Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-27
A PTLH FOR LIFE.

nh Odiiy ual rDF but.iepoSn6.
Ho has comfortable homo now.
nice family md m assured Income, -
chat he can afford 10 talk lightly n hh
past hfe while roughing n In fhe Wild
of Michigan and Wisconsin
$50 you wish me b. give you NTH
of my experience whfie looking land
JimY' said Barisn.
assursi him that nothing wouit
uaeaee ms better. since knew he mus
have met with some interesting eIperi
enoes during the long period Of hs tim
boz life. Jack was not given to "blow
ing his own bugle.' yet st times. undel
the mellowfng influence Of hickory
fire on a winters evening, he would tall
10y the hour Of the woods and Iris sdven
tures therein.
n was hustry hight Quite, snf
Jack sat bcforo tho fire hc.dt0g !ftL
Bees. his youngest cA,!i. and smoothing
her earh r%rg'ets with ~, ry br9-r
hand. lcouh sse that he wes N RIM
iniscent mood. ~ ( wafted pstieotty eo'
him to speak.
"Do you know, Jhn,- no ssad N
loogth, Il was never frightened bn,
twice IN my hfes I have met with many
sdventures. but nearly always ooold
see my way ont somewhere. and nan-
aged to remain fairly cool through n all
But on two OCCASIONS quite iost my
bead, aud very nearly my iife.'
Inodded as he ceased To rpeak. and
be Proceeded'
1T was ton years ago ~ Novembe1
that Doiph Wender and set 0,t On a
two weazs tramp, looking band 10 The
regipn shout Tho beadwsters 6 the
Muskegnn. The veether was ood and
the afr bracfng. jus< the seasou of the
ye< for big game. 90 Doaph and 1 tooa
dong onr Winchesters. with plenty ID
ammunition.
1--WE meant 10 bring dDwnsome game.
oven should we find plenty OF timber On
the hand We bad been sent 10 estimate.
| was quite Nimrod In those days, and
would rather huns than eat.
We halted on tho bank a large lake.
The land wa desired 10 look over. 90
which wo were to estimate tho amount
of standing pine. was On tho opposite
sade Of tho lake. To go around would be
sn all days tremp. while across tie
water was matter of only six or eight
miles
"'ff we only bad q bost, Jack. saAi
Dofph, we could save two days tramp
"'We must find one. returned. It's
not likely this lake has ever been plowed
by boats-indian canoes. at any rate.
see house over yonder. let ~ investt
gate,
"We did 30 and found an on 1shes-
man. who was the owner Of small skifi
tn good condition-just tho thing for our
purposo The owner agreed 10 lend tip
boat on condition that we would return
u soon. OF course we prosnised. md
were soon launched upon Tho vetes.
I'VE doffed our packs and lstd them
h tho bottom Of the skih We each had
q belt, from which hung hotches sud
cartridges Osu rifles we placed care
FUZZY IN ono epd Of the skiff. Tho craft
was small and bad bat ono set Of oars.
Twas something Of an sthlete tn thoD
days and 80 it seemed natural enOngh
for mo- To take the Arst turn at tho ara
Dolph promised to spell mo whsn bali
our voyage was covered.
I'VE had gone perhaps a mile from
land whsn the wind roee and senk Tie
white oaps tumbhng across the bosom
Of the lake. At tho outset I enjoyed
this. Our little siifi rose and fen trke
an ocean steamer on tho Atlantic. Prys
emily great wave splashed over the
side, nearly delngfng Dolph, The wind
was cold and cut hke q knife, and
oouh see that my wet omrade wa
chsttering with an icy chill
"'L.et mo take the oars,' he saSd.
shook my head. A strange thrill ahos
over mo ot that moment and realized
that we were In danger. Our oply safeky
lay in keeping tho siiff cot f the trongf
6 tho so. Each mofnenA the waSes
rolled higher and tho breeze sttffened b
gale.
"Dolph crouched In he sbern. bis fscs
blue. his teeth ohatterine. fis wa
freezing, while was persr&ine frealy
q was TOO late to turn back had we Do
SIRED. The wetes scurried slC0g ouI
sides. spaashing a. times over tho low
gunwu&e.
Il dared not hook ahead. hnt kep4 my
gaze fixed 30 the rear, upoo tho foaminp
water and reeehng shom. We mus,
have been three miles out whn Dnlph
cried in great alarm. 'Wc'eo sbnkhg
Jsckr and thought tho fsane rn8seh
for the moment, ~ the storm q ous orafi
seemed 10 sinh down, 0Dwn. unto tn
greet waves hung over us With auful
threatenhg. A bucketfl Of WeAps
splashed into tho boat. and thso W. s,se
On tina crest Of q hugo wsse
"'We're al right yet, noaph,' sabl l.
although tho smile On my fsce was bu,
. CHASTITY attempt al ploasantry. Al
length found myself tfring under rhf
constant strain at the cara. hooked
knyingly AZ Dolph. Flo seeaned 10 un
detstand and moved ~ n to plse 10 h4
feet
"'No. no. donN' crhed sharply. Il
you got up .Dy we ese hosti Keep POUR
sest. lwil bold In 80 sinps,' rhs
s,ax was a hsrdex one Asn had bns
gpihod for. howvvsr. b w. Q pcy
df1iouh mastsr b d4p tho oass prupo~fy
m spch . heavy sea
70 taSed u my GOODNESS and know,
slso q 'Jo,s.sng 70 hold tho fran Aih
stt.tsht across tho boiling seA A an
glc niaIlos sGaent nov would sazi u \
tie hot>osn. When I paa1isod thu Lonn