Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-31
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nied.
His fur coat vas soon covered with
now ana Zee, The sharp nsedlss OF the
storm cut his face wherever 1t Wal az
posed. The wind forced ita way
through his garments and chilled him
TO the bone. He had eaten nothing
since the night before. and his vital.
ity was not at its food, but he pressed
on, and there was something grand
ia his indomitabls progress. Exesl.
siori
Back IN the hut KiTkby and Maitland
rat around the Ere waiting most impa-
tiently for the wind to blow itself out
and for thai n o to- stop falling
through which Armstrong struggled
forward. AZ he followed the windinga
OF the canon. not daring to ascend to
the summit on either wall and seek
short cuts across the range, he was
sensible that he was constantly rising.
There were many indications to his
experienced mind; the decrease In the
height OF the surrounding pines. the
increasing rarity OF the icy air, tho
growing difnculty in breathing under
the sustained exer.ion he was making,
the quick throbbing OF his accelerated
heart, all told him he was approaching
his journeys end.
He judged that he must now be
drawing neal the source Of the stream,
and that he would presently como
upon the shelter. He had no means OF
ascertaining the time. He would not
have dared to unbutton his coat to
glance at his watch, and 1t Is d~ificuit
to measure the flying minutes in such
scenes as those through which he pass
ed, but he thought he must have gone
at least seven miles In rerhaps three
hours, which he fancied had elapsed.
his progress in the last two having
been frightfully slow. Every foot of
advance he had had to fight for.
Suddenly a quick turn In the canon,
q passage through a narrow entrance
between lofty cliffs, and he found him
self In a pocket or a circular amphi-
theater which he could see was closed
on the farther side. The bottom of this
enclosure or valley was covered with
pines, 0 dropping under tremendous
burdens OF snow. In the midst of the
pines a Iakelet was frozen solid; the
ice was covered with the same daz-
cling carpet OF white.
He could have seen nothing OF this
had not the sudden storm now stopped
az precipitately almost as 1t had be-
gun. Indeed, accustomed to the gray
ness of the SNOW fall, his eyes were
fairly dazzled by the bright light OF
the SUM-, now quite high over the
range. which struck him full in the
face.
He stopped, painting, exhausted. and
leaned against the rocky wall Of the
canon's mouth which here rose sheer
over his head. This certainly was the
end OF the trail, the lake was the
source OF the frozen rivulet along
whose rocky and torn banks he had
tramped since dawn. Here. II any
where, he would ind the object OF his
Quegt.
Refreshed by a brief pause. and
encouraged by the sudden sitting OF
the storm. he stepped out Of the canon
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