The Portland daily press., 1872-03-02

were imbedded in the frozen ground at their
lower ends, and could not start them in the
slightest degree. sprang up and ran to the
other side of the shed, to try if the planking
on that side was less firmly secured. Through
the crevice | saw precipice running hun
dreds of feet, sheer down from the side OF the
shed. / could not escape that way, and II
the train went off there no person would live
to tell the tale.
fell on my knees to pray, but before L had
uttered word the thought passed through
my brain that might throw the horse down
and pull him through the opening by main
strength. had the rope from the saddle in
my hands in an instant, and throwing it
around his fore-legs, sprang to one side, and
with my whole strength attempted to trip
him. The brute jumped backward and refus-
ed to fall, while the rope ran through my
hand tearing the skin and soaring the flesh
as if had grasped a red-hot iron. remenl-
bered, at that moment, having seen a Mexi-
can showing off his skill in horsemanship, at
San Jose, amid an admiring throng, and max
ing the sneering remark to friend, ''And he
is nothing but a bull-driver, after allr In
that time OF supreme agony would have sac
rificed every advantage of birth, education,
talent, and professional skill, and changed
places with that uneducated, despised, bull
driving Greaser, merely to have received in
turn the gift of the ability to perform the
trick of throwing down horse. My foot
struck a stick of wood, such as is used for
ouinins on Ine LOCOMOTIVES, WHICH was lyllls
y: IN she srouilo, anu instantly sIooPeo 70 geI
II, de0eri1iHea 10 oeat tne Drains OUT oi 'he
proIe WIN IL, vi at least STUN MN ihto nlsen-
Slolll.y' anu .1en put nm il'o tng ope1ins.
get it loose, though l put forth strength
which seemed herculean in the frenzy of my
eAcicenient: ~ oGcuIiIu W nic .na. n"u a
Pocket.knlle, anu nighI cuI hls snIoaI' pue
the Tram was almost upon me, anu Inere was
no tlne lor MN 10 pleeu 10 ueatn this I re
tio III, ulu hot consume d seco!iu anu nail'
j.. Inc Tram calne oh, DIS ~ seenieu W me-
with hghtning speed, upon tne down grace,
ana tne ilghU OF the locomotive nead-iainp al
ready Tell upon me. len SECONDS more ana
there would be terrlhc crash ana pie OF
Droken cars, anu crusheu, pieeoing, anu ay-
ing men would Durst tnrougn the size OF the
shed and go rolling down the mountain-side.
Deadly faint, and convinced that all was near
ly over, heard Jerky give sudden snort OF
terror, and opened my eyes. lie mad discoV-
erea the danger al last, ana comPrenenued IL
an IN an instant. Inc .rain couid not nave
peen more tnan lnirty ieet rom nill' mnen
ne niaue one .relneh9 m jump anu wen en-
InrouSh Tie oPeniiiS' Ing pea,i c"usn. 'iie
Mexican saddle, Tore II INTO fragments ana
1rlght1ully lacerated ms PACK, put MS weight
ana the strengtn Whlcn mortar terror gave
MN carried MN through, anu ne ieil Ill the
snow OUTSIDE. sprang alter MN just as ene
locomotive came abreast OF me, ana 1eli,
trembling, exhausted, and fantlng, beside
him.
don't think the engineer saw us at all.
did not see him, SO tar as L could remember
afterward. 1t was half an hour before could
gather strength enough to retain my feet.
when DID so, got my exhausted and bleed
ing horse upon his legs and replaced the
wreck OF saddle upon his lacerated back, Sc
curing 1t as well as l could with some thongs
cut from the edge OF the rein, and prepared
to resume my Journey: In canon, filled
with the black shadow OF the mountain, saw
what appeared to be the outlines OF several
CABINS.
That must be Camp Mol. Pulling
my Jumping steed after me by the bride, l
made my way slowly and painfully down to
me me- nearest CABIN and knocked at the door.
GltE was the response which came to the
third or fourth knock. repeated the knock
ing. "Glt! you drunken son OF gun! You
have been yelling around here long enough!
Leave-or I'll put bullet through your
came in decided and most emphatic tones
within. called out that l was the doctor
from Camp--,not the man they mistook
me Ior, ana wanted 10 KNOW tnat was
Camp Mo-, and if John Smith was
there-John Smith, who was dying and wan
ed the doctor so bad. There was moments
debate, in whisper, between two or three per-
sons inside, then l heard the scratching of
matches and the shuff1ing OF heavy slippers
over the noor, and at last the door was OPEN
ed. BE you the doctor? Well, you are a
powerful weak,looElng chicken for doctor"
SAD John Smlth-ior 1t proved to beEafter
he mad held the candle to my face and DELHI
erately scurtlnized my person for some sec
onds;
You gu sent Tor me, L think Mr. Smith =.
wen, yes, dld send Tor you; but I'm
kinder sorry now that did, for L have con-
cluded to go over tomorrow anyhow, On bus
mess.
BUT the messenger said you were dying,
or the next thing to it-almost dead,
think INK
wen, yes, L was pretty considerable scar
eu at the time. You see had an eruption
come OUT right pad on my leg, and was