Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-08

pocket % lake home An. lest lis strength
8 | foCnl the ring Of rhe large bress
syringe we kept there WAS broken; ths.
syringe worked perfectly well. but the
ring should be nieuded, aad pocketad 1t
also E9r that purpose, | need mention
nothing else the silver solution, the acid
and the syringe ara all the details with
which need trouble you.
started off at brisk pace, and even as
I did 80 I could feel the wind rising, and
had not ggne above a hundred yards or
50 when felt fake OF snow fall on my
face. That ought to cave warned TIE ;
but I WAS somewhat Stubborn and self.
wiLled, and I determined az all hazards
10 persevere Night fell; bar neither
uloon rDr friendly stars sh0ne out. and
presently found uayself in tie uli6.sr OF
a heavy snow storm. For >One time
managed 70 keep the track --al least 80
imagined but 1t length | BECAME eQu-
seigEs that aad lost ii, shoGgh tia1
tered layselI tAal I WIS hlGaderilg GA In
the right aLreetI0G For liEtIe time the
SHOW STORM seemed 10, sEaeken. al alI
events. I WAS able To make some progress
After d short TINE I felt myself getting
drgwsY bat ( knew liz wat1la De death to
stop and then again the lakes came DOWN
henvier than ever, and I could hardly
make heaGway 1T all against The driving
wind and drifting STOW | WAS pl0dding
6seoty on, when Suddenly, above the noise
OF the STORM heard sound that. cold
a. [ was. seemed 20 chill me through and
through Ii WAS Wild loud scream-a
mans, concluded 41r ID was strangely
strong ANT h0arse, aud Il continued until
sud1ienly Il WAS broken off sharply, and
heard no more, Something bad stopped
In. or, | argued, Il tlIru OF 5he wind might
have suddenly swept she sound away
tron1 NE
II was sufficiently appalling. and on
crsr bearing 10 I started Violently and
droEped Jay stick, which, in the thick
snow I was unable 20 find What rerri-
BILE scene WAS 5eing saacted "a that Wild
moor % such a night What criminal
WIS trusting 10 the white snow 70 hiate bis
erime2 [ aerved myself tor IN etfartand
struggled on wildly tor whaE seemed a
long while, and as last came against a
door half covered with the driifed sn0w
ant almost Al me same moment NV foot
struck against something In the SHOW
anu stopping down, | picked up, bg NY
intense astluishgent, Eae stick had
dropped Al hour before. Close 10 the
doGr Was narrow window, through
whIeh | could see a tsiin1 Light, ind In al
Instant I recognized three terrible facts
eonsected with my situation
[n the first place. bad walked Tor hours
and had only covered the two miles which
separated Gabriel >turm from Hg6mush
knew 70 WIS the house tor could feel
the stgu above The lOw G,.c La the sec-
end place, had passed close ID il an hour
OF more are, ~ my stink proved, AMI
therefore mHst De wandering IN u gireie
In the 1hlrd place--d1d Jhis fact WIS the
MOST G4frl9le.--tle AWtll scream I had
heard must humanity speaking, have
GENE from SOME one inside the lonely mn.
bur whatever might have lapDeneti [
must have sheimr for [ could not hAve
struggled : yard further - [ kn0ckad
loudly AZ the lGpr AMI after some delay b
was 9pened
The MAJ who let u1e in,-I can sav now
id was Gabriel cp4rul--was most anxious.
apparently | should nod see 8is taGe Bic
lad 4 large comforter rDund gAe lower
part CD t and 3 Lar siQuEbed avec The
while tAe horn lantern ne gar
r,ed gave ag- . DIM, uncertain rht
Naat you wan12 be said, tn a
h8Hrst v8i,e.
wggl3 have given a great deal O. have
been able t3 ggru AWAY bat better The pos
s,5se iln GERS Inside Gha logse than She
ue-ullass sfprm Without, So answered
ylts udgtlg et.2 ret u0 far
1ler J2 l4ls Snow
TIE m1H Acstntsd a good deal-car-
ctiuly IA ,HnSerpef, lBIs, who 8ld u0r care
much FIR cgsHgui and AZ last la said,
yrufiy
Come la
W .h a 81 vrr lhAt wa. not awlrE % the
cold { crossed The threshold and found
uyseit u a low room, very roughly AMI
scaEsi furnished. wltA a doorway III a
curugr .gadiur 0Ut Ut 10 "a the upper sorry.
I could see 1lsu bv rAe dnn light few
rough shelves, with slcIe butjtes an@ pew
OPT puts ugou them sill keeping bis
fice rs much as p1ssioe Ia shallow, but
Ssjll ( could plainly see, .rtsctiy watch-
n 2 me, bee t1oS down a bottle AMI 3 wine
glass, and then saving brgsqaeiy, This
rNad [ sleep here, led the way upstairs.
A. be strobe up be satt, A. II "A 4tter-
thought, And there's go Oue else I0 tile
house pleasant news from such uIIn
[ followed b5n AMI Was shown tuto &
small roum containing be,t 4 chair and
a table i1d small press near The door
~t9rt2 put TIE lantern % The liable, nlled
gat q vine glass ct sae liquor, and, say
,nE, NalS&y, Ganded 10 Eo nae. Strange
-N say. DEE retained tAe Go5Je, which 80
JEcs aroused u3y sLsp,cloos 81 ( drank
dnss 'agu CGiy nodded He grg'iy SAID
srsv,H -EaNf 90 ami sts,7,Fa 1ar M cha
rAD The u,oOeut his eacS VetS tlrreG
I discharged the wGj>Ay, Watch hAd
rsE4iaed io nv saoutG l1s0 .be basin
AZ ST., eueGgs I Thought I aoCl3 nos be
lree@e'
fveo tliess were very rot,cedh.e-A. ;
anxiety Aga Jo aJ >lsu himself sGf hts