Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-01-25
IHEAAN FROM LARAMIE
And the Lies
He Told.

VIC ANA NENA ANAAAhk hbNkA ~ hNh
orally humdrum lives led by nine men
out OF ten. and the sad eyed mah who
had hitherto kept silent said as he set.
tied hack into his chair and put his
feet on the rail OF the hotel piazza:
'From my birth to the present time
! have had but one thing happen t. me
that was IN the smallest degree uuu.
tunl, aud llai related TO ny m2r.irgn.
which was "a litde Of the ordinary"
lie spoke with a sleepy drn vi that
Bilued curiosity. aud asked him -
Tell us what happened II It Eou!lu' In.
terferc with his nap.
He smiled and yAwned acd said:
II was born and brought up In Lara
Riie. Wy. and 40 was ArabellA. Ara
bella is my wife. / had known her all
Der life and had always loved her. and
she tad lone the same by me. aud the
course o. ctr affections ran as smooth
as molirn metal. In 1880 | decided 10
marry her, and the day was set for
Apr1 IS. aud we Invited all our friends
and bUyRed forward to u happy but
commonplace wedding.
"Just one week before the ceremony
I was called up 10 North Dakota Gu a
business matter which I did not think
would detain me more than three or
four days.
~ArabcllR did a little weeping on my
shoulder. womanlike. and snid. What
n you never come backT But | said:
Now. you know perfectly well that l
always have been as regular as clock.
-an-s- IT, anlvs n Fars Ituulaas1 nafloa
away. and I'll be back aud we'll be
married exactly al. Z O'Clock on April
p. and Il Will I've the least exciting and
yet happlest wedding that eve took
place
Il went up 10 North Dakota, and the
last ten miles Of my journey | had ta
make on foot. While | was walking
along II began to snow. and inside OF
an hour a blizzard was raging. and I
had to put In for shelter at the house OF
4 lone stranger named Smithson. who
Kindly gave me supper and told me
that 1t would be suicidal for the to so
any farther: that q Dakota blizzard,
the last one Of the season, but perhaps
the worst. was upon lie
"'Nhcn can I pturnT said I. He
sobd I've that II the blizzard was q real
energetic enc II would be two weeks
before ! saw home and mamma. You
may imagine my feelings. Hundreds OF
miles FROM .Arahella with less than q
week intervening before our marriage.
and no way of getting word to her! or
course she would think me fnIthlcss.
Il told the stranger my troubles. and
he syIAplthlzed with me. but said that
no human being could live out In that
storm. and when | looked out OF the
window l believed him. II was terrific.
/ had been In the New York blizzard OF
1888, and It was 4 sultry summers day
TO this one.
There was nothing to do but TO grin
aDd bear It. Maybe II would stop sOou
er than my friend thought. He might
be All alnrmlst. but It grew worse. and
by next morning II seemed to be only
just beginning TO get in Its fine work.
The mercury went so low that I'd heSb
tate TO say just what The thermometer
recorded for fear Of being considered
an exaggeratOr. The snow fell at the
Fate Of a foot M hour on the level. The
house was soon covered up. and we
would have %smothered IN time n my
friend had not happened to have Il tin
ventilator that ran 80 feet up In the air
for just such occasions.
~Not to make a long story, IL VAS Eve
days before the snow stopped, anG then
we were showed Ia to the depth Of so
feet And we we're down to our last
loaf Of brrS.d. But the thing that wOr.
Red me most was the fact that 1t was
asy wedding day. I sat In the pitch
darkness. for our oil had given out,
wondering what Arabclla would do
when I didn't turn up. Suddenly we
beard n VOICE coming down the vonti-
atOr. SmlthsOn CROPPED bis way to II
"'Nho's thercr said be.
"Tt'S the parson. Have you food
snOughT
no. indeed said smlthson. Were
down 10 our last loaf. How are you
able 10 be about. parsonf q
"'XYhy. this Is the queerest storm
that ever happened. All Dakota north
Of US Is covered. but yours Is the last
house In thS track Of the storm. Souti
% here tie EFound Is perfectly bare. *
! ultcueu up anu DFOuBut some pFoNl
GlOns along and drove 10 the edge o.
thIs mighty s~nowbank. and then I pu
on my snowsboes and climbed up, IT.
lucky you had such 0 long ventilatini
pipe. How are you going 10 get out
sAall , drop some food down the pipei
"smIthson told him that we had no
eaten anything for ten hours. and W,
were beginning to get up an appetite
and the next minute a bundle OF por'
and beans was dropped down to Us.
eff you can tunnel south Of you
house for 90 feet, you'll come out o
clear country. TN go home and g.
ny shovel md dig toward you. and 20
Ought 70 get q SOON
"gnilhson thanked the domlnle, an,