Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-10

| couple o YOU fellars kin then cross the
range by Brush Creek trail TO Copper Creek
| an git more fellars thar, an meet me and
| the Kid on the summit O. Red Mountain.
| There's an empty cabin at timber-line on
the west side O Red Mountain. aud meet
me thar an hour by sun to-morrow. IL Yer
hustle yell git thar. Yer ought to fetch up
| by midnight on the summit"
| II is useless to attempt to convey an idea
of what this plan involved.
None but those who have seen these vast
stretches Of rock and snow-saye. perhaps,
| those who have contemplated for an hour
| BrombIey's Everlasting SHOWS Of Colorado"
can appreciate the undertaking. But they
knew the boy must die if he remained where
he was, and as the plan offered possible
chance of success, the, adopted il.
| They were ready in an hour. Bill rugged
litter upon his burro. as 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 mishaps many, but without
serious accident they reached the valley at
| daylight, and at II O'Clock were at raylor's
| Creek.
| Little John was no worse. lie was part
/ ~ conscious and had been made to under
| stand that he was going towards home.
Bills assistants were To leave him al tins
point. and he delivered last injunction.
Now. pards. lets have no bitches. Kin
make the cabin in five or six hours easy
enough, and shall stop an hour 70 rest an
warm. If kin make the next two miles
/ the things done. If its quiet like, mebbe
/ | kin make it, II II storms-(iud help Us
I lou must be thar al the summit at md
/ night If the SHOWS drlftcd bad. BalaAm
can't make it, an we'll have 10 carry the
boy. When Yer git ,nar. II It storms, han'
round. an ve'U find me an Haiaam an the
hid someuh har in the snow. Now git an
au'-if YOU ever loved your mothers-Gont
YOU fail"
The two departed reached and passed
the summit before day had faded and
al o'clock were in the timber o. Copper
Creek on the eastern slope. In e" min
ujcs mere they were IN a snug CABIN BY
glowing Ere telling their stor, % tnur fear
l,ss. hig hearted miners.
The, al. knew Bill Lewis, and thought
be could win Il any man could; but they
lad little hope Of finding L;tiie John alive,
They all. however, willingly made ready to
set ont. They had eight miles Of compare
tiyc'y easy trail which they thought they
could DO IN t"rre ho"r'' leaving mem '"o
hour, n which 10 climb the two mlics from
timhcr-huc to Red Mountain summit.
Without grca, difficulty they reached the
foo, of the side in the time proposed.
Bu, d.ecouras,ns, indeed, was the pros
pccl upon arriving there. That drtart
ua.-. ~ -u.w suaU nothing b-lf SNOW,
stretching up. up, NJ. At an angie 81 - 'e-
grees. until j, faded IN the uncertain hsh''
the wind roaring far above 'helr heads a u
{ came sweeping over from ne o'h'r sac
all hroash, a ,wifl sense Of their own pow
/ erles,ness, a. asains, the appalling forces
I Of nature, which weighed down ana as
couraged them drehrlt
One By one they cra"!td up The irarll'
winding way. Not a word was spoken. y"
one had heart TO speak or breath /" spare.
Even minute, seem long IN time and place
like this, and It seemed an age before they
saw the top, and, oh, ho" long before they
reached II
They had hitherto been warm enough.
But hen ihey turned the sammit thy cold
wet Wind chilled them through. ihere
wa> No snow falling, but the wind vas dFi'-
cyclones of arctic horror 30 9und 'htir
shrinking forms. In moment they bad
abandoned every hope.
There was no B.! Lewis there.
There was no council held there was no
time for that; hlt .nstinct'e!y every man
rushed forward Tor some slight sheilef
Onward they went. al times easily and rapid
~ over the hard, old snow, and then sup--
4 Fs|
mile from the summit, they "a" something
dark in the snow ahead.
Il could be nothing else. But were they
dead or alive
Good, faithful. BA.Aam NJ man shA.
abuse thee more Brave bAl Lewis lhl
SINS be forgiven thee.
Bill had worked his way up from he cab
in BY trampng the snow IN front oi ba'aam
hundred feet al a time, and goiGg over
the ground several times. until the animal
could pass through. and then repeating tor
another hundred feet. This he had done
in biting bias, and binding snow. never
faitering, never de,pairiRg, for SIX long
hours.
Bnfs greeting wa. characteristic:
"Well done, pards / know'd you'd come.
Tne Kid was better at the cabin but wheth-
tT AllNc OF urtI nov uPti S44HH- i~'NH
an see.'
Little John was alive and warm.
Now. paris there's SIX o yer. Baaam ;
pretty nigh played out Shoulder the ends
o them ere poles, an strike for Caspers
cabin, first trail TO the left after yer strike
timber. Ra!aam an Ill go back TO the cab
in, an come over in the mornln'. er KIN
wait for me. Ill come, for I've learnt
sumthin at that thar cabin an I'm goin to
see this thing through
The SIX men took up the litter, and Bill
and Baaam went back to the cabin at tim
Der line They had packed the trail pretty
wei. coming down in line, and so, without
special difficulty. though slowly and wear-
Is. they gained the summit, and the dread
, ful and critical fiftv feet once passed. they
-, felt that their troubles were ended.
The next morning was bright one on
the eastern slope of the main range. Low
, down in the big timber, nestled in a warm
, nook. with an eastern and southern expos
ure was a miners cabin. Already the wat
er was dripping from the roof-logs which
/ oyerhung the door. the pile Of mineral
specimens on the rude shelf beside the door
sparkled in the sunshine the dog basked
upon the chips; the burros rubbed their
necks together at the watering place; the