Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

sit was no thought, or reasoning back, but
. violent force apparently quite outside OF
ne Yet, of course, 1t was all within the
GRANGE chamber of the brain-for it was
hope come to life again, and dragging will
from his faint. For those two specks meant
LIE ahead
Taev had no shape, for they were five
Tailes away; but their motion told the story
10 hunters eve. They might have been
horses, so far as visible form went, but they
moved as only men nOTe-aud men they
were. I staggered to my feet with yell Of
JCv-a vel that start ed from deep lungs but
tainted on powerless lips in a babyish
Eoueal hat made me laugh Historically.
was wide awake now-weak as child, but
with the viii again supreme. | threw
Shadow again upon my shoulders, and
plunged On through the heavy drifts, with
10 more thought of dying. But 1t was a
fearful struggle. and many q time l thought
that I must drop and give up, even with
life so near. Death seemed awful now, and
fear helped my trembling legs.
Fell Painting on the Threshold.
And a. last, in the cold, still night,
guided by d blazing window, 1 stumbled in
l. the little hamlet of San Antonito and
fell faintinc across the threshold of the first
house The owner, q kindly German
trader. dragged me in and brought me to
with hot VINE and with dry clothing and
with rubbing; aad when at last l could help
myself / tried the same treatment on
Shadow, all except the clothing. A roaring
FIRE, a hot, appetizing supper, and 9
delicious bed were such inconceivable lux
Uries as they cannot dream of who have
never been through such an experience;
End soon We had forgotten the horrors Of the
day.
Next morning-thanIs to perfect physical
trsining-I felt all right except for strange
weakness which did not wear off for some
days; and althouC' Shadows ears were so
badly frozen that they never fully recovered,
be seemed otherwise in very good trim.
We made an early start, for l was growing
GnZiOus TO reach postoffice; and there were
several little Mexican hamIets along tho
way, in case we found ourselve. "outnura-
bered" by the snow. For three miles we
baG a trightful time-steeply up hill
through waiSi-high snow-and then crossed
the divide and lad a long, rough declivity
before rs Now with everv mile the snow
was perceptiblv less; and by the time we
had p ssed Canoncito and another town"
o. hve houses, our wading was not more
tL-n ter inches deep.
TIE sncw Gave Way to Mud.
That is not generally pleasant walking,
h.. 20 US il seemed a DerI.ct paradise At
Tie5as We began to ind bare patches,
wherein the mud was deeper than were the
aiteraa.a drifts. But little things like that
Iuaac no impression Gil our rising spirits,
and stepping at TiieraS only long enough to
swallow a rcrtilla and some tasteless Mexi-
ca clrd cheese, we hurried on down the
hcad o. the IIieras Canon. As We went on
yhe STOW grew scatter. for We had already
descended E couple of thousand feet, per-
hsps; aua ;Gc alternate sGowbanks and bare
G-aye4 bars caused me curious find. A
pair o. oxen Eai gone down the road ahead
g. Us; a..d I frequently noticed that when
ev.r Chry came 10 the bare ground the little
"sri.ls.' o. suow which had cale1 in their
hogis broke Ola trife to be thought of
only because 1 vas familiar with the dis
comforts of walking on sGrh sn wbalIs and
rejected what nuisance it would be If nv
heels 'Dal-ed up as high as did those of
Ilo oxen.
just then o curious glitter caEght nv eve
EuG / stocreG 10 see what il vas One of
tho hcnf-calces in breaking from the hoof
had ca.aht a considerable ball OF gravel in
Is wet clutch md now lay half turned over.
leaving a cavity IN the sell beneath. AND
rizut ir that casual gravel cup lay the cause
OF Ire GLITTER beautiful nugget Of placer
cOIt weighing only about S., but one of
I,.r pc. relics because it came 30 me in so
cd q way.
Jast a. sunset we came 70 two houses