Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-02-13

tney Gee, scd 10 pass rho winter tncre
Accordingly they pat up n log cabin. work,
ing hard. and merely killing enough meat
Tor their Immediate use. just ns Il was
finished winter set in with trerieudous
snow storms. Going out to hunt. in the
hrst lull. they found. TO their conStcrna.
ton. that every head OF ,,amc had left the
valley. Not an animal WAS 20 be found
therein; they had abandoned IL for their
winter haunts. The outlook for tho two
adventurcrs WAS appalling They were
afraid of trying 10 break ont through tho
deep snow drifts. and starvation stared
them in the face IL they staid, Tho man
that met had his dog with him They
put themselves on very short commons.
SO as 70 use up their -four as slowly "a
possible. and hunted unwear:edly. but
saw nothing
Soon violent quarrel broke ont be.
tween them. Tho other man. fierce.
su!len fellow. insisted that tho dog should
30 killed. but tho owner was exceedingly
attached TO Z. and refused. For couple
Of weeks they spoke no words to each
other. though cooped Ia the little narrow
pcn of logs. Then ono night the owner
OF tho deg was wakcncd by the animal
crying out, tho other man had tried To
XIII IL with his lShife. but flilcd. The
provisions were now almost exhausted.
and the two men were glsriay at cecl,
other With tho rare of maddcnel raven
ing hunger. Neither dared to slccp. FOR
fear that the other would kin him Then
the ono who owned tho dor ~ last spoke
and proposed that. To give each n chance
for hi5 lie. they should scpar,rtes lie
wCrli take half Of the handful CT -four
that was left and start off 10 try to ret
homo; tho ether should stay where ne
N,Ss. md If he tried 10 follow the first LIE
SEQ L
OCT mercy. a Ike fate was TO DO the
portion OF tie wanscvcr If driven TO no
turn to tho hat. Tic arrangement was
agreed TO aud the two men separated
neither daring 10 tura his back wl.ilo they
wcrc itllin r,.lc SHOT Cf each othcr
Tor two dcys tho ono who went OF
tCilcd on Ni.h wcSly wC1lSacss through
tho SNOW driftss Late on tho second
afternoon. as ho looked bacl; from high
ridge. lie saw In the far distance black
spcck against tho snow, coming along on
his trail. Ills companion was dogcing
Lts footsteps. Immediately he followed
his own trail back little and laid in am
bush. at dusk his companion came
stcalthily Up. rife in hand. rccring can.
t!ously ahead. his drawn face showing
the starved, eager fcroci;y Of the wild
beast. md the man he was hunting shot
him down exactly Us If he had been one
Leaving the body where il fell. tho wan
derer continued his journey. the dog stag
gorinS painfully behind hill Tho next
evening lie baked his last cu,;c and divided
1t with tho deg. In the morning. with
his belt drawn still tighter round his s,;el
eton body. no once more set ont. with ap
rnrcutly only few hours Of dull misery
between him and death. At noon be
crossed the track of huge timber wolf;
Instantly the dog gavo tongue. and. rally
ing its strength, raa along the trail The
man struggled after
1t last his strength Savo out and he sat
down TO die, but while sitting stil. slowly
with the cold. he beard the dog
bnying In tho woods. Shaking off his
mortal numbncss, lie crawlcd towards the
sound, aud found tho W IL over tho body
Il deer hc had just killed. and kcoping
Inc dog from IL. At the approach of tho
SOW asscilant the wolf sull6nly drew eff.
md tho man and dog tore the raw deer
losh with hIdcous cagorncss. 1t made
hem very sick for tho next twenty four
hours; but, lying by the carcass for two
" three days. they recovered strength
Theodore Roosevelt in Tho Century.