The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-11-17


body up ther'n tn sky was Shawn 'em
eff'n big ice cakes. Soon's l seed tn
trail was chokin' up, Lem says I,
let's dig fur the cabin Never whim.
pered a word. but picked up his tools an
follered Two had rough knocks n the
m%ount'ns, but never nothin' like thct.-
We must hev lost the trail a dozen times.
"Onct Lem says, scarf like: Tom,
'spose he's got home:'
Tween me an you he'd doubts, but
says L: Yes. sure
"Barkeer. S'more water. Thanked!
Ny best respects, stranger!
We'll, sir, tn junicr warn't at home,
jest rs l thought. Makes nc shudder to
this present minute to reject tn cuss
words tibet Lem let so on. An some
low-vou'vc he'd n light blow out on We
when ther WAS no wind Stars you could
sce?-same way Lem shut OIL swearin'.
He amt sworc scnce All OF n Student
he jest stort an looked at me insane
like.
Nov Lem says /, dom give up
tibet way. 'Th' "junier's" all right. He's
only oif'n tn trail, an We'll 90 back an
find him.
Never was q moro hclplcSscr man
than Lem. He follered Inc out into
amp dazcd, an as | Cal!cl tn bows an
tolc bout tin KID lost up on tn mount'n,
he never spoke. But we all know'd how
he felt, We got up a crowd right quick
-nobHdy We're 'fraid of the. snowstorm
when they hecrd the kid was in it-'bout
twenty OF US, ole Lem f~ol!rrin' round
like a dumb animal. AS W. started off
some Teller spoke UP an says: LES take
a rope; p'rhaps he's fallen into n shaft
Lem Just groaned an said no more.
says |, No, We can 20 up for the Owl
Roost layout 'fho has, AN j! amt thinkin,
80 TO brace up Lem. faint no usa
tellin' how we struggled an flounder'd
all long that trail, clear from the gulch
t. the RooSt, and nary "A siGn Of the kid
Then some one says: May he lie slipped
the trail and walked into the IIcl.'s Fire
shaft Now you bet we warn't long in
maxim tracks Their. Not more'n twenty
yards oifn the trail we nigh stumbled
into the round, gapin' hole. Their warn't
no trail, an 'fther had been the snow'd
wiped it out.
"All this time ole Lem war gettin'
whiter'n weaker. Says he: Tom, holler
down.
"Twarn't no good, though, nothin'
but tn echo come back to us.
Tom says he again, putin his
hand upon my shoulder. jest like tibet,
Tom, says he, can you prayr
The tears was in his ewes an
know'd Lem Sanderson's soul he'd some
how come back to him. Now, l Amino
prayln man, but it seemed like as if the
whole Bible come to me in u flash.
Fyou can, an it amt askin' too
much, Tom says he, his voice shakin',
pray tn "~junier" amt dead, an ask tn
Lo-o-rd to send him to u.s.
Every man took his hat off'n thet
snow storm nm fell on his knees with
me and Lem Sanderson. They arn't
any of EN- church-goin' men, morn us,
but somehow when we onct got a send
of we told theL Lords pray'r as it amt
ofn told, an as we come to amen ole
Lem kept right on, an says he: oh,
Lord, if you only give us pack tn
"Junier' never will we take Thy name'n
vain, an oh, Lord, if
What's theft said LON, jumpin' to
his feet; 4 heerd tn "junier's" voice.
TIL shaft, boys; he's in tn shaft an
with tibet if ole Lem didn't pooty nigh
so crazy an jump into tn hole. Away
went tn boys up to tn Owl Roost, Lem
an all of us, fur tn win'lass an rope
an bucket. Now, stranger, it warn't no
loatn' job gettin' that outfit down to tn
Heirs Fire an putin it up. Lem fit like
a badger to go down in tn bucket, but
he was too scary, 80 we sent down Jim
Clancy. AS the bucket fell nigh the
hunderd-foot line we heered Jim holler
Easy. Then we dropped him same as
if he was tighten on a nest Of epsa
Pooty soon come, Just 50 we could hea
1t, Hoist away an not moron sSa
minutes by the watch ole Lem wa hug
tn %'junier' game as no kid was ever
Rugged afore.
Note scratch! ~Strangest thing sever
happened in camp. Tn 'junier' he'd
fallen a hundred an ten feet by tn tape,
an never turned a hair. You see,
pooty soon after we left tn uelrs Fire
IN the fall, Frank McLorkey lost o
burro, and the darned fool he'd walked
right into tlet shaft at night sometime.
Top of tn ole carcass tn bed
sifted in-five or six foot OF tan when
tn 'Junier' fell tn angils he'd made the
'~quaintance OF unbeknownst to ole Lem
jest kinder took care tibet he didn't hit
th' side of tn shaft. an he never hurt
himself. When ho got tired hollerin' he
went to sleep, an thet's tn way Jim
Clancy found him--dead sleep. Now
how d'you 'spose ole Lem heard tn
'juniers' voice when lie warn't speaking
Ther amt no mann tn camp c'nanswer
tibet, M it's troubled ON all a bean
kept Lem. an he says now it was the
Lord answer'n his prayer. It's no
difference. Lem kept his word. He
amt sworn none since, an lie eau quote
Bible will, anybody.
"Churcl2 Yes, sir; LENS our preacher. !