The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-05-22

hslr-- veil an good; bat. anyhsv, that
k,ds gcia 10 b. savsd fer his msthssi''
II vas thirteen miles east ovsr The range
V the nearest cabin. The sannit vss
nearly fcurtssa ihsssasd feet 10 height.
and upon il storm vas raging. TIE
spur 10 tho north sAd west we're utterly
impassabls. The only way ont Vas devn
shs guloh by the same route ever which
they had recently eoas 10. Although BY
this trail there would bs no storm thsrs
was vsrse Thsrs vsss slides. prssipissa.
and difficulties irnumssabls. Besides, Il
vould only lead ists Ne broad valley Of
the Guasisos. The range must ~ crossed
To the east before railroad tsva could be
reached. q The advastAss 81 shsltsr asd
medical attendascs secured. They BE-.
lisvsd the boy would die ssfsre nsrning.
Nov. thss, could hs b savsl'
/ Bill, seeing their questioning Looks, an
swersl them:
''Sss hsrs, pards. thAl boy aist near 20
lsiek y you ttfsk hs u. Hes tirSd. wors
out. and telotslly discouraged. but he's
ysung, ain't burst ost with vhiskeyl--
an in my spinisn mere hsnssick than
sisk. I've seen them fellsrs before. II
W kin make him understand there's .
chance Of bis getting home he'll hssg on
90 We kin cit him homo. III rig litter
on Balsam (BAlAAm wss Bills burro) an
we'll take him down The valley TO Tsyler
creek. A couple o your fsllsrs kin thsa
cross the range by brush creek trail to
Cooper creek. an git more fsllsrs thar.
an meet me an the kid on the summit o
lied Mountain. Thar's an empty cabin
at timber lire on the west O. Red Moun-
tain, an meet me thar an hour by sun to-
morrow. II yer hustle ysr'll git thar.
Yer ought ter fetch up BY midnight on
the summit"
j II Is useless 10 attempt 10 convey An
idea OF what this plaa Involved.
None hut those who have seen those
vast stretches Of rock and snow save,
perhaps, those who have csutsmplatsd for
an hour Bromlsy's Everlasting Shows
of Colorado appreciate the under
taking. But they knew the boy must die
il he remained whore he was, and as the
plan offered possible chance Of success,
they adopted it.
They we're ready in IN hour. Bill
rugged q litter upon bis burro, rs Indians
do, and in it placed Little John. At II
O'Clock the procession started down the
gulch. There were two men besides Bill.
While these went forward and picked out
the trail, Bill attended to the litter. Their
progress WAS slow, and their nishap,
many, but without serious accident they
reached the valley at day light, and ct IL
o'clsck they were at Taylsr creek.
: Little John was no worse. He wai
! partly conscious, aud had been made to
understand that he was going towards
, home. Bills assistants were to leave q
, this point, aud be delivered last irinue
. tion.
I Nov, pards let's have no bitches.
q kin make The cabin in five or six hours
easy enough. an shall stop thar sn houl
. to rest asd warm. II | kin make the neg
\ two miles over the summit the thing
/, done. II it's quiet. like, mabbo / kir
make it, II it storms God help us! Yor
. must be there at the summit at midnieh
II the SHOWS drifted bad, Ralasn can
, make il, an we'll have to carry the boy
i When you git there, il it storms, hun
round, an yer'll fnd mo an Balaam an
the kid somew here in the snow. Now git
an IAN il you ever loved your mother
don't you fail. J"
!. The two departed; reached and passed
a the summit before daylight had faded
and at six o'clock we're in tho timber .
! Copper Creek on the eastern slope, In
! few minutes more they were ia snui
! cabin by glowing fire, telling their ster.
4 10 four fearless, big hearted miners.
They oil knew Bill Lewis, and though
!, he could win Il asy man could; but the.
. had little hope Of fading Little Johl
!. alive. They all. hswsver, willingly mad
r. ready to set out. They had eight mile
n OF comparatively easy trail, which the.
thought they could do 10 three hours
!, leaving them wo hours in whieh TO clim
y the two miles FROM timber land to Re-
= Mountain summit. Without great diff
"a Guilty they reached the foot OF the slide j
the time proposed. But dissouragin
I. indeed was the prospect upon arrivin
"a there. That dreary waste Of snow, snow
d nothing but snow. stretched up. up, Ut
!, st aA angle Of seventy degrees until
n faded in tho uscertaia light; the win
h roaring far above their heads, as II cam
IN sweeping over from the other side; .
= brought 9 swi 1T sense OF tksir own pOwsl
20 lsssnsss, as against the appalling forces I
\ nature. which weighed dswn and di
AZ couraged them dresrily.
One by oAs they crswled up the fesrf'
ID winding way. Not verd was spokel
. No one had heart 10 speak or breath
spare Even minutes seemed long
i, time and place like this. and it seemed Q
.. age before they saw the top, asd, oh. ho
long before they reached it.
q, They had hitherto beea warm enong
ae But vixen they turned the summit. Il
cold west wind chilled them thrsug
r. There Was no snow falling, but the viz
VI VS. driving and swirling the recent sns
re in small cyclones Of arctic horror srour
q their Shrinking forms In mement th'
y had abandoned every hope.
o. There Was no Bill Lewis there.
., There Was no council held: there y