The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-15
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1'rriaS the winter Of 1856. ono Of tho
,9.c est FOR many years, 1t was my fortune
. be summoned by business to the little
so~n of g.. in Maine. A lawsuit Of
q. siderable importance. in which I wns
o.nsel, The issue OF which seemed almost
} hang upon the testimony 81 . person
aLo WIS hast heard Of in hat vicinity. was
nc cause Of my journey, and he discovery
>. this person, the object. II arrived at
s. late in the evening. detained by tho
scrH snow-drifts that had made the roads
Ie-. -..jsil impossible, while h leaden sky
3.csLeld seemed to threaten still another
Snow fall. l put up at the only tavern the
town could boast. q poor accommodation
A. best. but heartily welcome on suoh .
a'ght; and soon, over q Widespread board
.n.i before u cheerful are. I forgot the
vhistling wind without. and began tothink
Dyer my plan Of operations for the follow
ing day. l had determined, in case my
~meh should be ~fruitless here. TO ride on
TO -. q village some two miles dis
:Enf, where l felt sure Of meeting with the
person sought for. and 90. after discussing
se.sar with mine host in the now deserted
bar. ! retirsi. well satisfied with myself
nil mankind. MI
The long and tedious ride Of the day had
a. sd me to such IN extent that It was
ss.ar nine in the morning when I awoke.
md hurried to begin my work OF b day
IN order to be able to reach A. before
dark. The sky was still hung with dark
clouds, but as no snow had yet fallen, l
In high hopes that it would pass over. I
need only say that, as I feared. my mission
here WIS without success. and after my
dinner hal boon dispatched. / ordered my
horse, and made careful inquiries as TO my
route.for, though had a pocket map. In
that hardly hnlf -settled country one should
uGe every endeavor to "be right before
going ahead" My landlord warned me
against making the attempt. saying that
tho roads were hardly passable even Then,
AMI the apparently looming storm would
render them entirely indistinguishable
from the adjoining fields. But I laughed
q. his warnings and started out in the
finest spirits. The short distance and the
means T had taken to be sure Of the route,
IL tdc me entirely free from all doubt De TO
lsy ability to reach A. before night.
The first three or four miles were gone
over in good time, and I was eongratulet-
ing myself on my good fortune, when the
/. rising wind and q few floating fakes Of
snow gave notice that the storm had come
at last. Drawing my cap over my ears.
and tying my mufler tighter about my
neck. / prepared 20 face IL. Trusting e
9ain my oestinalon D0o8e ~ AuAA Aoaoo
should have reached me.
After travelling for some time It %
CURED to me that the woods were thloklI
than they had been. md that ! had 800
no house for . long time. Tho rod s14l4
little TRAVELLED. end the snow drifts obnt0 :
eted nearly eyery trace Of IT, And 44H
the gathering dAxkness and the latsne61
The hour. showed me that I must MA
missed the way. Still. I plodded opv3zS,
cheering my faithful horse to renewed u
erttons but darker grew the night add
deeper tie forest. while the binding snoM
sometimes rendered further progress H.
most Impossible.
bad 3ust descended 4 long hill and was
up1ne6tdrm ~ foftuns. when myhorss
ouddn1lyE st5ppe. md. casing ahead
seemed % msf 70 trembls With fssr. though
~ ths nommf ! could discsrn nothing In
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