The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-15

freeze there 10 remain until help came,
II IL was ever TO come / could not stand,
could hardly crawl. Be- fact ana II took
/ me three long hours TO drag the body
across the room. ! laid ID in the corner
and covered b. The body was frozen be-
Gore 1 got it ~ its resting place, and
was so benumbcd with cold that / could
hardly crawl back 90 the bed.
From that day until March - / lived
I'm darkness except when / cooked one
meal day. My wood had been rapidly
giving out. and for weeks 1 cooked eaeh
day a little more bread or beans of rice
than I needed and set IL aside. III would
freeze at once. and 80 keep good unul II
was thawcd out
"On March - ] had "a narrow escape
/ for my life UD to- that time tine stove
/ had burned. and / used wood. having three
/ or four sticks left or course. / had ma
! idea of what was going on outside. Not
a sound reached me- When ] built my
fire that night tho smoke rushed into
/ the cabin. ] realized chat the snow had
| at last covered the sf0reuipe and choked
! 90 uD bat before could uut the fire out
1 was almost su0Ocatod with the heavy
1 nungcnt smoke of the 81 wood To was
! a close can for over au hour whom ! Dee
| gan to breath ag0in more freely. ! looked
| at the fcw sticks of Wo0l J had lctt and
actually laughed IN 90 forest bad been
at my command 1 could NOT have burned
COOKED BK CANDLES.
"Iu our supplies rNc had d. boN of caud-
les These bad been u-od snar.ns'r All
along. but after We were showed iu we
! only burned a light when it was abso-
lutoiv ncccs sarv-that IS when father wan-
ted food or medicine J found ] had
fair supply OF candles and holder which
held four candles
cover the candles 7 melted SNOW for
tea or coffee cooked cvarorated potatoes
and thawed ont the frozen bread ,and
beans had cooked and saved. The cand-
les lasted fifteen days. but ] had saved
every particle OF the grease that melted
off them and WHOM they were gone
| Charred q hollow IN a h0X lid ard burned
the grease in H. but finally the grease
was gone too.
OF thought and thought OF a way out
Of my trouble Desperate cases require
desperate remedies. and I determined to
I break The window and try TO tunnel 10
The TOP Of the snow with "a long handled
shovel ] would have 20 throw the snow
dug back into the cabin. but must have
licht. I crawled 90 where 7 knew the
long-handicd shovel stood and cot &c.
then I pronpcd myself up and broke the
window. / drove the shovel into the
packed snow 1s hard as / could. and then
knew mo- more ] tainted and fell 10 the
floor When 7 came to ] was almost
frozen. I have no idea how long I was I'm
the faint. but crawled back 90 my Sleep
ing bag and lay there for hours before
dared try Dc again. Twice more
tainted while working at the window
but suddenly I could see light. and in
few minutes z hcl tuuueucd through TO
the top of the SNOW.
"I think J. know what the sensations
would Doe of o. man who bad been bind
for years and suddenly Dad f.s e1t r"-
stored I k0w how blessed O. thing IL
Gods daylight ANA sunshine.
"Iut with the opening ~ my lleht smart
came another bil of joyful knowledge.
could see the snow had been melting
and the level must be- below the top of
the stovepipe. I crawlel 20 the stove and
soon had it and tle pipe free of Ice,
and then gathering mT little store or
wood I built "a fire. i knew that when
the wood was gone The stove would Doe
useless but with daylight came wisdom,
and / took o. side 0f bacon and dried IT
out. and then burned the bacon grease
as 7 burned the candle grease, boo a char
red hollow in box Id.
DAYLIGHT LtDi GIT RELIEF.
"Wlh -ha daylight and air my health
began to improve and Z was soon able
10 stand ou my feet then walk few
stems. and was beginning to think about
tuune.iug out when ou April - last the
(. two D0nnciy brothers of our party
reached ihe hul on snoWshoes They
saw my tunnel FOB tIe window ANA en-
tered the cabin Ult way. They at once
cut me wood enough foo lasr several days,
and leaving their provisions and blankets
started back t0 bring on the rest oi the
party. whom they expected tO una ar lhe
summit of The glacier below the valley.
They expected 90 make the trap That day
taud would go although I begged them
TO etav with me Sou cannot imagine
what the -lght 0f human faces and the
sound of human voices was tO me. The
trim nearly cost them their lives for go
in,, back they got losl Goo the fog and wan
dored about for ihrae days and nights on
the glacier They were about exhausted
when the fog lifted the fourth day. and
the balance OF our party, which was in
camp. just happened to see them long
way or They went to their rescue none
too s00n for Tom Donnelly was almost
exhausted. His right hand was frozen
and he stumbled and fem at almost every
step. The BOYS pur them ON sieds ana
hauled them to the cabin. They got an
right in a day or Two.
"The first thing the party did when they
reached me on April q was 90 tunnel
through the eight feet OF snow % ting
cabin door and take me ont 10 the tent
Then everything except my father Douy
was taken from the cabin.
con April Is the men of the party. eN-
cent myself headed by my brother Ned
duo Grave i'm the centre of the door OF
the cabin. They then wrapped the body
OF my father I'm q heavy canvas ana Dur-
led II. The doors and Willows CT the
cabin was securely boarded W end on the
door we nailed large stencil plate bear
ing fathers name. p. X. Hin, end below
II they chlsled the words picd January
g. 1852
"Thus we left HIM.
The cabin which We had built with
so much hope and jos and so many bright
authorizations had been my prison house
and was his tomb 10 Is strong, WELL
built cabin and viii stand for years. 1
never EXPECT 10 see &c again.
I'VE an went 20 work building a boat
10 20 no the river. for / recovered with
marvellous rapidly in the sunshine and
omen air. and was soon able 90 do my fun
share we went 10 Inc river. but found
nothing ana returned home by the same
roufe we entered the country. our trim
home was uneventfuL except for the
earthquakes at YakuiaL
what am ] going 10 dof' said Mr..
nm. "We1 I may go back 90 Alaska.
but not lust now 7 shall probably re-
enter the university and try and grad
rate this ear. As hard as it was and as
said an ending as my trip TO Alaska had