The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21

About ten minutes later tha how
Smueu ~ 70 ,he window opened it
NV 'auee ou.' Zap SAYS all of YOU
ceme over quick, bring lots of snow
shoVeis ana couple of blankets
LEI some OF the worsen got one of the
pea rooms warm and make some hot
soup and coffee" Ii den.t ,,ro
much time for us old fellows whnss
lives are full of ,ragedies and s,mrt.
ing episodss, Ia get ready for almos,
any KIND OF contingency; ana before
lhe boy had stopped talking, more
'i"h IVY uoeeh strong aud willin.
ii,el aHu several ot the other Sex, not
alWays me Weaker Sex in a mining
ea'hi' We're gliding over the interyen,
ihs Aalr ullie' 1t was beautiful
morning after the storm and i'm tbe
llght, crisp air of that great altitude
every object stood out az clear and
distinct rs ii all nature reiolced nnd
no Thought OF death was possible. The
green pfancheS of the many pines
were heavily weighted with the late
~ Iailen snow, and the level expanse
or Meadow Lake with its white coy
erlng gllstened in the bright sunlight
lihe aH immense mirror,
NOT WORD was spoken nor a sound
heard in the still air, except the
swish of our snow shoes, as we
gllded rapidly toward Cartons cabin.
This was huilt, as l have said, n lit
Tie distance from the more thickly
settled part Of the town (althoumh
now very many of the smaller cabins
We're buried out of sight and upon
our arrival, nothing could he seen to
distinguish its position, except Il huge
mound of SHOW and the ends of two
snow shoes: presumably where the
chimney Was. Two dozen willing
hands We're soon hard at work. clear
ing away the huge drifts, and us 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
hut tao plain that what had fallen
during this previous storm had rapid
ly filled the small space below the
chimney cap and the cabin been her.
metically sealed. AS soon as the
opening was made, couple of us
climbed down. Poor Carlton stood,
leaning against the bricks of the
chimney; fully clothed, even to his
blue army overcoat, and the air was
thick with close, foul odor. There
| We're no matches in the cabin or up
on his person. He had evidently slept
long and soundly and realized from
his sensations when he awoke and be-
came partially conscious that he was
being smothered, That he had become
bewiidered and had wandered aimless-
ly. around the cabin was evident by
the articles strewn upon the floor, and
when he finally found the chimney,
had been 100 weak to make the
ascent and had gradually fallen into
his last sleep.
We judged he had been dead for
forty-eight hours or more, and as the
storm was raging SO flerceiy at that
time, 1T Is by no means certain that
he could have been rescued, had his
condition been known.
The body was wrapped in blankets
and tenderly carried to the hotel
and prepared at once for burial. The
grave was dug near an old pine tree
| and steps had to be cut to lead down
TO the ground. There was no minister
in the camp. but one of the women
brought out prayer book and the
burial service was read and probably
each one of us sent UP some sort OF
a prayer, that he might make a hap
py landing on the other shore.
Over Il hundred men and women on
SNOW shoes accompanied the body
from the hotel to the grave, the wind
singing a soft requiem as we laid the
body away in that great white sepul-
cher ana commented upon the singu-
lar fatality that had CARED him safe
ly through years of bloody strife, to
a last meet his dearh In that strange
manner $500 feet above his home of
early days on the rOck-bound shores
-