The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-18
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An Affecting Episode OF Lilo In thsB Black

"a al III the bInE
Hills.
ctedpo Herald.
Passing through town night before Las
was n frontierslnan who bore in his arms
great bundle. Tho careless observer, on
hasty glance, could not have told whit |
contained, SO unlike was II 10 anything II
particular but u collection OF shawls ant
blankets! A close inspection, however
would have revealed beneath tho folds III,
wasted form OF n child.
Sitting In the Union depot, waiting 70,
Tho Train for the East, tho Westerner Reld
his bundle carefully, 80 that the gaslivhi
would not reach the lads eyes. AS he was
shifting his position he said, in reilly Ia
INC inquiry OF u bystander:
NO he amt sick, master, hos lust
hurried. Didn't you hear Of It? We'll,
now, that's QUAR-. II wa,i In all tho news.
papers In tho Black Hills country. This
here is Little Joe, Of the lIomestake claim.
Never heard Of him? Lemmo tell you
something, then, and don't you never Tor.
get i, will your"
Never" was tho response.
"Woll, sir, away back last February
%hen tho snow was throe feet deep, and
tho billiards. was a.howling, our cabin rot
aiire one night, and il was ust rs much as
eyer that We got out OF it with our lives,
we 'wero about nino miles from Dead.
wood, and set out on foot for that town.
Alter VIC had conc Always wo found tint
the snow wasso almighty deep TINT we WINS
iiaole TO DO stalled. There was a crust on
It, and we'd break through up to our nocls
~ places; Only. Hittle Zoo got along all
right, lie didn't weigh mucl, more'n a
bug oldust, and ho skinned on top ike Il
ny. Finally, when We couldn't 20 no
further for tho cold and snow, hc says.
You just 80 back, boys, and keen up the
fire, and III DO back yere again in |ess'n
WE'VE hours with grub and liquor, and
III have the hoysin Deadwood come after
US Tomorrow
"dod bless his little SOUL I mind lust
how he looked that minute, There wnsn't
no uso Of our trying to 90 ahead, so We let
nm 20 alone and We went back, and
heaping, wood on the fire made by our
cabin tried to keep warm. Along toward
midnight we began to get powerful hum
cry, and 10 wonder what had became Of
Joe, when all Of asudden NO heard faint
~
mIts . Bird some one says.
NO, 1t amt says l. It's Joe.'
I'VE listened and heard it again. The
wind was whistling almighty cold, but
here was no mistaking his voice, Twoor
Ihree Of us sprang ont into the snow and
made as fast rs We could toward the spot
where We thought tho voice came from.
tretty soon we heard it again off to one
''lde, and wading through tho drifts, We
ound him.. lie had fallen into the holes
had made in tho crust in the morning,
WIS 80 weak and stiffh couldn't Get
tut; So no lay there and yelled, He had
'flD n liquor strapped OH him, but |
'icRed nm III IN myarins and we carried
i'hA N 10 the tire. Doth Of his feet were
ro4en, and no was unconscious when We
ook his burden of Of him. All that night
SC rubbed him and cried over him. the
!ttle, 0prs, and the next morning, when
nc boys from Deadwood broke through
With bosses, we loaded him up and took
Inn to town. Tho doctors had to cut Of
me oil his feet, but he mended rapidly
soon got 80 be could sit up, This fall
20 lad q meeting aud decided that Joe
mould not Stay at the mine this winter,
'nt 30 last and 10 taken keer OF at q hos.
1ltal in New York, and that's what I'm
now. Wen have him back in the
and il there's anything in the
amp he wants it's his for all time"