The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-24
CHAPTER ".
A PERlLoUS JOURNEY.

Deed sir, but We not anOti0n Teer
we hare,' opined cabby in detected
tones. az, pulling his horse up abruptly,
lie opened the trap at The Top OF the
cab, aud thus summary aroused Dick
from slOmner.
Dick, Who, with his fur-lined ulster
buttoned mp TO bis chin, his hands
thrust into Scal-Skin gloves. and q bear
skin rug wrapped round his iegs. had
been doing C0mplaCGntly for an hour
past needless Of the guylelieS of his
Jchu, the relentless oWa7iti0n OF the
elements, and the dd'icnJieS OF pro-
erosion generally.
"Hulloa' you don't mean that as he
reused himself now with a start.
Draw up the window, and let's have a
look where we are.
\ But Dick was scarcely prepared for
the scene which forthwith met his
gaze.
The deyil"n he calculated vaguely,
staring to right, to left, before, behind;
why it must have been showing ever
since we left town, and, Judging from
the appearance Of things in general in
this quarter Of the globe. it is but fair
WI NO aIt =. l'o ueeii sly" lug ncle'
tLn Gret nf Tnn W., a. "TS lave ?roe
cabhy' ora yo,i s,rn yo any nmt Us go
mean advantage Of my slumbers to
! drive straight ahead to Siberia or the
Polar regions? Here, jump down and
open these doorS--l'm SO cramped lean
scarcely moyc,-and when I've stretched
my legs OH terra .Gr0,d | shall be able to
happen 70 heh'', wa " '''
bio. jniunctions were obcyad bvt
inye tiga,,0n only served 10 move The
'horeles,uess of the situation. for DAYS
past. even in town thp snow had "E;jr
! ana since noon TODAY II had been fajl.
| ING heayilv-.s,uo. the country roads had
been converted into one trackless pIajn
| of mtrolden snow. with here and ihpre
a stuntcd leafless tree. Il buried HEDGE.
row. or fine topmasi hars of waysido
gate. to diversity tLe prosnact White
spotiess white az far a. thp eve could
reach-aye, and how much farfhery for
the snow was heating steadijy earth.
wards still. in slanti1r sheet which as
effectuallv obscured fine heavens above
AS the snironndinp world
Are we across ths COMMONS oues.
toned Dicl, Win genrime any otvf '~'
,tAyo hot ,yo irst oro s;,. so e., ~,
o ,t' tn+ 1 Io %tV' ~. Oh, ~ lIi 90
a., ,i'I ~ ~ c' uuV We IosV IN ltCAoli'
nS, ao re ,. " IoilIeos; n1lllIouEll %
man man "uG Wy L Se hIOMta bdiIieo IoIn'
tlG,a au iG,,''" d'0"O Aoi pIdl'el y
'WuiumSf le"' =,
,.IN nay iVVi was 10 20 10 steep
SoilIoqulIeu DICK III an undertohe'
anu you trust To
steep or no steep, interrupted cab
by Indignantly, II suppose you've 10
better eyes your head than any othel
man, ehy an We can see deyilish little
further tn dark than tn best amang
MS. An whiu snaws driyin like a
shower O live frogs / your face, a-whist'
lin / yer eyes, an a nunbin o IN
nape o your neck. IT'S uncommon hard
can tell yer, I distinguish Willie from
D'ack, or right from lett FOR that mat
YER Wnon u s all straight fat salun
iike' lAlk o fleet,s'feet DOCKS, o.
| Mansion House crowds 0 Lord Mayor
day; give mo dangers o. that sort t.
grappIc WI say ], an Keep yer countrJ
ROADS an ChllSSermaS SnoW-slormS iui
Sicn rs laucleS thlDl-ah ihat s mol
mel
BIT DICK, having already arrived al
the conclusion that no amount Of vltu
pera,lon directed either against the ele
meuls' himself rate, or The CaDman
would assist them IN this emergency
wisely reiialned IRON being drawn int
aLg'uiitnI even Oh ~ Wioe a subject a