Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-12-26

4 located ahead OF the Short Line folks
4 So while yos w@ro having your fun there
l was having mine here. and had 1t good
| and plenty.
The worst weather I ever did see and
! have seen some bad. Snow six to eight
| feet on level and the mercury down as
| low as 62 with an ornery fierce wind. We
lost four horses froze to death. and all
| but two of the men got froLe up bad. We
reached the head OF Madison Valley Feb
10. north OF Red Bank Canyon. but It
wasn't as easy as II sounds.
\ Jan. S. after getting out OF supplies. we
abandoned our camp at Riverside and
moved 10 m down the river carrying what
We could on our backs Met pack train
! with n few supplies that night. and next
| day / took part OF the force in boat to
| meet overdue load of supplies. We got
| froze in the ice. Left party to break
| through and took Billy Brue and went
! ahead TO hunt team. Billy and me lived
| four days on one 10. bacon. The second
| day Billy took some sickness so he could
| not eat hardly any food: the next day he
| was worse. and the last day he was so
| bad he said the bare sight Of food made
I hlrn gag ] think he was n liar. because
| he wasn't troubled none after we got TO
| supplies again. but couldn't do anything
| with him. and so 1 lived high and come
! out slick and fat. Finally we found the
team coming in They had got stuck I'm
1 the river and We had 10 carry out the load
| on our backs. waist-deep in running water
1 / see some man in the east has a fad for
| breaking the ice In the river and going
swimming. | would not do It for any fad
| Slept in snowdrift that night In wet clothes
mercury 40 below. Was is days going 20
| miles Broke wagon twice then broke
| sled and crippled one horse Packed the
4 other five and went on till snow was too
| deep. Left the horses where four out of
| five died and carried supplies the rest of
| the way on our backs. Moved camp again
i - aNlc IL
| zard and nearly all OF us got our last freeze
up that time Finally a Chinook opened
! the river and | took boat up to get the
] abandoned camp. Got froze in harder
! than ever and had to walk out Most of
| the men quit on account of frozen feet ctr
| etc. They are a getting to be a sissy lot
! these days. rather lie around a hot stove
! all winter.
| had to pull chain. cut brush and shovel
| snow after the 1st Feb, Our last stage
| was from Fire Hole Basin to Madison
! Valley. 40 m. 1t was hell. Didn't see the
sun but once after Feb. l. and IL stormed
! incessant making short sights necessary
/ and with each one would have to dig
/ n hoe to the ground and often a ditch
| or "a tunnel through the snow to look
| through. The snow was soft to the bottom
and an instrument would sink through.
Here's a fine letter to read on a hot
day" called Percival I'm catching
cold" He continued
We have a very good line. better than
| from Beaver Canyon, our maps filed and
! construction under way; all grading done
! and some track laid. That's what you
! call hustling. The main drawback is that
! Red Bank canyon. It's a regular ava
| lanche for eight miles. The snow slides
! just fill the river One Just above our
| camp filled IL for a mile and 40 feet deep
| and cut down Fl. trees like Il razor shaves
! your face. ] had to run to get out of the
! way Reached Madison Valley with one
| tent and 1t looked more like mosquito bar
! than canvas. The old cloth wouldn't hard
/ iy hold the patches together. / slept on;
! doors for six weeks l got frost-bitten con-
| siderable and the rheumatic | tell you
| at IS l amt the man l used TO be. | rnd
I need stout tent and a good warm sleep
! ing bag for them kind Of doings nowadays
I Well this western country would be
! pretty dull for you I suppose going to
| balls and parties every night with the
/ Astors and Vanderbilts. l hope you ain't
cut loose none.
BY the way. that party that ground
! sluiced us, the woman who was with your
! pa when he died and who turned up later
| with fake marriage certificate and will.
| Coplen he met party in Spokane the other
/ day that seen her in Paris last spring. She
was laying in a stock of duds and the
I party gethered that she was going back
| to New York
The Milbreys. father and son. came
up and greeted the group on the piazza.
I've just frozen both ears reading
a letter from my grandfather" said
Percival. Excuse me one moment
and III be done"
"All right. old chap III see If
there's some mail for me. Dad can
chat with the ladies. All, here's Mrs.
Drelmer. Mornin!"
Percival resumed his letter.
/ going back to New York and make the
| society blum. They say she's got the face
J to do II all right. Copjen learned she come
out here with a gambler from New or
| leans and she was dealing bank herself
] up 10 Wallace for a spell while he was
! broke. This gambler he was the sickest
/ short-card player ever struck hereabouts
/ He was too good He was so good they
shot him all up ore night last fail oDer
/ to Wardner. She hadn't lived with him
/ for some time then. though Coplen saws
/ they was Lawful man and wife. so guess
may be she was glad when re got II good
/ IN the chest-p.ace-
Fred Milbrey came out Of the hotel
Office.
mo mail he said. Come let's he
getting along. Finish your letter on
the way, Bines'
1 I've just finished" said Percival,
g!ancing down the last sheet
/ -Cop'en says she is now calling herself
I Mrs. Brench Wybert or SEINE such rame.
/ ] Just thought 10 tell you IN case you
/ might run acrost her and
Come along, old chap" urged Mil
brey. Mrs Wybert will be waiting"
His father had started of with Psyche.
Z Mrs Bines and Mrs Drelmcr were
1 preparing to follow.
Il beg your pardon" said Perciyal,
Il didn't quite catch the name"
Il say Mrs. Wybert and mother will
he waiting-come along!"
What name"
"Wybert-Mis Brench wybert-my
| friend-whats the matter"
We can't lgo-that is-we can't
meet her. Sis, come back a moment"
| he called TO Psyche and then.