The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-01-15


ts.y stopped ,pa .,srsd At Tim. Nos
don't ry spy Of ar trick. on re. Dolsld
.aiI, teosirs The heliicose ns,are of the
shinsls can drop both Of ycn In yonr
lrscks
He bsls bic riff. ready fer 90 emergency
hs, the backs siidr s'srirg hsri .. bin
Tor several m9nsu.s turned quieily snd
tro,tei svsy together 10 the forest. They
we're like two irietts Who bad msds nr
tibet, dli'srenccs. sud we're determined net
10 a tbt or qasusl sny more. Donsld rsi'
ed hisra, TO his shoulder aud rui,eree
Hos essily | could drop thenl lvon
der Why / don't I've hupted weeks be
/ fore and never got such hne shot as THE.
Why dou't sboo,f
He losered aud rsised his fih,. bat each
lime be shock his head aud added: IL
soold be . shame TO shoot them after
elpits them ont Of suob family trouble.
4, aonldn't be right
Then they go, beyond his rargs. spd be
/ loWered bis rife for good. Well, nov
they sre sale. but can't say that | an.
e pretty late and over five miles to irsv
el. It's showing hard. tool
The ssow vas falling heavily, and 10
| blindins clouds. D1psld bad been so 10
terested 10 the two deer that be had given
little attention to the spprcichius storm
but now be wbistled sh.rpiy and turnsd
10 move down the trsil TIE clouds OF
$ oE were obiterstins il eicep, for . few
feet sbesd. With bfnt bead be stared
hard at 1t. sludyios the trees ss be buried
along. II would be IA al to go Cd the
| trail
The store VS. the stcoud half OF bliz
znd cold, windy. and binding The
Il .kes OF snow ttrncs Bis itc, With ting
lins pain. He tried to ward them d, but
he had to study bis path carefully in order
to keep 90 the trsil. and TINS bis face had
to receive the brnnt oi the torn,
H covered nile aud then stopped and
painted. Regsiping his breath, be tried to
renew his journey. The second mile SCI m
bis weight, and made snuW.sbo ipg slow
and dfii.ult How be covered the three
% lies be could not say; bat When on the
point OF coo pgratalstipg bimself at his pro
sress be suddenly started With alarm. de
was not 90 the Trail In some way be hsd
missed it snd had followed false one iof
long time.
Donsld's heart dropped and bis hsnds
trem bled. /. vas almost useless 10 Of
tempt to Gnd 1t 10 that binding storm.
Yet be could not give up 10 despair. He
stopped and tried to think, going over
mentally every back step be bad tsken and
study Jog iu bis mind each familiar lsnd
mark be had noted.
1t was With . dtesrJ and almost hope
les, spirit tia. be finally turned sround
aud tiied to retrsce his footsteps Bat
these, too, were filled up with the drifting
snow doz N yards back, and be was more
hopelsssly mixed than ever. In bis ex
treme peril Donald Tor the first time wish
ed he had not turned out OF bis path 10
save the deer.
might have left them alone to fight it
out or shot them and movrd on, be esid
bitterly. saved their lives. but lost mine.
These reflections irritsted him, and be
stopped several times to inveish sssius.
bis luck and the deer. They we're thank
less things. anyway. be finally muttered
They trotted off and didn't even tbenk me.
Donsld shook himsslI This sort Of thing
soula not do, He was slowly yielding TO
the cold. and halt-ireamily accusing the
deer OF his whole trouble. Once or twice
visions OF them bai actually appeared be
fore his mind. They looked like white
deer" f..hiog out o: the clouds Of snow.
II only knew where was wond to.
care. do2qedly s,ii the fellow. Bu, this
being lott 10 q storm Is terrifying. II ]
only had sometLiog to guide me- OF keep
me company. There. tbst '~bite'-
He stopped and hit bis head. The Wis
ion OF the "sh,e deer" had disappeared
before bis mind sgsin. Bnt this time 1t
did not disappear when he opened his
eyes. There be stood before him. Don
cid gssped and then rushed forward to
touch the snims!.
His hands came 10 contact with the
warm. wet body OF tbs animal, and then
the "ubite deer sprsns iorssri and dis
appeared 10 the cloud OF sLow. i vas 20
| vision, ID onsld ssid exnl.sntly. Well, III
follow bis ir cks. Der always know how
10 ee. ont Of storm
| Peefing down 10 the spop be picked out
the email holes msde by the deer's feet,
and 10 . few moments be was following
the tracks sss hound si,er psme They
led 10 the opposite direction from the ore
Dopsld hsd been tskipg, snd 10 tbort
time they brought hin to a depssr psrt Of
the woods. Then the snow obli,ersted
them, snd be uss len to bis own resou.c-
e..
Through the deadly stiIlness Of the
storm there csme . gentle brestbipp, pnl
sstins noise tbs, sl.rmed Don.d, Wss
BE- yielding 10 tie cold sssIui BE stamp
I'd bic fec, and Aane bis hands ootssrd
70 rouse himself, Bat the ooiss conlipo o
%. Donslt picked himself op std follow
ed Its direction. A efx 0 feJt !o'ssfd bt
stumbled sssinst scmstbirg bard shiet
rssred directly 10 bic psitw =. lie t,nch
Cd Il, snd 10 the daknsss tried to study {,
si,h bis eyes. Taeo be s,se sboat q
eruits,iou II US oue q the small loe