Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-17


so much difference.
"AIeester Brewerton be walk up anu
down lax q bear much worried ne
tink he not git bees daughter back no
more and she freeze to death unoer re
snow. Nine o'clock come, ana nonooy
comes-11 comes, and GARNER ne
comes and says he find nothings OF
Mees Clarissa and he fear she freeze
TO death. At u o'clock Rubidonx ne
come in stiff with re cold and hat not
found re young lady. Then Meester
Beaverton he say all my hope Is IN
Antoine Brisson."
"Was he the Teller with the curlsF
asked Hutchens.
sHees hair war lax re wing OF re
raven
"a raven is the same as a crow
isn't itg" asked Silas.
you call him crow. Mos peoples
call him crow. Story teller always call
him raven.
Nobody come no more Eat night and
AIeester Beaverton he eif up hees
daughter for lost. In re morning eel
still snow, and eet was not before art
ernoon Eat eet stop and re people max
u4. party to go re round of Mees Bre-
werton's traps to find her body ana re
body Of Antoine Brisson. for zey tink
he die too. ley go to re first trap and
find nothings. Then zey go to re second
and still zey find nothings. Between
re second and re third there war big
drift. and zey had to dig re snow away
TO get through. When zey reach re
third trap zey find nothings, but one
man say not far from here is deserted
cabin. Mebbe Mees Brewerton nnd
her way zere before re snow comes
down too thick.
"Zey all went to where re cabin was,
but zere was nothings but hill OF
snow. Then one of re men glf sudden
shout. He see a little smoke come
from re tip top of re snow hill. Then
odders see 1t. Re chimbly Of re cabin
!, ees lust below re snow and zere mus
be fire below.
sZey all climb to re top OF re snow
hill and see a leetle crater lax re vol
cano. and in re center was re chimbly
top. with re smoke coming out. Zey
call down re chimbly. and re sweet
voice of Clarissa beaverton replies:
"'Who is itY
"Zev tell her zey hat come to search
for her. and she say yesterday, seeing
re snow come faster and faster ana
knowing where war re empty cabin
she went zare, and before re snow
! cover re dead wood on re ground she
gedder Get. working till it snow YER
hard, and tax it in re cabin. But alas
? she hat no way to light fire. She had
- hoped to find a match or to strike
spark, but zere was no match, and she
. could not strike spark"
"See here, Trudeau." put in Silas
- you've got this yarn into fix where
. you can't unravel it, You said the ga
made a fire. didn't you? How thu
dickens was there u fire when sh'
couldn't light it,"
At this interruption Trudeau looked
u at the matter of fact Yankee trium
10 phantly.
"a 81 come to Eat" he said. "Mee
- Beaverton found noting In re cabil
- to keep her warm. and re cold grey
70 more and more bitter. She feared t
" 90 to sleep, but at last was about to d
81 so when she see mans face look In z
u top of re window above re snow. Ee
" was Eat noble ski teacher, Antoin
- Brisson
~, Antoine always carry match to ligf
- hees pipe. He hand Clarissa re DO.
y and she light re fire. She ask Anton
to come in and warm himself He ga
= no. she must stay zare one, two, mel
~ be tree day He not compromise h'
- good name by going in. She tell hi
- he die if he not come in. Yer wei
mademoiselle.' he say. I die for yol
sake; l love you so much
Antoine he dig hole In re snow GU
GU side, and we look for him. We find hi
in re hole. but re cold had frozen hiI
10 He was dead"
Sc There were EXPLANATIONS from 9
- the listeners expressive Of admiratiC
-, for this noble act except the Yanke
- Wasn't he the least bit squeamish
~. he remarked.
- mo, no. Ef he stay zere Mees Bre'
- erton reputation gone forever"
How would 1t have been II there
IT, been an old woman with em, bill
- and deafg" said Silas
No one paid any attention to Il
80 satirical reflection on French etiquet
-. and Trudeau continued:
When they tell Mees Brewert
~ Eat Antoine war dead she faint. II
reputation was saved, but Antoi
~, had given his life for eet. ley cal
I her home to her ladder and he "
wild with joy to see her. When 2
hear re story Of how re noble Anto
- haf given hees life for bees daughte
~ reputation he weep many tears. III
be say:
,or- Il gif re hundred pounds l pre-
.-n. lsed as a reward to saving
h. daughter to build fine monument
49,, zis noble man"