The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-04

What are you doing, Dennett7" ne cried.
ways thinks of him first" Aloud he
said: Were none of us going to freeze
If can help it. Sit where you are until
i unhitch your horse. We, might as
we'll re him chance for his life"
Whe' re began to do this, however,
Hiram az ysed himself
"What are you doing, DennettY" he
cried. "1f you let the horse loose, we're
lostw He seized the whip and tried to
reach Phil with it. The horse began to
plunge.
Phil sprang forward and caught the
whip from the others hand. Keep
quiet" he said sternly, "or I'll warm
you with this lash myself"
Hiram fell back ana swore. Myrtle
shrank away from him, but Phil did
not see her. He had turned his atten-
ton to the FESTIVE horse again and soon
had him free.
"I'm afraid" he said gravely, that
we cannot get out of here till it stops
showing. am going to unhitch Black
Bob, and we will all come back into
my Sleigh"
"I'm going to stay here" growled
Hiram.
well do whatever you say, Phil"
declared Myrtle.
Phil loosened Black Bob from the
shafts, and the two horses plunged
away into the storm. Then, after vast
labor, he partially cleared away a snow
bank and turned the huge, old fashion
ed highback over. 1t would have shell
tered half dozen quite comfortably.
"Come back here now" he shouted
to the couple half buried in the smaller
sleigh.
The girl struggled out, but Hiram re-
fused to move. Stay there, then, and
be a derned fool!' Phil exclaimed
wrathfully, and he half carried Myrtle
to the overhanging sleigh and placed
her among the warm robes.
''You will not let him stay there to
freeze to DEATH" she whispered plead
ingly. Make him come"
,'''All right" responded Phil bitterly
and went back and drove Hiram out of
the cutter, secured all the robes and
made him join Myrtle under the high
back. Then the brave fellow crawled
In himself and let the box sleigh settle
down about them. In a few minutes
they were buried by the driving snow.
I'VE must get Myrtle between u.s.
said Phil. "She will be warmer there
If this old blizzard doesn't last toe
long, somebody will be along to dig us
n,,f fnunorroxu ~
Ball yielded the warmer position te
the girl with a very i'll grace. The
common metal underneath the gilt was
showing very plainly. Myrtle turned
her back upon him completely. She
and Phil spoke together only in whis
pers.
"Dear Phil" she said. 1--WE should
have died had you not come"
''Humph! The old highback is goo(
for something at pinch" remarked
Phil, with pardonable maliciousness.
"And old friends prove the mos
faithful in the end" whispered the doc
tors daughter.
Phil simply grunted. But when, :
moment later, he found she was softl.
Cry1uS, WIFI llcI uOSc OlIlcu III tII'
collar of his bearskin coat, he threv
injured pride to the winds and jus
nut his arms around her. What hi
said and what she said after that wa
none Of Hiram Balls business, nor i
1t any of yours, inquisitive reader.
In the morning, when the storm hal
ceased, a searching party discovere'
the horses in little grove off the trail
/. where they had taken shelter, and 500
! afterward found the overturned sleigl
and the three castaways all warm an
secure. Hiram Ball left his useles
cutter where it lay, but Phil dug on
the old highback and drove Myrti
home in it. and when the sleighin
was good the next winter he brough
the DOCTORS daughter to singing schoe
as his wife.