The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-12-19

growed to think the old bird wanted to be
roasted and git up to the cabin to give his
reInslns for the celebration.
got along all right till got to where
/ ought to turn off to the trail, and there
dassent leave the road. l wasn't sure
where it lay. l listened and heard the
muffled sound of a gun, and this follered,
wondering where pard got his sense l
Stumbled up the mount'in side a-holler-
ing, and soon 1 got answer and the hap
piest sight Of my life-I see a big yaller
glare. 1t was pard a-burning kerosene.
"Glad it's cheap" says ironical for it
amt He laughs and takes all the truck
and founders on ahead a distance, where
by The bowling 1 knowed Doc was tied,
and then the house was all lit up.
"Made three stations down the path
he explains; "house first, dog next, myself
with the gun and bonfire last"
you'll do, l says. He flew around
looking at the stuff I'd brought, found
some cloth and made bag into which he
put the pudding mixture, tied it and slung
the same into a kittle of boiling water,
which he hung over the fire
"The water'll git in it, - says "Them
stitches is too loose.
sit cooks out, he answers, beginning
to cut up the squash. "Now sit down
Bige, and get Strengthened out, " he goes
on bringing me glass of brandy
81 asked for letter for you, but there
want none, says, beginning to draw
off my boots.
"You were very kind, but there is no
enc to write"
"Land of the livingl" yells, jumping
up, them tracks ahead-that Teller" 1t
come to me all of a sudden. Where was
heP
"What did you sayP' asks pard, keer-
less like.
"Ingalls, gasps.
"Ingalls, he repeats, Citing white,
"for PHYS sake who-what do you know
of him?"
told him. He listened quite mint,
then goes to where his coat was hanging
on nail.
where are you goingP" says
"To look for him"
"WhyP What's he to youP'
"My worst enemy"
"Pard, you're a fool If me, an old
mount ineer, he'd hard fight for like
half hour ago, what will it be for you. and
the storm is worse. The fellers dead now
anyhow Mebbe he went back-sure he
did, and you don't bulge step "
'You are sure he did not go back, " he
says quietly, lighting the lantern. LET
go, Day, mean to start.
You're so smart on snowshoes, you II
git about mile and then tumble over a
precipice.
II think not, )" he says soberly. "If
do 1t don't matter. /"
"Waall, I'm not going"
~ wouldn't let you, I" says he
"Oh, you wouldn It, l growls, "you
wouldn't, hey. You young whipper snap
per, you cub, you. Let me go. III jest let
you know you don't stir o foot out till
git fixed. Here you are starting off with
lantern and dorg-no brandy, no rope,
nothing"
1.-The dorg will scent him."
1.-THE dorg will be showed in 40 rods
from the house, and dead dorg in 4G
minits If we don't kerry him"
He hung his head.
II don t want you to risk your life " he
stammers
Ed" says, "you are all the thing !
have in this world to keer for If I'd
son. l couldn't love him more'n you.
Come"
We left the dorg In the cabin, with food
where he might git at it If we didn t come
Dack, ana was pretty sure he q break the
winder and git out if we were long away.
Pard fixed a candle in the winder and put
logs on the fire, and then we set out. /
had the lantern tied on my back, and had
made rope fast to pard.
The night was jest like curtain of
black velvet and absolutely still The air
was thick and wet and supplying So we
goes on. The snow being damp had packed
some, and that KEEP US in the trail, but it
was hard work, and l was already wore
out At last we tumbles into the road
and stops u mint.
He never got as fur as this" says,
"and I'd better go on alone. You stay
here and I'll shoot when find him" For
answer pard ketches my lantern.
"If It's death to one of us, it shall come
to me-, he says. You stay here. I'll go. "
He'd cut the rope that bound us and
was off into the dark. l knowed one of
us must have sense, and if we lost that lit
tie trail up mount'in we was done fur So
waited. l yelled to him to try and keep
inside from the edge of the road, but /
doubt If he heard, the air was SO deadened.
The time l waited seemed years. made
fast the rope to tree near the trail, and