The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22

ny daily Journal, and whom I went to bed left
the door wids open; II seemed to me that the
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was midnight, as 9tterward came to know,
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soon convinced that some one or some liy;
Ing thing beside myself was present: I could
andI Climbed over The foot Of the bed and
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quite reached the side OF the bod, and had I got
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was Ct hand, but l did not need a weapon. The
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aS then hsa pulled ahs Himself his T" y,on to to ny ny do tSnn ii.
tending 70 have my life as l slept. When bnflcd
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scsompiished what he did, Ieonla have killed
spared me. Death was already beside him, and
as | stood and looked. down upon him. candle
o On ha dead h' q %Ssn | a w ,a,n su Tsr tSat iiFs f hnd Gsl
parted l dragged him into the tunnel and shut
sleep again that night.
In the morning l excavated a hole near where
il. and packed the snow. over them. Then I
o oeg ;ba INNING raR 7 ga q tunnel Inn sd for the sho, Ledge IN front 1ont
When the second nan night 1t came sE"s EAR" Early imt the third nfSi
day I had to abandon this tunnel on account
Of a cave-in which nearly smothercd me. Then
Sa iiSs.s and T. ! W, was '' ssill q 4 ,t sS%H work ors WHEN WHEN T.. .Rs
fret week closed. Early In the second week
when TIC second week closed was drifting a
tunnel to. the. left. 1t WIS slower work than
very ysn s seiIa. a ,n'n 4, ff I dug T u%s f hsa to cs Be- tIS nsSsa
behind me. and eventually carried of and scat
tered I IN some hole under the tree tons. Every
tree. and it was hard work to get around such
obstrictions Again a caye;in would taio place
to hanfsr e larase To ' tSs ssse a2r I nay yb or 'Y ! eo %nd
staTtedin Of tho third week more to be at
week / t%nnelled to the Ell rlsh. again again. and at at" )
o'clock on saturday afternoon l Broke into my
does when lost in the woods, / made a half
circle and came back on myself. while all the
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house. l was now becoming much weaker.
s an th was ,h,I Ts4aT 10 nIs fivS ,n sP: int i s Srs
and / knew that the snow WINS settling
night, giving me. many a fright. and at
O'Clock, next morning; when l opened the door.
1b icu WSs my 7 t n1iI.Sd f lid W. ,P. NV was sal la%d 1nM
better than usual. Going over to the i%irsrlacS
took = look up the chimney and saw the dark
four drops Q! rain iOil UPON eol my, lace, and then
understood that a great thaw had set IN and
three days more, however, before I got daylight
through the window and could force my way
out Of the door.
1t had been raining for three days and nights,
and the creek below me was q mad torrent. The
snow on the trail was yet very deep. aud l was
compelled to wait two days more before I could
got away, Then the weather. changed to
colder. and l got down to Virginia City. 1t
at the bodies | knew were under the snow. The
hermit had been caught In the edge OF the
rush. and killed by being dashed against tho
rocks. His body was carried across tho frozen
creek to the edge of a thicket. and such cloth
ters. They had known Of the avalanche both
above and below. and had given me up for lost.
AS near as the men could Judge the snow
any idea that the cabin had been spared. That
l came out OF 1t alive was simply the luck
which strangely enough saves a man now and
then from the open jaws Of death.