New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05

~ hi, mother who was as good a woman ever
moancd a lie into The world. and he stopped TO-
breath In the coul"c. with the blizzard bowling
above linn. he tried To recall the prayers She had
taught him. but TO save III, soul he o0uldn l. lilo
remembered the long meter DoNoOgy, bait rs he said
f. over softly TO himself. Praise God from whom all
c,,ng, now," 1t didn't seem appropriate least
lust vet The only o,.ior vcsc he coi.d bring back
were the lines:
Where Is the little boy mndng hi, shcepl
Under the haylnow. Last asleep.
II wasn't n PRAYER and stilts knew II wasn't. Due
he Lad never gone through the operation OF making
prayer for himself, and indeed, h. had vague motion
that to BE- elicacious prayers had to be- made by =
duly authorized person. He said TO himself that II
he ever got out Of this alive. he would 20 to some
Lcdy who knew one ami get II ana commit IL 10
memory. But what to do now distressed him. lie
thought and thought and Thought. but only 10 lind
himself repeating again ana again
Where il. the little boy mndng his shcrp
Ui,icr tine heyinow, last a,.e'.'
"wcl.r said stills, gathering himself together to
begin the ascent, and TO fac" ia" storm anew u
can't help II; is all know: us the best can 90
and II II won't go. why 40 much the worse Tor me-
1t somewhat comfortcd him, however. and he felt
better for saying II.
The ascent To the top Of the coulce was perormeo
with the expenditure OF almost all Ids remaining
strength. and when stills felt himself the level
prairic he moved slowly and fccbly lie was cone
scio that h, body was st.ncnlng, that he no longer
felt keeny, and that II WAS Il question now lar liz
could 90 without falling This he attributed To the
fearful cold rather than 10 fatigue, and he began 10
swing his arms. TO jump, 10 pound his legs anu 70
DO everything that would aid tn" circulation OK MS
blood lie kept on AMI until he felt sure be miss
be- very near his shack and then hope began 10 IAN
him. lie could see nothing, hear nothing, but the
fpp
walked holding his hands ostrctchcd before him, ana
utterlug short low means Of despair. Suddenly no
fell He had stumbled. lie moved his numb hahos
about In the snow. It's my VOID p!lc.' cried stu;
Il am slved!"
II was his woodpir, but there were as many
rosslb. directions in which his shack might lie FROM
IN. wood pile rs there points Of the compass.
He figured the thing though with no little juds'
mont II he had come In a reasonably straight Line
from the coulec TO the wood pile the shack was about
thirty feet To the right. He turned and paced on
,hc thirty feet thiryve iorybut he did NOT strike
fin. shark. Then he faced directly about aud paced
his way back to the wood pile Having got II again.
he started oN a second time. somewhat more 10 ihs
right Again he failed and again h" returned fs
mad. FIVE iournrys back and forth from the wood
nil, NOT daring to move save In straight lines IRON
and (, il. his courage running higher mt each start
and falling deeper at each return. But the SIKH
trip gave him his life. lie FIJI directly Oh 'ne
squared log that served him zoe 1"yf'sp .,,c hama
Silt, opcurd his cont and rHca'd M n,ln ni hss
into H. n,dr pocket for the key Of the paddock tias
fastened hi, door. 1t ook him an age TO ma II, a1S
weary weary time To get II in the ,ck bu' Mnnea3
n, I,st ne turned 1t and removed the hasp. t''n ~
against the heavy dOOr, staggered mo ""tm'n r h.
safety ana fell upon pom nYs me- them fines , again before
| drop oil TO sleep. rs wheat ia," " "F
straw that they what saved me