The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-02-25

dreusht bad % sria tie surisc, Of ID,
mashss thai d,d no, esrs 10 90 %, ih,
mere especially ~ l ssvs slight dip II
The eoonify shesd Of %. shich l sapposst
70 he the valley Of the K,,lsvsssni
Ny eorl.ctcre proved 70 BE- correct. bnl
upon snisies there 10 we're indeed dissp
pointed 10 nnd oply nsrros. shslios
strssu. . poor bsrtir 10 % sdvsacire
Ore. Bat "s last hope. ss we're slsd 10
seek iis protection. and 90 decided TO take
oar chsnces 10 ni5sresm.
By this time the sind bsd risin 10 gale.
snd the simosphers sss dtBse Glib smoke
aud rapidly dsrhenius By ioar o'clock
II va 80 dsrk | sss uosbls 10 zee my
hand 10 iron, of my iscs. snd the cir bed
Beam to feel decidedly warmer
! shall never forget The weirdness snd
unosruiress Of tbst swial gloom. tbs Wild
shrisks of the night hivks end the loud
boots oi The osls 10 that strange. unustnr
81 night. or the Pash Of sniusls fleeing %
before terrible foe. oai Of tho thick
spfucs iorest scross the siresu, 10 front
snd behind CO escaped carbon, moose
end beer, bssides ionumessbls sm lie
soimsls. such rs rabbits sBd sq,inels.
We could not see them. bot % esch res
snimsl fonnd refuge near as Jscho. long
accustomed TO the various souods made
BY the d,fi fent inhabitants Of tie forest,
announced IL, sSrival
The lsrse animals came crashing through
the forssi. guided evidently BY custom or
instinct 10 this plaos Of safety. there being
no light to show them the wy. Mssp
while The smaller snimsls often scrsm b,sd
over rs. and 600 c.sionslly . sinsed owl or
partridge Il uttered dowa beside us on the
bank Of The stresm
The spimsls scted % herslds Of the FIRE;
and quickly the western shy. 90 lately ink
blsck, turned TO dull. dark orange snd
lhen 10 red. Nov We could see the sni
male oil rouud Us 10 the water. escl mex
og the strange sound com N On to II, The
,sfibou end moose uttefiDs low moaps,
vhile tbe bears growlcd and spsrled a,
zach other snd at the other sniu,sls, 10
he eyes OF oil vas the same terror felt by
ourselves,
Evidently oor foe was steadily sdvsnc
ng. BY this time the hest was so intense
bat We we're obliged TO take to the water,
n example already set rs by our dumb
nimsl companions. We eat on the bottom
I the river with only our heads shove
lresm. We had soaked our wooden coats,
nd bad them 10 readiness TO fios over
ur heads and prevent suhoost;ou when /,
ne worst csms. n
All Of 9 sudden the 6,e bnrst upon us,
shall always remember the solemn mo a
'ent when that sea Of lime. over one bun /,
red feet high. rolled 10 upon us. and lick
up 10 minute those aian, sprucss, ,
10 etill bear the grosns and sLrieks OF .
,s animals near Us, the crashing OF ,the
ling trees and the hideous rosr OF the h
-e. csn still zee that terrible wall OF
ame sweep ocross the river and plow ite
~ on towsrd the esst. 1.
The heat vas 90 intense that the oosts :
'er our heads several times csushs fire.
ID The suriscs temperature OF the water
90 from that Of . cool stresm 10 luke
lrm.
For several hours the Are ragged furious Il
round us. sid nsny times l thought 10
lner Jscko or ! would sufiocAte. Jscko vi
srcsly spoke. but when bs did SPEAK vi
9 words we're most eocoursaing. His III
,icsl ior,itude WAS indeed remMksble,
d vas more thsn sustaining u suoh > 90
oment. m
At last. when We thought We could hold .
I 90 longer above the terrible crack ml
3 Of the Hre snd the thuds Of falling eli
es We hesrd the distsnt rosr Of tbun me
:. RsIn wss coon pouring 10 torrents DO
every side. Ter
All night long 1t rsined, and BY morn th'
. the 6fe vas soffi ,ien.ly qaenched to COL
ov us TO return toward oor camp The OF
mails in the river had gone before dawn boz
'ir terror Of mao returning when the
latest danger vas pest. vid
% our bsck ward trip through the black Of
'd rsmpicks. still smouIderius and 10
aiming II many pIsces, all thss re Of
iosd OF the splendid forest through din
ich We hsd p, sed the dsy before. - st Of
le intervals Va came scross tioged OF me
tly barned o,rcssses Of different sni slsl
10 snd birds. which hsi been unable 10 len
sh plscs OF ss'sty. These we're psrti uoc
arly common 10 tie musker which ! or
The previous day.
Vhsn ve rescbed our camp 90 the W Wes. Ne,
er / Izha vas overcome with delight. ssj
embraced bis c'mpsnion 10 ieFvent lett
,ner. quite unts,sl 10 the rcd msn. He sole
iolly msde up bis mind that We bad 10 9
shed and vas already preparing 20 maj
: The trs 10 news Of oor iste TO tbs oesr 600
Hodsen Boy post. ius,
e. too. hsd had terrible experiences, lad
forced to bssr II slone had dou b.less besI
It more. Tue West River. however, n
, muoh lssaer than the Krt,vsesni mar
be hsd sufi ,r a Les from tte bsst, Obi
having snuk cur canoe snd fnppliss the
be river be too. hsd esesped 10 ssfs be Z
, spite Of the sitsh Of The river. bow
!, at our camp moe than three hon
yards. the fire hsd iamped IL. end N
in ned lie terrible p,.h oi destruction i, /,
farther esst. nam
10 sftsrvssd l,uf 4 ihst this Gre, one an.
be sorst ever kro . 10 the north coop v
he'd started mole 'h,n ooe hupdr,d