The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-22

ROAD JlldU leduS up W CIlt HISG CHdlI-
back he plowed on. He fell a dozen
times, but he had sense enough left to
struggle up and dig to his task again.
When he made Long Pond his
strength was nearly gone. But he
knew that across the pond lay Hall Il
Davis sporting camp, three miles
away. The wind was still driving the
snow and he miscalulated his route
across When he came to shore he
peered in all directions and listened.
There was no glimmer of light any
where. and no sound indicating that
any camp was near. His knees were
doubling under him by this time. His
strength was gone, his eyes would not
stay open, and he gave up. He stumbled
and crawled up on the shore and fell
across log. His tongue was swollen
i'll his mouth and his throat was dry.
He says that he tried to shout, but he
could utter no sound but gurgling
whisper. Then he became unconscious.
Now comes the strange part of the
story.
There was at the Hall 4 Davis camps
at that time hunting party from the
town of Dexter. Among them were \.
T. Meigs. the leading clOthier of the
place. and Walter Abbott one of the
proprietors of the large Abbott wooden
mill. Mr.. Meigs had been out that
day with the party, and i'll trying to
cross the pond had frozen both his
ears, so bitter was the cold. He would
have persisted had not his guide beaten
him To make him walk He had desired
to lie down and 90 to sleep on the
snow. and had begged the others to go
away and leave him.
On this evening he WAS lying i'll his
bunk wondering whether or not he was
gong to be able to say, his ears. They
were wrapped up and were aching fear
fully. and MI Meigs wasn't taking the
most intense interest III any outside
matters. The others were playing
pitcl-pede before the fire.
Suddenly MI Meigs raised himself
on his elbow aud cried, Il hear some
one shouting for help
The others stopped their play and
listened Beyond the moaning of the
wind i'll the chimney and the sough of
the big trees outside there was no
sound.
Folks with frozen ears can hear
most anything" remarked one of his
comrades.
But l certainly heard some one
shout, persisted Meigs.
do you believe for a moment"
said his friend, THAT man with his
ears done up like pound of picked tripe
could hear sound that we didn't?'
The clothing man admitted that it
didn't seem very probable, but still he
persisted in his opinion strenuously.
At last one of the guides went to the
door and shouted into the night. There
was no response.
at couldn't have been," he said, re
turning.
Il don't want to be stubborn in this
natter said Nh. Meigs, but l do
think we ought to make some investi-
cation. | can't 90 to sleep with the no
ton that some poor cuSS is out there in
the cold. somehow or other | can't
reason myself out of the notion that
there is something the matter outside,
and wish you would look it up. I'd
60 myself if it were not for my ears
After poking some fun at the persis-
tent man arguing from his nest in the
bunk, two of the guides put on their
outer clothing and went out.
cot course it may he that some che
has dropped into the water hole down
here a piece" said one of them. but
~t,WI 10 r,..,yon Nat ,.or coi,ld hnre
lpard any sGontiu~ With yo,1r "a re done
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of tLr men ,a,n4 i1lnnina harl, amd
t,,sa in l,;,,7 ,11I1i,'c, ti,,s
moose sled ont of the lpau-to.
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those win, Ia ui,,y ',1,a.,d amd Le
hoIIrred harl, to me- to brine - the moose
Sled
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