The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-25

to hand. pulled down the hood and
lay with chattering teeth, listening TO
the wind which from time to tine bore
the distant howl Of o wolf family Ia
my ears AS grew warm ] also grew
drowsy, and finally dropped into q
sound slumber. How long I slept
could not even hazard . guess, but
was awakened by the iolting Of tho
sled. Scrambling hastily out OF the
bag, found to my intense surprise
that the sled was running down an In
cline with the speed of the wind An
inky cloud lay across the face of the
snowy waste, while the blizzard ragged
more furiously than ever. locked
ahead into the darkness for horses and
driver, but found neither. Hohdia9 ray
breath and the top Of the tsileoard.
awaited the end. had nos long IN
wait. With a sudden burst Of speed.
the sled dipped down . sharp incline.
the runners seemed to leave the ground
for an instant and then came a crash
and phenomenal display Of stellar
groups as shot forward and banged
my Fad az ainst the dash board
well where In thunder did ron
come FROM were the words that
greeted me as | opened my eyes
YEARLY and caught a glimpse Of sun
light streaming through n window and
a pair Of bushy black whiskers above
me, out Of the upper part of which u
pair of keen blue eyes CLEANED In the
kiudest manner. / was still dizzy and
faint and there was u singing In nv
cars like that OF vibrating telegraph
wire. yet sense enough had been
spared to me to recognize In the speak
err honest old Bob Flavin. whom hAe
taken SO much trouble TO hook up
answered Bob's question by asking
another. ''How in thunder" ! cried
did get here?"
Well, pard." said Bob. ITS tust this
way: was lying on my bunk last
mig {, listening To the blizzard ~ II
yelled all sorts of things nj me down
the chimney. when. all OF a sudden,
felt the old shebang shake a. II
landslide had struck it Tben above
the bowling OF tho wind beard tho
cry OF a human being in dst$3ss-jnat
once. / terked open the door and got
Whit of cold air that nearly took
nv breath away. i hsdn't taken three
steps when I stumbled against some
thing .oftlikc that made me jump
mighty high Well. just got hold Of
that some thing and carried y In by the
FIRE. You were pretty timber ~ frat.
but I put soms snow on the back OF
your neck and poured about . pint %
post tr aders' WHISKY down your throat.
aud held other inince ments 70 yoa IN
stay awhile longer with us-and aero
yon are"
When Bob had hniAhed speaking I
saw quite plainly how IL bad al hap
pened. The tussls with the wolves
had taken place scar the brow Of tho
high bluff al The bottom Of which Bob's
ranch was located The storm which
had rag ed with hurricane force NJ The
summit Of tbs bluff, had thrown the
sled dow. the slcpc. and Start wa
all that was necessary. ] bad com
ple,ed tho trip without further naass,-
ance. and aside frcD . stiH sesk and
bump on the head was not much tss
worse for the shaking up
Later on Bob informed ms tAss b
hsa found ny horses early sAss norD-
Ing. bumped up under the - Of tho
ranch barn. ard shas CssJ were nov
,sfe and snug Ia the warness stall n
he corral s.abisA J staysA S4aA Eeh
for a few days, resting up ssd sssplsr
him company during . soeeassAoa Ct
billiards that made xsvsi ssDpsy In
p.ysssble, and. when tbs vesabsr arslly
seed up the sroxsa s1eA
.srgu. and. scconvssisd ~ Bob eoo-
.intsed the 3osrnsy 70 Fort Isseosn.
which reached just one week sehss4
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