Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-02-20
\ PLEASURE Party Caught In ,,.
Blizzard.

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mon IN tins country-was thoronah
y s'uuied IN all It's odd freaks ane
cold and cruel characteristics bv
party OF young folks who want .,
pleasure trip to the Wasbinotor
.''''e' Pleasure that is sought is toe
frequently more elusive than The
irlshman's flea. With the flea, as the
son of Erin would say, it's snow
you've got him and now you haven't
go' hIn' But in chasing pleasure
1t is too often "now you have got him
not, and now you haven't got him !.
and this is more especially the case
when the bowling blizzard sweens
o oer the void, seeking whom he NAV
madly enfold in his chilly embrace 50
freezing cold, and whom he NAV
blow the cold snow upon, and make
EN- wish that they hadn't gone to
brave his breath so freezing cold. as
he wildly scampers DER the woId
But they were not to be cowed bv a
bowling blizzard. They looked into
Its hard, cold, cruel face, and quailed
not. When within a couple Of miles
OF the mine they begin to encounter
big, deep snowdrlfts and one of the
boys went ahead with a long pole to
feel for the whereabouts" of the lost
road. But their brave, young hearts
failed them not, and onward and up-
ward was their motto. They reached
the Washington at four o'clock and
started almost Immediately thereafter
on their return, with the horses pret.
ty well tagged and the party of
pleasure seekers likewise. A mile
this side of the mine, when the biz
zard had increased its fury and was
regular hurricane, and great clouds
of fine, dry snow filled the crisp and
braclng atmosphere, the horses halt
ell, refusing to pull the sleigh further.
Thsy were completely exhausted from
plunging through snow drifts. A
debating club was forthwith organ
ized, the question for discussion be-
ing, Resolved that we all foot it
back to the Washington" The ques-
tion was decided in the negative.
One of the party shouted in cold,
shivering, freezing tones: "Never
turn back; onward, downward and
downward let our motto be!n All, in
chorus, shouted the refrain. There
was then but one boy in the party,
the other having remained at the
mine $50 that the load would be light
er on the return trip" The boy went
off as rapidly as he could travel
through the drifted snow, for Fitzger-
aids place, six miles ahead, and three
miles from town. The three girls fol-
lowed slowly in the rear. The boy,
when few hundred yards ahead,
halted, as if sudden thought had
struck him, and yelled back: "Girls,
be sure to keep the road" This he
kept repeating until out of hearing.
He made all possible haste to Fitz-
gerald's, got cutter and fresh team,
and Mr.. F. went back, meeting the
girls about mile from his place. They
were just able to travel, and that was
all. Six miles through heavy snow
drifts and facing cutting blizzard
was both tedious and perilous jour
ney, but they were plucky and never
gave up. 1t was eleven o'clock at
night when they reached Fitzgerald's,
wet, cold, hungry and exhausted. Mr.
and Mrs. F, soon provided for their
They remained there over
night and reached town at noon the
next day.