, 1870-03-27
CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY MARCH e. 1a7osUPPIEMENT

ehnIry HovbIt-whnsher c1ooranR
ovef ne pine boughs or lying lazi1y on bis
BACK, blinking At Tho Ieayes Above hiM-lo him
the hltdt sanE, The s''',isTrls clattercd and ths
PlayfelloH; r"r him mic would Let slip bo-
tween shv le:,ser s.Hi. r!a ia Of nunhsht that
wsndeffing brcezcs to witt him With Tho balm
Of lay and reainoua gums; TO him tho t4N red
woods nodded fsn]ially md slecpilJ. tho bum
bte-hees buzznd, Aud tho Sookn cawo3 nlu1a-
hEou1 accompaniment
boch va tho golden sumner of Roaring
Camp. They we're flush tiuacs," and The
Luck vas With thonn- Tho claims hid yielded
enormously. Tba camp VAS 3eAloas Of its
9c1e. No encouragement wlA given to irnni-
gFation; and 70 mAke their seclusiun nore per-
fect, the lsna On either side Of tho mountain
WAL that surrounded tbs camp they duly pre-
efaptsd- This, and reputation for singular
pfoaclsnc5 9Th the rsEoa.os, kept the resuvo
Of isoa1ing Camp sn!iotate. The sxpresanan
.-thcsr only connectinS link with the surrouuld-
iug wo7h-sometxnod told wonderful etotita
of the camp. Ho Houldsay, "They'yo a strnos
np the!o N Roaring that would las oves my
ssrest Il Il hsd Dog: They've vines md fovels
tslec day. Bat They're mighty rough On
sttangntH. and they ra1ship IN Infin ba64.r
With tie prosperity Of tic camp cauo = d.
stfe tar further Improvement Il xaz PRO
posed 70 build n hotal in tho following spring,
aud 70 invtte one OF two decent famiGe. to "a.
side there for tho saka Of t.Thn Luck" rho
might perhaps profit By female coupauinnahlp-
Iha Eaa1tics thxt this concession to tho sax
cost shesa men, who wetn 6erceiy 1kopticl In
regard TO tta gentral value md usefulness, can
only BE- accounted foT hy their Affection for
Tommy. a faw still hold out. Bat tho rs-
solve could not hc carried into onect for three
months, md tho minority mcekly Yielded, IN
the horo thAt something might turn up to pro
vent it, And It did.
Tho winter OF 1851 xin long ba remembered
in the foot-ht1lh- 1he snou lay deep On tho
sie1ras, and every moants!n cIcak became ,
river, and every river : lako+ Each gorge snd
gnlch was transformed into q t1n1ultuons
watereuurte. th4t dcscnuded tho hiIlsidss,
tearing down giant trees, Md scattering ita
drift and debris along the p1ain. Bod Dog hsd
LIZ. been fore~arned "Wster put tba gola
into tts,u gulchcn, said stumpy. "Itis 6eon
here once. and viii bc hero asa,n?o And that
night The Emth Fork suddenly leApcd over its
hanks, and swept u the triangular valley OF
Roaring Camp.
Which seemed 10 aou with l,o >rater and blot
ont he fair valley, but little could he done 10
rs brole, lie cabin Of stunpy, neare:t tho
river bank, WAS gone. Hiehar up the gutch
they found tho body OF its up1uckF owner, but
tLa pride-the hope-the Joy-Ihe Luct-of
Rcaring Camp hsd disappeared. They wc1p
returning with sad hearts, when shout from
tie bank recalled them.
II wxg = relief boat from down tho river.
They hAd picked up, they said, rnan aud An
infant, nearly exhausted, shout two milea be-
low. Did anybody know them, and did they
belong here
It needed hut glance to show them Ken
tuck lying there, cIuc1ly crnshcd and bruised,
hut still holding The Luck of, nossing Camp in
his arrns- Ar they bent over tho strangely ~
rorted pair, they tsw thxt the child MA cold
md pulselett. :" He is dead, !" said enc, Ken
fcchty. "Yes, my man, and you sro dying,
too 4 z1niio lit the eyes Of the expiring Ken.
tuck. "Dying7' he repeated; he's a-faking
nc with hau-ten the boys I've got Tho Luck
with me, now" and the strong man, c1inging
to tie frail babe AZ a drowning man ia said te
cling to = straw, dnfted away Into tha shsdowJ
river thst flows forever to the unknown soz.