The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-11-03
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Hlhkk NC tt0Va tbs iAN~@"NtsN h%'"ss~"
~msrt, "Yor might ~ w,ll kill . man .
deprive him of his oaroc 10 the country,
aud the very landscape seemed to wear
relentless s,peet ~ stared about Ia di'
may. Il DID not occur 10 me to lock 70
the cause a the 1n ;su. Liescost WAS peel
ipg suspicioasly ABOUT the shore, and PR
realty he called me 10 bin.
Look Hs that be said. His face Was %
ard very grim.
There w1s irisr gular mark in the mud
where canoe had been run issose nes
ours and pnshfd I n sgalr, and round abou
II were the trseks Il mems feet.
Didn't you see these same tracks aroun
Burns canoe ,tls morninss demanded I'm
scott, impstienliy. Id know them any
where. Thi4 IA his gratitude TO me for 10.
tlrg him 20, Well, serves me right. N
duty was to arrest him But I'tell you b
shall pay for ,iis II ever get ont OF thes
woods
The Gov ardly ml.cresnt L.d left us liter
ally strarded In the aildsrne,s. The Grim
MAS unspeakatlY malicious, We were tw'
hundred mills from sny settlement, and M
one ever sets out 10 traverse these foresti
except py canoe or STOW shoe,
Investigation Il the wreck showed tha
thirgs we're rot quite 40 bud 20 We hid g
nrst feared. A httl 4 ur and little porI
had escaped viii u rely an Iternal cook
ing. TIE iron pot was unil jared, and thu
tin coolir utensils setmed still servicea
bic. Although tho iI,hatd die had buried
on, Of the head, /. would be easy to replace
It. But all the anmanitoa was gone. W.
had only the few cartridges in our belts.
Linfc ltt thought tina. we should strike
the Huds,a Bay Company's post on Lake
Abittibe, so we sp- Mt some hours In max.
lpg up the stuff n;o two pack', fitting a
new handle to the *, and arranging var
ious de- u Of our tramp. Then We start
ed. Lirscott did not know the way, but
thought that he could strike !. with the
compass.
1t did rot take long to convince me that
1t would have been useless to have rescued
more OF cur outfit, for after an hour OF
stumbling under my pack through the chaos
Of rock ard thicket, my aching legs ard
shoulders forced me to sit down and rest.
We did not cover more than six miles
that day, and at Light every muscle Of my
back and shoulders ached and burned 60
that could hardly sleep.
The neg day was almost unable to rise
from stia1esa, but there was no time for
as a full hundred and fifty miles
Of this sort OF travelling lay Immediately be-
fore us. So shouldered my load and steg-
gered grimly slong behind the game-war-
den.
That was journey never to be forgot
ten. The denae underground ard rugged
ground often made ten miles a good days
There were rapid rivers to be
forded, swsmps and morasses to be cross
ed, and all. under heavy packs and with
very scanty rations. We had neither tea
nor ctffso--.hose prime requisites Of the
camper.
But Linscott preserved the most unruf-
4 ID coed nature. He bked, laughed and
sar almost necessarily, and In fact seemed
to regard the whole journey as . holiday
trip. He afterwards confessed to me that
he did not really expect that we could get
through alive, but he wanted to get as
much fun out Of the thing as possible.
For four days more we strubbled on,
making about seventy.fve mileF-not half
the distarce. We were then following q
email river that we believed to fow into
Lake Abittibi-a deep, turbulent little riv-
er, broken at brief intervals with fosming
rapids and cascades that would have made
difficult.
But at the head OF one Of these rapids we
suddenly saw frcm afar what was unmis-
takably a Peterborough" canoe drawn
well up on the shore and apparently de-
serted.
For a moment stared as IL | had seen
ghost, the thing ieemed so Incredible.
Then we hastentd toward l., full Of thanks
giving. The little craft was partially load
ed, ard Its battered tiles locked somewhat
familiar to me; but thtre was no one in
light.
Then Lirfcott suddenly cried out, /
,ugh, to have recognized 1t st orce Don't
,ou know #, It's Tom Burns canoe. They
ire making portage-and we've got them.
1t was tven 30. There weiea couple Of
'nas In the canoe, which we carefully re.
moved, and then we got cut Of sight to
walt The return OF the owners.
10 the course Of twenty minutes or 30
nan appeared among the trees, coming up
rom the foot Of the rapid,
That's Burns. muttered my companion.
Wonder where his partner Is. Then, step |
ling cut from his ambush, be shouted over
is leveled barrels, "Tom Burns, throw up
Icur handt !"
The man put up bis hands Insanity, and
tsred In frightened bewilderment rs be re-
ognized Linscott.
Where's the Other mahf There were
wo Of } ou, demanded the gsme.warden.
He got drowned in rapid up the river,
all Burns, tuieply. What you goin' to do
nth me, John LinEcotti
Take you back to Msttaws ard j,ii you.
pplied the eame-warder, grimly. By any
ort Of right, you ought to be had up for
tempted murder, bu. you'll get II heavy
nouah, spyway, my friend
Mott Of cur troubles were over now, for
Iurns hid plenty Of provisions to last ~
II till we reached civilization again, ard
10 made him DO bis share Of the padding
nd por,saitg eli the Was back TO Mat
ava.
On our arrival Burns was promptly put
uto Jail was of.course. called upon for
yidence st the trial, and ] must copfeis
hst / VIVA Glad 10 kea the fellow &c, A fine |