The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-22

babe ionder OF his daddy then Lem
Junier" was, and Lem, well, he Worshipt
tibet boy, so | know'd somethin' terrible
was comm long some Of these fine days,
An sure as y'liVe It did, Jest as said.
"0yer ther upon BATH mountn me and
Lem Whacked up on some ALFRED well.
appesTin' claims. Their was the Gulch
sperret, Fust Chance, Owl Roost, an
HelIs Fire Iodes, all good, an every one
Of 'em under seven foot Of snow, TIL
Hells Fire laid down scross Limestun aatl
bout half ways tween TIL cabin an tn
Owl Roost, TIL Roost, see, took q sharp
shoot over tn east elbow Of tn mount'n
ther. Now, it didn't pan out near swell
IS me an Lem had CalkerlaIed. We put
th' shalt down hundred an ten foot by tn
tape, ttmbered her up snug, too, but the
vein give out like o knife-blade runnin'
to q pint, so we quit. Course we couldn't
lord to loaf longer'n we could
help, 60 the next thing We done we jest
pulled up TIL ole win'lAsH and moved her
up on tn Owl Roost, Early in tn win
ter-thet was lore much snow fell. Poorly
near ey'Ey day Lem Junier would scramble
up tn trail came as q Sonora mule, up
past TIL ole Hells Fire shait-'CouIse tibet
was one OF LENS darned wicked names
to where We war blRstin'; then soon as he
come long tired he'd take tn back trail
to tn gulCh. He never knoW'd anything
bout fear, an when he made up his mind
10 go-Well, ole Lem never said nothin',
One bright day, sun high, as Lem an the
kid an me was aittin' at tn shaft Aatin'
bacon an s~our-dough bread nobody
made better sour-dough bread n Lem
long Comes q big white cloud over Holy
Gross mount'n,
"'S4y, dad spoke up the %youpg'n, who
makes the CloudsY'
cole Lem looked at me kinder shamed,
an said nuthin'',
"OouIse | know'd the Lord was r'spon,
sible, but 1t scarf me to think Lem might
swear II l said 80, 80
snow what d'you reckon that kid
thought on next2 Says he, soft like:
Say, dad, have them clouds wings same
as angilsP
"ae vas gain dumb at tibet cloud, an
1t seemed to me Rs lit was comm right
down with open arms to carry him of,
Lem didn't take kind to what tn
junier said, | could see tibet, fur his face
wrinkled, bat the ilss time on rsG'Ed he
forgot to swear. The kid Jest took his
breath way, Where'd you 'spose that
boy heard OF anglia? Their warn't an.
other word spoke, in all fifteen minutes it
muat hey been, till student tn sun got
lost an tn snow come down, an then tn
kid took ia back track spite OF us. Some
thin must hev told Lem what was layin'
up fur him. He done mighty little talkin'
reat OF thes day. Well, stranger, tibet
storm beat all-th' alIdrdest bllzz ard
ever seed In these parts, In ten min.
utes the wind b!eW'n all directions at
Oact, and tn flakes was comm down like
as II somebody up therein the sky was
Shawn 'em ofTn big ice cakes. Soun's l
seed the trail was chokin' up, Lam says
!, 'lel's dig fur the cabin Never whim-
persd q word, hut picked up his tools an
iollered. I've had rough KNOCKS n the
MOUNTING, but never nothin' like tibet.
We must hey lOst the trail dozen times.
"Onct Lem says, scarf like: Tom, 'spoSe
he's got homer
"'1ween MT an you l he'd doubts, but
says I:,'Yes, sure.'
"Barkeeperl S'more water. Thank'ee!
My best respects, strangerl
"Well, sir, tn iunier warn't at home,
Jest az | thought. Makes me ahudder to
This present minute to reC'leCt tn cuss
words that Lem let 20 on. An somehow
you've he'd a light blow out on ye when
Their was no wind STARS you could see2-|
same way Lem shut off swearin'. He
amt awore sence. All OF a student he
les! stOpt an looked at me insane.like.
"'Now Lem says !, don't give up tibet
yvnT, l0ht iNninetat oil riuhk uaIu nnls,
olr'n tn trail, an we'Il so back an find
him.
Never was q more helplesser ma
than Lem, He lollered me out into camp,
dsE,d, an as | called tn boys an tole
bout III kiu' Lost up on tn moun'n, he
never spoke, But We all know'd how he
felt. We got up q crowd right quick-no.
body were 'fraid Of tibet Gnowstorm when
they heerd the kid was In it-'bout TWEEN
ty On W, ole Lem f%ollerin' round like a
dumb animal. As We started ell some
Teller spoke up an Gays: LES take
a ropes p'rhaps he's fallen into a
shaft
lem just groaned an Aaid no more.
"Says /, No, We can 70 up for the Owl
Roost layout ihe has, an 1 amt thinkin'
So.' TO brace up Lem, Tain't no use
tellln' how wo struggled an houndet'd
all long that trail, clear from the gulOh
TO tho ROOst, and nary u aign OF the kid.
Then some says: May be he slipped
the trail aud walked into the Hollis Fire
shalt Now you bet we warn't long in
maxim tracks for Their. Not m0re'n
twenty yards of'n the trail we nigh STUN
bled into the round, gapin' hole. Their
wArn't no trail, an 'fther' had been the
snnw'd wiped 1t out.
er'n weaker. Says he: Tom, holler
down."
"'Twnrn't no good, though, nothin'
but tn echo come back to US.
""Tom,' says he again, putin his hand
upon my shoulder, lest like thet, 'Tom,'
says he, can you pray?'
"(he teRrs was In his eyes an l know'd
Lem Sanderson's soul had somehow com
hack to him. Now, l amt no prsyin'
mai, but it seemed like as II the whole
bible come 10 me In a flash.
"''Fyou eau, an ii amt askin' too
much, lom,' says he, his voice Bhakiu',
pray tn %"junltr" amt dead, an ask tn
Loo r1 to send him TO u.s.
every man took his hat otf'n tibet
snow. storm an fell on his knees with me
an Lem SAnderson. They warn't any OF
EN- c%hutch.gein' men, MORN US, but
somehow when We onct got q send OF We
told the LOrd'O pray'r as It amt of'n told,
au' as We come to amen ole Lem kept
right Oh, an says he: '0h, Lord, II you
only give US back TIL %"junier" never will
We take Thy name'n vain, an oh, Lord,
il
N"'what 8 tlletI said Lem, jrmpin' Z
his feet; II heerd tn "junier's' voice. Tho
nhatt, boys; he's in IT, shaft; an with
tibet il ole Lem didn't pooty nigh 20 crazy
an Jump iq Il, H. Y :, hole ole. Away went At tn,
S 20 e., up no 20 s u, DTs Eo'O' ,on Le% an m bn SII q
Now, stranger, It warn't no loaHn' Job get
tin that outfit down 10 III Hsll's Fire and
putin II up. Lem At like a badger 10 20
iown in tn hnCkut, but he was too BcAry.