Gunnison news-champion., 1911-12-22
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whsle sssschiaG psrsses iron the
eosntry aersh Of G~aassoa scossed
the ssct,oa IN the sscssssv of the
Smssh Wkipp rssch. Just sorth Il
tesa, IN . vain sGoss 10 sst some
trsse ot l. l.. bssh, the ssxty yesr-
cid n,ysevaIIe rsacher, Who hsd
uandesed sWsy iron he soo0s IN
Gsnnisoa % Sularslay afteraa,a lsss.
Mr D~sh lsy slsep,ae On the side Of
Ssewsrt pssk, exposed TO the frees-
iAG $50 ss0pssssre, samsndfsl of
the asssh skst al thosshs ssssly
sssss have esertsken him. oa Ssa-
dsy morning he Was fosad eossias
into town by Jess Dsabar, who had
joined the searchers that morning,
aud wss brought to tine home ot DIR
Hystt. appsrsatly ssGer.ns no i'll
effects from exposure
He Fetsrn 10 9unnison in ssaal
health is eonsidessd little less than
mirscslo~s Ssosch fs him wss
absadoned sboxt midRlNht II Setsr-
day, and no . pesson wss there bet
believed thst ~ sssely mast have
ssccunbed. Mr.. Bash wss not con-
sidered strong phys,cslly and re-
GENTLY he had showed sisns Of sn-
hiased neasslisy. AboSt 2:30
O'Clock on Saturday sftesnooa he left
the Hyatt hone saying be wss going
for a walk. He wore no ovescost
sad had no slovee spoa his hsnds,
but he wss psusscted in . ,sssssse
by overshoss that he wss in the
habit II wearing.
When be failed 10 vetnrn TO his
rooms st sigAtfall, IN slsrm WAS
gsissa cad sssschers scsttesed over
the cosUtry in satosnobI!es. buegies
end sfoot. A man answering Bssh .
description wss reported TO have
psssed the ranch Of Billy Anderson
and wac ls~t seen gong across the
fields in the direction OF the river.
Dire forebodin9s TOOK possession
of the sesrchers and they began
combing tie river banks and scan-
ming the stream to ascertain If by
any chance Mr.. Bush had fallen into
the swiftly running water No
tracks of any kind that would in
dictate that he had passed along the
east bank were fosnd and his dis
appearance became more and more
q mvstery.
The searchers dispersed end went
% their homes secure in the belief
that the object of their search had
perished either in the waters of the
river OF from exposure 10 cold.
When the hant wss resumed on
Sunday morning. it was with little
heart for the task, for no one ex-
pected TO find Mr.. Bush alive. Peo-
pie in Gunnison could hardly
believe their eyes when they OBJ
Nerved young Dunbar escortine the
old man into town, and a. the church
bells rang ont the call to worship,
they at once appeared TO peal the
thanksgiving Of the popslace over
the deliverance of L. L. Dssh.
The old man wss Visibility ex-
hassted from HE long tramp but de-
clared that he knew nothing of his
wanderings and only resneabered
incideuts happening after he
awakened from HE slumber on the
bleak mountainside He said be was
aroused by the coming Of dawn snd
saa mp and looked about, not sble 10
~nder.tand his predicament He
was living in a clump of sa9ebrWsh
end though stif from the cold end
from having lain upon the hard
grosnd. still he felt pretty good and
started ct once in the direction of The
town.
A few minutes afterward he va
sccosted By yoxne Dsnbar sna wsa
sold that people hsd been booking
sos him for many hosrs. The fesi
thsG HE wife ssd friends hsd 80
thst poesmonia might resalt es'
The Scar proved grosndi~o.
Mr. Bed cane 70 0ssnisoa Z
cosple of ~eeks go sftef leasing hit
DuskvilIe rsscA 20 his son-in-la~
He hsd lived % tks hoDe plsce fos
tkirsy yssn ed lesvin9 il, evea
tksaxh ke vess oaly . fe~ DiIes
s~ss. sseoeA - psey spoa hin aisd
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