Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-04-13

1o'ciock as the time for the ceremony.
5 50 made calculation on being at the par.
/ sonago at Tint hour
Before we were two miles on our way
tho snow begai 70 fall ia great fcatherv
/ / fixes.
J ! love snow torn and was delight
cd to be out in one. Ing father and
mother grave and trou5loI. laughed
and jested, and in Iced was in al ulu.
sually merry mood for oao Just leavin,
hfmc and friends to 70 among strangers
with only husbands love 70 deread
upon
For some time tho snow fell SLOWLY
and heavily then the wind rose and the
cold began to Increase.
Joe suggested a return and hiated n
possible danger Either hositated Init
Frank thought there was no moro d,a.
ger naa advance thl1 retreat 50 Oh We
went. IIsavcnsl what an experience
that was which followed.
The wind howled ike host OF dc.
mons bent on destruction. The snow
bfeamc irfnitesimaIy flo and driven
bf the blast, stung oac's Il ssh when cx.
posed like needle points. We c5uI not
see to the horses heads. aad a. tho
one track was long since covered up we
ny longer knew which WY we were
going, and could oaly tra,t to til,
horses.
Mother became al1rmcd and cried
quietly bchi d her vail. All nv high
spirits vanished, and instead Of the
happy future | hal been .ticipating /
now saw nothing but cruel death be-
fore Us, with the snow for shroud and
pail
At 2 O'Clock BY Franks watch VIC
were nearly frozen, and the weary horses
could scarcely move a1ong.
Suddenly Joe put out hi, hand and
chtched at some object close to tho
side Of his sleigh.
'Hurrah" his choory voice rang ou,
whoa.
The tired horses stopped instantly
0aly too gla Of the chance. Joe sprane
ogt into the yelling snow. Ia a mo,
mfnt he shouted again.
fHello! Here another SLEIGH |
p ther! Frank Pile out here with |
yiur shoyelsw
They did as he ordered, and mother
aid | reused to SEQ what it all meant.
2 ft we could sec nothing, and only
fdntly hear their voices above the rush.
iaNvind.
soon fund out however, for
! 80 ca,.e.--s =
)We stared about ia stupid amazement
for Joe had brought a lantern along, and
he had lighted AMI hung it up. A mo,
ment later we wero joined by the minis
ter from Bunker, who, finding it pos
sible to get away, had started.
The men blankctcd th3 poor horses
huddled them together close to the
mouth Of the cave, turned the sleigh
box up beside them as partial shelter,
then bringing my trunk, lunch basket
and the robes, joined us.
The temperature Of the cave was com
Portable compared with the outer air,
and we were truly thankful for the
change. Vigorous and continued ex-
ertion soon restored our bcnumbed |
limbs to tn ir normal condition, and We
settled down to quiet discussion of
the situation AL the probabilities in
our favor.
After time the talk languished, and
Frank made in a whisper the queerest
proposition. gave a deci le l negative
but at last yielded to hi, entreaty, and
almost before the rest knew what was
gong o. We stood before the nlnister
with claspcd hands, and he was speak
ing the solemn word that bound US for
better or worse for lie.
It was a strange bridal. In that low.
dark cave, lighted only by the smoky
lantern, the terrible blizzard bowling
overhead, aad death lurking near in the
fearful cold, Which steadily increased,
mother cried softly, and fathers voice
trcmbled as he gav9 me his blessing.
Franks face was very white as he
ella ped me in hi, arms and called me
vie Ny own feelings were mixture
q terror and happiness, such as hope
never to experience again.
We remained il cur safe but gloomy
refuge forty-eight hours Then we were
dug ont by my brothers and party
from Bunker who were in search of the
minister and hal found us by the
mounds caused by the snow drifting
over the poor horses. Two were dead
and the other had to BE- killed, he was
50 ba lily frozen.
Huddled together IN lgr the ground,
with fifteen feet Of snow over US, We
hal not suffered badly; and the lunch
basket filled by mother for Frank and
me on our journey had suf1iccd to keep
US from actually suffering from hunger.
The Weight Of Heart
The average weight of mems hearts,
says the Medical News, is eleven ounces
each, AMI Of womens only nine ounces.
Thu, when they give and take or cx-