Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
A Narrow Fscnnn

From Theodore Roossvai.,.
paper on Frontier TyD,s y ,-'u1stsated
tooer Century, We quote tbs eaIl we De-
Gan palon " one OF his trappers. $3.50 a9
oaIauian. once or twice he sbo. .sI'n
curious reluctance about allowine, SEQ
10 approach him suddenly sro-1e man
altogether his actions we're "a o55 Ye ~
1eit some curiosity to learn bis 'ust l
IL turned out that be had been - ~
rather uncsnny experience tba vitsu
fore. lie and another man boa ,- -'e' De-
remote basin, or inciosg1 vsu.ss 0He INTO
heart OF the mountains, where 80 - tae
very plentiful; indeed, it was 10 49,, aas
That they decided to pass ~ ~ ,-;I1
there. Accordingly they mt ~ "i1ssr
cabin, working hard, and rneraIl iog-
enough meat for their irnrno,;.. A''Alg
'nst as 1t was finished winter set in , u,g'
tremendous snow storms. G5ipD o- p'.A
hunt, in the first lull. they found - =. y
CONSERVATION, that every head ne o .lslt
had left the valley. Not an anir1sss aug aug
to be found therein; they had aboT5.l "as
1T Tor their winter haunts. Tba 80"
for the two Adventures was az ,1 I,,N
They were afraid of trying to brIet .'' o4.
through the dsep snow.drifts. ana s.. ou'
ton stared them In the face if tbaye..ss
The man that met had his dog win -
They pat themselves on vcrv ,bo-t .--l Luz
mons, SO as to use up their Aopr as So
as possible, and hunted un9earidl,, ~.
saw nothing. Soon a violent 60
broke out between them. rhe other man
fierce, sullen fellow, insisted ma 49,
dog should be killed, but the owne, NE.
! exceedingly attached to it, and ret7ssS
For a couple of weeks thew snote ~,
words to each other, though oo1nsd T.
the little marrow pen OF logs. Then ono
night tho owner OF the dog was awakened
by the animal crying out; the other man
had tried to kill it with his knife brt
failed. The provisions were now almost
exhausted, and the two meL we're glarir,.
at each other with the rage CT maddspe5
ravening hunger. Neither dared to slsep.
for fear that the other would kill him
Then the one who owned the dog at lass
spoke, and proposed that, to give each
chance for his life, they should separate
He would take half of the handful ofaoBr
that was left and start off to try 70 gst
home; the other should stay where he was.
and if he tried to follow the first, he vss
warped that he would be shot without
mercy. A like fate was TO be the portion
of the wanderer If driven to return 10 the
| hut. The arrangement was agreed to and
the two men separated, neither daring 10
| turn his back while they were within rife.
shot of each other. For two days the
one who went of toiled on with weary
weakness through the snow drifts. Late
on the second afternoon, as he looked
| back from high ridge, he saw ia the far
distance black speck against the snow,
coming along on his trail His eompan-
ion was logging his footsteps. Immtdi-
ately he followed his own trail back lit.
tie and ley in ambush. At dusk his com.
panion came stealthiiy up, rifle in hand,
peerinR cautiously ahead, his drawn face
showing tne starved, eager ieiooity Of a
! slid beast, and the man he was hunting
shot him down exectly as If he had been
one. Leaving the body where it fell, the
wanderer continued his journey, the dog
staggering painfully behind him. The
| next evening he baked his last cake and
divided it with the dog. In the morning
wirh his belt drawn still tigt ter round his
skeleton body, he once more set out with
apparently only few hours of dull mis-
cry between him ard death. At noon bt
eros sed the track of a huge timber-wolf
instantly the cog gave his tongue, and
rally wing its strength, ran along the trail
The man struggled after AZ last hi'
strength gave out and he sat down TO die
but while sitting still, slowly stiHening
with the cold he heard the dogs bayinR
in the woods. Shaking on his morta
numbu cas-, he crawled toward the sound
and found the wolf over the body of
deer that he had just killed, and keeping
the dog from it. At the approach Of the
new assailant the wolf sulIenly drew Of
and the man and dog tore the raw deer
flesh with hideous eagerness. II made
them very sick for the next twenty-touI
hours; but, lying by the carcass for two
or three days, they recovered strength