The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1881-01-08

expired, without any effect. and so l gave 1t
up as a lost job.
"And now no fire, no possibility Of proceed
ing any further. aud not mech prospect of
returning. a. | was thsn thirty-six mics
from home! Nv horse was tired. and the
ay rage depth. of snow Over that thirty-slx
Il b.gnn 10 think seriously on what WIS
TO b. dune; yet there was no time for much
thin i 9 or nnsing. as something had to b.
don /, anl that inmadi itely. 10 remain till
morning .nde, tint dismal tree was to almost
certainly nerish irom cod, nr If | survived
ths night thor YER \ tho i-nnd to one
CHI mes of n slow but sare starvation, as SIX
inch IS mare Of snow wo I'D keep me there
"S oh we're my thu gifts, when suddenly |
heard u ba XXI | ; larted. and thought Of st.
Bernard's dogs IN tho mo iBtain fastnesses Ut
wi RI nd. which saved tbs lives of many
b ndreh sDow-bo NJ travellers in the Alps.
Ny ioy WIS gre Il. and | Exclaimed to N.Y.
SELF. What can this bsl >irel, some mi nulg
aid must he near Mt ~hand-s0mo minors ar
wnoa mans enbin - st be close By, Tor |
ave heard tbs ia ,iliar bark of tho favored
donIsstic of the 4iasr or wood nan these
~ioolated aid distant regionsi or pc haps an
Indian wig nam, which would afford mo COW
ering and helser fof III night.
" u Il my ch .ering no es were soon dissi-
pated. /. van did | iook around me for the
smoke and wish -d-for cabia. % Indian
wigwam or domestic dog greeted my view;
but in I'M instant. ike a ia h OF lightning,
| was slrro md I'd by n pack Of coyotcs, tx in
number, which seemed to di 'pute with me
tbs mastery Of tn plase y. Bat not with any
motive or eyi afo eihoaghi cid | disturb
ia ir den. ] bud 10 low or longing for tn
sfo', and wo Id hsv. left th 'n alone if they
b I'd hai tn grace of | ttlng me alone.
ZAP reaching mo nnd M hors', tbs sim
nltnn"ously set up a Y II, whish it seemed to
m" penet a'ed h v ny ski =. ihey grogled
AID howled aad = aired aud barked, ntil it
seemed a II tn b NV ms n we'll as the woods
were swafming with int Iiatcd. madds mod,
raging. hlngrf. demon-like coyotes. Ger
ber : I III lio's gates co Id rot appear more
Zero siols. Thrir very e;e-balls seem d to
start from their soeketsi
asGood heayens.' | exciain ned, What am
I 10 do no =! Ii was bad emo gh before, but
Ii j. ~ thoasa d ii nes worse how, here is
or can be no eAaggera'ion. my dear inter-
vi " ~
saeued TO BIO d ,egly moved ut tn, recol &C.
tion of his past precario Is 20 sition, aud whsn
h. recovered hi nself eoutinsed:
"No. sir; if had thu graphic p IN Of Dick
ems or of Goldsmith ! co i'd not truly y int or
re- T sent to you my position or fee Jugs at
tho Il ne. do not bell We | am n coward. /
was never. even when young, consid sred n
coward. Yet | felt in much tbs sane strain
o. mind a. the l.ntin poet Virgil expert need
| when hs first got a view If the Internal re-
rions. and when he xelain i, : bstipni;
81 fernnt ne cones ct vox faAcibns hasit'-
that a.. | siood amazed; IN b ir stood on
end, and my voice clapz to my jaws And
could voi imagine II. sir?
"Tf,.y did not d vo n m; aud here I am,
| nft T NIL, In compare lively g cd strength AID
spirits MFR my fsobin on Cr,.soe adj ,, tire.
Gut to retern TO tbs wolves. | bad 10
means If def snse. | never tahe any deadly
wen ons wi h M. | am nov SKI On yer
'roughing Il, n Mark IVAN 70 Id say, and
| never carried with IN n ps oil or revolver.
! had n yer Ill IN IN any ne d or one. Tho
only weapon Of daf nsa | h d Mt the limo was
my razor: | always carry my razor with me
VIII N Ia king n journey OF any lcngth. This
secured in n h TRY from N sad ile-bags.
and in u moment ~ Tom Moore would say,
my sword, sleh as IL was was hcshed to the
HIT A the savage brute, were approach
j.. & me- ] mad arHTh ut th I'm with M razor,
and. with ali the ges.icdlaiio =. shouts and
~grimma-es | cold ut on, | thu ght 10 scare
them oy a! ink thsir own s1yag ~ But all
70 no purpose. hey woald not laave, nor
woald thes appio oh a; a nearer distance
than twelya f. et.
AT last | got accasto ned to thom. know
they were hangry, Id was Z tiig hungry
myself. ihs po.t says that n fcl oT-feeling
makes ole wondrou- kind at LEAST, We did
not modest Gne me her from that on.
My horse began 10 plo Igh away ones
again az ths nov. fhs coyotes followed me
for about threo miles. aud after that saw
th I'm no more.
"1bs nigh was dark as Erebus. Not n
star appe rcd 10 throw .ne h ring ray upon
~, and# there was a .ighl d~li.llIng sleet all
righ
Ms horses gait coIll not be faster thin
two mil $ an hour. n tracks made during
tho day wero roy closed BY tn, Jriffins
aud falling snow, and evcryihing-snow,
larkhass, hins. r, W ,lves mads it h most
DIR airy night | ever experienced. Yet | man.
aged 10 z I nome tn following morning at J
o'clock, being just twent, -onc hours in the
saddle.
q" an nov PARTIALLY restored TO my usual
spirits and elias, iciiy of mind, AID expect re
ng to b. able again to compete with the
boys in aey ieht of Jam. / g, lnciug OF stone
throwing.
"Aliognther, however. | look upon my Ear
row escape from death rs u sp cial prot ction
OF Divine ProYldenc5."