Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-14
THE sT0RY0F LITTLE IOT
What Was IN the Fron,,
mans Big Bundle.
4 Littls Bog-Hero who vas Ipiu,., !.
Saving the Lives Of the Minsa

s1Ss was q AIohtlerSman who bore !,
his arms great bundle. The carsl.'
observer on q hasty glance could :
have told what it contained, SO unlis.
was It to anything in particular hp,,
collection Of shawls and blankets
close inspection. however, would h,,.
revealed beneath the folds the vast
form of a child.
Sitting in the Union depot waiti0.
for the-train to the East, the w.sta,,
er held his bundle carefully 50 n,
the gaslight would not reach the lar
eyes. AS he was shifting his positin
he said In reply to the inquiry of am
stander:
mo; he amt sick, mister. Hs,
just hurried. Didn't you never h.,
Of it? Well, now, that's queer !
was in all the newspapers in N
Black Hills country. This here isIa
tie Joe. Of the Homestake claim v,,
er heard of him? Lemme tell ym
something, then. and don't you nevr
forget it. Will youp"
Never was the response.
"Well, sir. away back last Februar
when the snow was three-foot deem
and the billiards was a-howlinV On,
cabin got afre one night, and it VA
just aSmuch as ever that we got oOl
of it with our lives. We were about
nine miles from Deadwood and we ID
out on foot FOR that town. After W
had gone aNeays we found that il.
snow was 50 almighty deep that VI
was liable to be stalled. There was
crust on it and we'd break through ID
to our necks in places. Only little To-
got along all right. He didn't weigh
much more'n a bag of dust, and b
SKINNED along on top ike a fly. II
nally, when we couldn't go no furths
in the cold and the snow, he says: Ye
just 60 back, boys, and keep up III
fire, and Ill be back here In leai
Twelve hours with grub and lIqum
and III have the boys in DeadwM
come after us Tomorrow
God bless his little soul mind
just how he looked that minute. The
wasn't no use Of one trying to p F
ahead, so we let him go alone and We
went back, and heaping wood OF Tie
fire made by our cabin tried to keep
warm. Along toward midnight W
began to get powerfully hungry aid
to wonder what had become of Joe
when all o. q sudden we heard
faint calling.
Its q bird some one says.
4 "'No, it amt says l. ITS llta
joe
I'VE listened and heard 1t agar
The wind was whistIing almighF
cold. but there was no mistakingh
voice. Two or three of us sprango %
into the snow and made as fast a y
could towards the place where "
thought the voice came from. Pref
soon we heard it again off to one sA
and wading through the drifts r
found him. He had fallen into z
holes we had made in the crust 10 2.
morning and was so weak and stla
couldn't get out. So he lay there 2
yelled. He had grub and liquor dH
ped on him, but / picked him y
my arms and we carried him in tor
fire. Both Of his feet were frozen =
he was unconscious when we toos :
burden of OF him. All that nigh Z
rubbed him and cried over him
little cuss,. and the next morning.
the boys fromD eadwood broke thru
with their bosses, we loaded bin
and took him to town. The doo
had to cut off one of his feet, ~
| mended rapidly and SON got
could sic up. This fall we had
ing aid decided that Joe shOu1
stay at the mine this winter, ,"
east and be taken keer of at he'
in New York, and that's what -
ing now. Wen have him back ?
spring. and II there's anything :
camp he wants, It's his for all 1lD'