Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-03-03
Gales ano Skfttbes.
faE ANGEL or EVANS GrLGH.
By RALPH BAYARD.
Continued from Yesterday

ing, and PRAYED for their speedy deliver
ance as only a Christian woman can pray.
She momentarily expected the roof To
collapse under its great weight OF snow,
and knew that in the event OF such cata--
trophe death would surely easue. Her
only hop. was that her father would come
10 the rescue before it was too late.
The day passed slowly to the inmates
of the buried cabin. The minutes dragged
bv so slowly that they seemed hours, but
no aid came John Pnrdv grew rapidly
worse as the day wore on. and a few min
utes before six O'Clock he expired in his
sweetheart's arms His death was ter
rible blow to Jennie. and she sat until far
in the night In mute despair. Then the
portals Of her soul were opened. and the
hot tears Ieaped forth. With tears. reason
returned, and she awoke to a realization
Of her appalling condition. ''Ail now de-
ponds on father" she would say halfaloud,
little dreaming OF his cruel iale, and then
her thoughts would revert to her dead
lover, and her tears would flow anew
The young girl spent four days in that liv-
ing tomb. She did not suffer from the
cold, for above her was blanket Of snow,
and between it and the rocky wall against
which the cabin was built were interstices
which admitted Of the passage of sufficient
air to sustain one human life. Her sur
roundihgs' however. were iiole una"
enough to drive an ordinary person mad.
The last drop of coal-oil was burned dur
ing the second dav. and after that the
darkness was ~ dense as that which once
settled down over ancient Egypt. Sleep
was out OF the question, and at times she
feared her reason was uacomiuV rlDuden.
III ran only Keep up courage VII ialhei
eome sue Will ~ 1''t5,P &C. ,'''a
over aea"' Wv ' "'t
ho""'aih -. az ~
snow ehIo'hoe" capih. IL came 'ro,h Tue
basin side, herce anu hungry aiter tle IN
cessant storms which had placed barrier
between Itself and natural iood: It's eyes
shone IKE I'VE coais oil i're' ana us -, squ9ah-
ing was poiu ,'na elia,' - ~ t oea-
~ ~ 'nn - 80 '', -
'"o ""',"," 10 a y '".'" p"' ''',.
ue'ourea inc "" crui'ios ac'''cre.' ao"u'
the room, ana when " disappeared IN one
corner she told herself mat IL would come
and cheer her on The morrow; strange I"
say she "ih nor NJ any .l,ie ti'a''o"h hose'
on1 p,a:eu Implicit ,'i.n IA nJt iil"1i'
an. :"'' 'y ,I' s ~ 'a ',; , r'
r - '"o ~ ~
"or 'cscuc' ,ho n"' Nv "e,'1 "' 'oou'
ana ohiy niols'eneu hcr Parched Ups WIN
wafer mt intervals.
AT the close OF the fourth day Jennie
heard muiiled sounds ana voices without.
lhey became more audible every moment
ana iina'iy an instrument "n'eh em't'e"
ne'a'i'c souh'' IKE sho,e' 'ahg "Sa'hs'
.he wihuo" ohia Jew ieet avn. iio"i
her mead. III Is father! she crled III JOY.
Gus tones. and stood erect with outstretched
hands AGAIN came the sounds from with
out, ana then an exclamation oi dehght.
eouPie" WIN an oa'n' 'nno'ihceo 'nat 'he
eao'h haa oeeh found i" the imprisoned
woman 'he curse sounueo sweeter thah
w" ever prayer 'ro'n Pl"nS ups ior II toIu
as piaihiS as WORDS th''t Ihe ioh"-eraNeu
ueiVerance was III hand' She attempted
10 cry our, pnt her lips were mule her
brain seemed on hre. ray oi light pen
etrated the room ana with one Wild
p'ercing shriek she 'eil forward on her
,ace III oe"'ne',Ne swooh across 'he ne
less ,e"'','s W "eI ioNer'
"heh jennie johnson regalhed CON
SERIOUSNESS 'he scene was changed She
WAS Sihg upon luNur'ant co'hh IN Il
handsomely iurnished room. IL was
night. ana lamp on centre Ia
ole shed soft warm hight She at
tempted To arse, hut the effort proved too
serious ask' anu she SANK PACK on the
P'h'"S' weak an" neipiess' ne NOISE she
"ne"e. s"Sn' 'n"uSh !. was, "t'rac'eu tue
a,ehtion o, ,any sea'eo NJ the opposite
size OF the oed' ana coming forward WIN
hnger to her lips AS though enIoining
silence, she said
81 am Mrs. Howe. and this Is the home
OF my brother Mr.. George Carter You
have been Ill almost unto death but now
the crisis mas passed anu you are ont oil
danger: 10 not speak: nut take quiet
ana re'reshing steep lou are safe among
friends.
Jennie closed her eyes without dis
senting thought. and in few moments
was sleeping as swee,ty as babe on its
mothers breast. The next morning she
awokc greatly refreshed. to find Mrs.
Howe. l'r. Law and Heorge Garter pres
ent. The physician pronounced her con-
valescing rapidly. ana briefly described
how she was rescued from the snow tomb
at the head OF Evans Gulch.
On the day succeeding the avalanche
George Carter went up the gulch to in
spect some claims he had purchased on
the opposite side. Above the basin he saw