The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-22

too Ear gone
-whsn - Eps aown To the nvsr -
found that ~ could not travel eEnept ~
taking 70 The 20 On the river u vss
How dark. Though ths snow liEhtened up
thinEs = little. We continually ran into
ovsrhowa on the 80 and air holes. and
our faces we're nov frozen. a. vel a. our
hanoi- The QUESTION Wa nov u EsSp
our feet from frePzing
-Up % the mountain 49, had aRrssd
that the othsr two would pound - dsatn
ne drst man that gave 10. rarher than
~ him DE % cold felt that tho ind-
poTtant thing was 20 keep from worry az
and % Ssep our minds IN on@ck. for u
~ Eo' 10 despaIrlnz 90 would -oon %
dnne for. The wind segf 20 <ltlnz across
the go ~ the other bank. a fGI q'sar'sr
~ ~.is Thsn 90 had some tro1ole
set'inz back on the .os sgddeniy ! heard
V~sAs groan. Oh. JIM and I thought u
I tired 20 get bold a. him ucder the
arms and pull him up but No gsiZaed no
much Tor ne Then I made E.ua crawi
along Thsn WIEN h. found b could
sail Do this I made him Get up We <sp'
on 40 the n yer bfI' the overiogs and th9
aIrholss we're k=tting troubiesorns. and
knaw that 70 ~ got oar fee vet 90 would
10 dad ones N a short time ! had GA
miIckiucks % go! hlds. wh!ch wsrs
waterproof The others wore unoccasiaa
o. desT Asde. watch simply soak Up WAssr.
FuAly at upon p.aa. ! made tasrn
put a ate water aud snou on their
moccaa.na aad hold t1eIr feat 40. one q;
tir1s. lt took only a sscond or 20 %
provide eaoh With a coating % 90. and this
not only made the shoes waterproof but
kept the fest warm.
we Kept Eetting colder ard lt became
necessary % ind q place where 80 could
stand and pound each other Finally ~
discovered a olgmp % willows N exposed
that on their sheltered SIDES wers vwo
ms Al tSsal - nd a
vide. With the snow baked up abo1f
neck nigh on either sds. bat with ice
on the bottom. This wns ~ vel arranged
a. 70 90 had planned a. fox whsn man
end % the track tho leaves would ttckis
him 10 ksep him aSass, whibs Il ne fell
asleep in tho middle 81 ths track q beImp
on the hard loo would bring ham %.
"Thsn 10 keep each other n good
humor 90 bsgAn 70 tel stores. and !
think each Of IN must have rscounted
every yarn no had ever heard But be-
tween , and O'Clock 70 hsgAn To gss very
bad. Nobody had told q story for an hour.
! begAn to worry over THAT TO do.
Up on the mountain had loat the fur
glove from my right hand. and the m
cAhs q tos. AooToS began 60 talk about
his wife and hIs little boy. and | told hum
Tor Gods sAks 10 cut that out and not
think q he family nov. Then somehow
there IN Cuba. and how fellow With
a clArInet strBck zap The-el u Be . Hot
Time IN the Old Town Tonight. and
nov the fellows took IL up and sAngit.
We'll. -ir I had no sooner thought
n thai than ! hsgan 70 sing q for al
was worth. thoagh, Weeks would drop
over Monroe started IN sing too. bat
We~ks could NOT sing a note. 40 we made
hIm holler and bent time. Then wnen
ne had sing that through three or
four time- we started N On other pop
ular airs. thsn zang over every old
hsthodi-t hymn thai { cosIld rem@Ini-r
and they were sorne because I sang Tor
-ixht years ia q hsthoriszf church choir
bat 49, would vary them always by sing
ma a. the end q each a verse u Chippy.
Tee Your Hair Cut
An this time I kept watching for the
sIn Ny brain beEAn - R-t woOzy. and
] r~Iud not think Then Ga al inpJllse
] showed my frozen hand up over my
forehead and under my cap. and my
tram recame a. clear a. a LOOKING Riass
But ! kept watching the hOghaCk noun
tam Tor the first sign - day
FINALLY Monroe eXciairned cant
stand thts any longer ] ArgtIed With
nam. Finally said FRANK. you iust wAit
a. long - you Gao. and then when YOU
amply cant stand u further maze a
hreAk for the river. Well. he stood for
Just about five minutes. when he gave a
yeii and started to run. with ~ after
MIN And 10y the time we reached the
river q Wa- broad daylight.
We went up the river for three and a
half mikes when ~ struck 5sskeyltch's,
which - nothing but an shy 10 tent stuck
on a hilrtde and heated only by . lftbe
YUKON stove Monros GOT thsTs first
and hefor. he TAINTED away h. sad
There are two other fellows coming m
q worse condition than me When ~.
got there they had hiTn down rubbing
snow over his face and hands When Ws
got inside thsre were ssv@nt--n % 10 IN
that sby 10 shelter. anon whom Sas a
woman csll.,d Old Mother Woods. thu
only woman prosp@cfor on the trail o.
that time ! had roll % All IN ms
EIOckst st the time and I'd hav. gwen
q esO ball u she hadn't been there btIt u
she hadn't ! guess We have di'-i Ihsy
rubbed anOw on ~ for half ar hour
Mother bonSts had the reputation 81 not
Icing very choice "a her language wh-n
u came to an argument tut ] ran truth
fully say that the only OccA~iOn whs-n !
heard her lndtslg- ia an oath was this
There were thr@. Men asleep in her com
partmsnt % ths tent She told them "a
get out and make rOgfn for u.s. They
dih not move Then -hs went m and
grabbed Que ny the collar and her Ian
gIage would have made a church CongTe
CATION think hell hat Dps.ns-i but n was
effective Well thstornade ~ z.lIns m ,l-h
I saw m mime a lOt % httl. green snakes
and began picking them out one by one
But there vas one couldn't get. - !
didn't eat " We thre- slept spoon ing.
all night Next morning MonTo. SAID
thar for long time he had thought he
vas on a bed. ami on the fDotbOaT1 Wsrs
p-rchs'i rhree little bantam ROSTERS
wearing straw hats who kept Jumping
up and down and Laughing AZ hun Then
! tod about my Snaks-
Two men went to Nome the next daY
and told about ~. We staye,i az N. tent
five dayz before we got away. and every
daf Mother Woods would put vassline
On Our faces wi IN absorbent cotton and
wash our faces. our faces were ysrfertly
black when We reached Si-S@vItch's. but
Monroe and I recovered thanks 20 MOthsr
Woods. and the only trace have il this
hole IN the sids 80 my liz Poor Weeks
hal blnOd Toi-Dning and VAS 10 three
months after got back 10 Nome