skining them. In short time that was ac-
although their hands were nearly
rozcn stiff.
Now they were in dlema Tom, after he
lad stripped off the hide, endeavored to lift q
portion of his animal, but found, to his dismay,
hat he was as weak as a child. Jack being
he stoutcr of the two, had shouldered up the
alf of h is deer, and was vending his way to-
ward the settlement, as he thought when he
Doked behind expecting to see Tom coming;
ut alas, no human being was to be seen. Tom
ad fell in his effort to carry his game, and he
eing SO weak and exhausted, and the snow de-
,endipgso fast, was unable to help himself and
yas buried in the drifting snow in an instant.
le called Justify, but the wind blowing in a
ontrary direction, his comrade could not hear
le sound of his voice. J
"Aly God, v hat will do,' were Jacks first
'ords' when he missed his companion, and did
OF know where he was. .
In vain he wandered about, calling and
loutng for Tom. An hour or more had past .
nee they shot the deer, but still the intrepid
unter sought for his lost companion, but all
is efforts were fruitless, as the snow had now
ecome SO deep that no traces could be seen of :
he place where the deer fell.
The morning dawned but the storm had not
hated, if anything, it fs more fearful than what ;
was through Che night. =
In the excitement of the moment, and the s
agerness with which Jack sought for his COM i
lde when he found out that he was not with
i'm, unthinkingly dropped his gun and game t
! the snow.
Imagine his horror, when he finds that his h
My hope of tfe is gone. As soon as he diseov-
red his loss, he bent his steps towards the spot t
e had left them, but with the same success he c
ad in searching for his companion. t
He had wandered about for several hours,
trough the snow and bushes until he was al
lost frozen, and was in the act of giving him q
If up to the warning elements, and suffers like '
'te with his companion, when, to his unutter- {
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