Gunnison news-champion., 1912-03-22

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ms thsr ossss OaaA sAesD - s.sSl
they ssss unasas - hsar - psaa
The aytaO aenA 1880 sAsn - ssauAa.
drtvsa wtsA tAs so.sd q bullsss. In
vein they ~ -. usOilo thssr pusiss
forward. sAs hsasss. naddseod enl
blinded by the usecilsas lashinG a tho
saad. ssesssd TO esce the stoem. Keith,
oil sssse Il dtr~ctiss loaG ssscs lsst.
rellsd Wsastly evon the saAAlo. bur
5eSsd under the partial shslter q .
saal dune. cad callsd up0a keb V
follOO him. W'tth Their hanas end ssee
they nAAs . slight wind- bssak. dsoe-
0iaG the stsuGgltaG pontss int -
protoction. and burroSed thsmsslvos
there. the clesds e saAd skueryinG
over then - thach - to obscure The
shy. esl rapiAly buryiAg thsm slte-
0ethsr - Though IN . Grsse. wtshta
- houf they wsFs eonpsllsd % ~
tAsmselvos out. vet II psOved portiol
escape frsm the pltiless lashinG Tho
wtnd hOWled Me ualeosed deRoaa,
and the cir svev cold. sAdiAG to the
sting Of the grit. whea s0ns sudasa
sady HURLED II iato their hidinu plocs.
To eAdeavOr further travel w0uld
msen certain death. for no oae eOula
Aovs guided . course FOR Q hundred
feet through the tempest. which seem
ID - suck the very breath away. To
tAs fuGitivss cane this comfost-n
they could 81 sdvance, then No -
osoe e0ull follow. ana the storm Weo
ssoSssesly baOttinG out their trofi.
n vas tAsss O'Clock before h dtsl
eu0ciently down for them to venture
-. Even then the cir remained full
- saad. while Consistently shifting
saa0es maAe travel difhcuN. Only
OFim nscessity-the su6erinG Of the
Dsaiss for water. sad their own need
- sooa reaching the habitation Of
Uen snd acquiring food-drove them
- the early venture. They must at-
toan the valley OF the Salt Fork that
night. or else perish In the desert
tAeFe remained no other choice Ty-
- neckerchiefs over their horses
eyss. and lying fat themselves, they
sacceeded In pressing slowly forward.
winding In and out among the shift
Ing dunes, with only the wind to guide
them. II was an awful trail, the hoofs
sinking deep In drifting sand. the
struggling ponies becoming so ex-
haUsted that their riders finally dis.
mounted. and staggered forward on
foot. leading them stumbling blindly
after Once the negro's horse
dropped. and had to be lashed TO IT'S
FEET again; once Keiths pony STUN
bleA and fell on him. hurting him face
Gown into the sand. and he would
have died there. lacking sufhcient
strength to lift the dead weight, but
for Neb's assistance A. II was he
went staggering blindly forward,
bruised. and faint from hunger and
fatigue. Neither man spoke . they had
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