The daily tribune., 1905-12-22

About ten minutes later the boy
glided up to the window. opened Il
ana called out, "pap says all Of y0u
come over quick, btine lots OF snow
ehoveis and couple OF blankets,
Let some of the women get one Of the
bed rooms warm and iaake sutiie hot
SOUP and coffee" 1t don't take
much time for W old fellows whose
lives are full Of tragedies and start.
ling episodes, to get ready for almost
any kind Of contingency. and before
the boy hud stopped talking, more
than two dozen strong and willing
men arid several Of the other sex, NOT
always the weaker sex In mining
cnmp. were gliding over the it,teryet.
Ing half mile. It wns a beautiful
morning after the storm ana In the
light. crisp air OF that great altitude
every object stood out MS clear and
distinct as II all nature rejoiccd, and
no thought of death was possible. The
green branches of the many pines
We're heavily weighted with the late
iy fallen SNOW. and the level cxpanse
OF Meadow Lake with its white cov-
ering glistened in the bright sunlight
like an Immense mirror.
Not word was spoken nor a sound
heard In the still air, except the
swish of our snow shoes, as we
glidcd rapidly toward Cartons cabin.
This was built, as ! have said. lit
tie distance from the more thickly
settled part of the Town although
now very many of the smaller cabins
were buried out of sight and upon
our arrival, nothing could be seen to
distinguish its position. except huge
mound of snow and the ends OF two
snow shoes; presumably where the
chimney was. Two dozen willing
hands were soon hard Mt work, clear
Ing way the huge drifts. and as soon
as the chimney was uncovered we
| found. as we feared and expected,
that the space around it had been
permitted to lie and harden. 1t was
but too plain that what had fallen
| during this previous storm had rapid
ly filed the small space below the
chimney cap. and the cabin been her
mctically sealed. AS soon as the
opening was made, n couple Of rs
climbed down. Poor Carlton STOOD
leaning against the bricks of the
chimney; fully Jthed. even to his
blue army o. coat and the air was
| thick W. II close, foul odor. There
were 10 matches In the cabin or up
on his person. He had evidently slept
long and soundly and realized from
his sensations when he awoke ana be-
came partially conscious that he was
being smethercd. That he had become
bewildcred and had wandered aimless-
ly around the cabin was evident BY
| r. stfy.
when he finally found the chimney.
had been too weak to make the
ascent and had gradually fallen into
his last sleep.
! We judged he had been dead for
forty-cight hours or more. and as the
storm was raging so ifercciy at that
time. it is by no means certain that
he could have been rescued. had his
condition been known.
| The body was wrapped in blankets
and tendcrly carried TO the hotel,
and prepared at once for burial. The
grave was dug near an old pine tree
through twenty-four feet of snow,
and steps had to be cut to lead down
to the ground. There was no minister
in the cnmp, but one of the women
brought out n prayer book and the
burial service was read and probably
each one of us sent up someSsort OF
prayer, that he might make a hap
py landing on the other shore.
Over a hundred men and women on
snow shoes accompanied the body
from the hotel TO the grave. the wind
singing soft requiem as we laid the
body away In that great white sepul-
cher and commented upon the slngu-
lar fatality that had CARED him safe
ly through years Of bloody strife, TO
ut last meet his death In that strange
manner $500 feet above his home Of
early days on the rock-bound shores
Of the Atlantic.