The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-12
IHENAH FROM LARAMIE
And the Lies
He T old.
49, $4,000

$1,000
We had been talking about the gen.
orally humdrum lives led by n.nc men
out of ten, and the sad eyed man who
had hitherto kept silent said as he set
tied back into his chair and put his
feet on the rail of the hotel piazza:
Prom my birth 10 the present time
l have hnd hut one thing happen to me
that was In the smallest degree unu-
sual, and that related To my marriage.
which was little out of the ordinary"
He spoke with Il sleepy draWl that
plqued curiosity. and | asked him to
tell us what happened If II wouldn't In.
terfere with his mp.
He smiled and yawned and said;
Il was bonn aud brought UP IN Lara
ME, wv, and 80 WIS Arabella. Ara
bella Is my wife. had known her all
her life and had always loved her, and
size had done the s1me by me, and the
course of our affections ran az smooth
as molten metal In ~ | decided Ia
marry her, and the day WAS set for
April -, aud We invited all our friends
anu ipthNh wi " hi' w hhPP1 bhA
commonplace wedding.
Just one week before the ceremony
was called up to North Dakota ON
business matter which | did not think
would detain me more than three or
four days.
"Arabella did little weeping ON my
shoulder, wOmanlke. and said, What
Il
Now, you know perfectly well that |
always have been as regular as clock
work It's only few hundred miles
away. and III be back and well be
married exactly at / o'clock on April
-, and 1t viii be the least exciting and
yet happiest wedding that ever took
place
II went mp to North Dakota, and the
last ten miles Of my journey | had to
make on foot While WINS walking
along II began to SNOW. and inside of
an hour a blizzard was raging and |
had Ia put in for shelter at the house of
IA lone stranger named Smithson, who
kindly gaNP me supper and told me
that IL would lie suicidal for me to go
any farther that Dakota blizzard,
the last one Of the season. but perhaps
the worst, was upon US
".N hen can | return said l. lie
told me that II the blizzard was "A real
energetic one 1t would be two weeks
before | SAW home aud mamma. You
may imagine my feelings. Hundreds Of
miles from .Arabella with less than II
week intervening before our marriage,
and 80 way of getting word 10 her. or
course she would think me falthlcss.
Il told the stranger my troubles, and
he sympalhized with me but said that
no human being could live out in that
storm. and when looked out of the
window ! believed him. 1t was terrific.
| had been In the New York blizzard OF
1883, and 1t was IL sultry summers day
to this one
There was nothing to do but to grin
and bear IL. Maybe it would stop soon
or than my friend thought. He might
be an alarmlst, but 1t grew worse, and
by next morning 1t seemed to be only
Just beginning TO get In Its fine work.
The mercury went 50 low that I'd hest
tate to say just what the thermometer
recorded for fear Of being considered
an eXaggeratOr. The snow fell at the
rate Of foot an hour on the level. The
house was soon covered up, and we
would have smothered In time II my
friend had not happened to have a tin
ventllator that ran 30 feet up In the air
for just such occasions.
Not to make "A long story, 1t was five
days before the snow stopped, and then
we were showed IN to the depth of 30
feet. And we were down TO our last
loaf Of bread. But the thing that wor-
ried me most was the fact that 1t was
my wedding day. | sat in the pitch
darkness, for our oil had given out,
wondering what Arabella would do
when | didn't turn up. Suddenly we
heard voice coming down the yenti-
lator Smithson CROPPED his way to 1t.
who's therer said he
Its the parson. Have you food
enoughT
No, indeed, said Smithson. We're
down TO our last loaf. How are you
able to be about, parson|
Why, this Is the queerest storm
that ever happened. All Dakota north
of us is covered, but yours Is the last
house In the track of the storm. South
VT here the ground Is perfectly bare, so
| hitched up and brought some provi
sions along and drove to the edge Of
this mighty snowbank and then l put
IN my snowshoes aud climbed up. It's
lucky you had such long yentilating
pipe. How are you going to get outf
Shall | drop some food down the piper
"Smithson told him that we had not
eaten anything for ten hours. and We
were beginning to get up an appetite,
and the next minute bundle Of pork
and beans was dropped down 10 rs.
If you can tunnel soutii < your
house for 20 feet, you'll coI4r out on
clear country. I'll go home and get
my shovel and dig toward you, and you
ought to get out soon
"Smithson thanked the dominic, and