Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-24
a TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
The Story Told of Two csn,o,a.
Narrow Iseaua


once or twice lac sbovyeo . -,
t1'"'iee about allowing a man to annroaol,
,iim suddenly from behind. AItnp ,9i'en
MS ucliohs were 80 odd that | felt sn,na
curiosity to learn his history II TUNED
out lhat he had been through rati,,,.,,s'
e'sniy experience the winter hef,.ro IT.
ana another man had gone into -
t Vasil' or Enclosed valley, in the heart 20
, rio .i ieouihtaihs, where game was Won,
tten'iiui indeed, 1t was so abundant tbat
49, ueciaeu TO pass the winter thor
i Ia. I'm uillgly ihey put upa log cabin. WORK
eng naru' ana merely killing enongh NO.
e. tn'l Immediate use. Just az if VEG
a,, winter set in with tremendons
G., otorils' Going out to hunt in nc
nrSt lull, they found to their constar, mo
elon' that every head of game had left t TO-
sahey. Not an animal was tn ba fo,'l1J
.Hereln; they had abandoned il fo,. tLli1
winter haunts. The outlook for H. III. 4',ii
aevei1urers was appalling. They wero
niraid OIL trying to break out tIrot,c,l ~
ueep snow drifts, and staryation So
.hem In the face if they staid, The pna an
mat met had his dog with him T ril,a,
put themselves on very short conrnonc
% as TO use up their -four as slowly as
possible, and hunted unweariedlv Int
saw nothing ouU
Boon violent quarrel broke ont he.
tween them. The other man a nerco
sullen fellow, insisted that the dor sbonld
De kliled, but the owner was exceedinoIv
aclached to it, and refused For n counl,
Vi weeks they spoke no words to each
oIher, though cooped in the little narrow,
pen or logs. Then one night the ovo,o,.
VI the dog was Weakened by the animal
S.yihg out, the other man had tried to
XII ~ with his knife, but failed, The
PROVISIONS were now almost exhausted
anu the Two men were glaring at each
o'ner WIN the rage of maddened raven
ing munger Neither dared to sleep. for
rear that the other would kill him. Then
tle one VINO owned the dog at last spoke
ana proposed that, to give each a chance
ior ms lie, they should separate. He
woulu take half of the handful of -four
tHao was leit and start off to try 70 get
honle' tle other should stay where he
was ana II ne tried to follow the first he
was warned that he would be shot with
ouU mercy. A like fate was to be the
| portion Of the wanderer if driven To ra.
turn 10 the hut. The arrangement was
! agreed TO and the two men separated
!
were within rifle shot of each other
For two days the one who went off
toiled on with weary weakness through
the snow drifts. Late on the second
afternoon, as he looked back from a HIGH
ridge, he saw in the far distance a black
speck against the snow, coming along on
his trail. His companion was logging
his footsteps. Immediately he followed
his own trail back little and laid in am
bush. At dusk his companion came
stealthily up, rifle in hand, peering eau
tlously ahead, his drawn face showing
the starved, eager ferocity of the wild
beast, and the man he was hunting shot
nm down exactly as if he had been one.
Leaving the body where it fell. the wan
derer continued his journey, the dog stag
gering painfully behind him The next
evening he baked his last cake and divided
1t with the dog. In the morning with
his belt drawn still tighter round his skel-
eton body, he once more set out, with APP
parently only few hours of dull misery
between him and death At noon he
crossed the track of huge timber wolf;
instantly the dog gave tongue, and, rally
ing its strength, ran along the trail. Tie
man struggled after
At last his strength gave out and lie sat
down to die, but while sitting still, slowly
stifTening with the cold, lie heard the dog
baying in the woods. Shaking off his
mortal numbness, he crawlcd towards the
sound, and found the wolf over the body
of deer lie had just killed, and keeping
the dog from it. At the approach Of the
ne,, assailant the wolf sulleuly drew off
and the man and dog tore the raw deer
flesh with hldeous eagcrness. 1t made