The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30


almost rose level with the tops of the
walls. In every sheltered spot great
banks of white were massed. The
spreading branches Of the tall pine
trees in the valleys dropped under
heavy burdens Of snow. Only here
and there sharp gauat peaks were
swept clean by the fierce winter
winds and thrust themselves upward
in icy air, naked and bare. The cold
was polar in Its bitter intensity.
The little shelf or plateau jutting
out from the mountain side upon
which the lonely cabin stood was shell
tered from the prevailing winds. but
tho house itself was almost covered
with the drifts. The constant fire
roaring up the huge stone chimney
had melted some OF the snow at the
top and it had run down the slanting
roof and formed huge icicles on what
had been the caves of the house. The
man had cut away the drifts from
doors and windows for light and lib
erty. at first every stormy night
would fill his laborious clear!ngs with
drifting snow, but as it became pack
ed down and frozen solid he was able
to keep his various ways open without
great deal CT difficulty. A little
work every morning and evening SUI
feed.
Every day he had to go down the
mountain stairway to the bottom Of
the pocket to feed ard water the bur-
ros. What was a Guick and simple
task in mi.der, warmer seasons some
times took him a naf day under the
present rigorous conditions. And the
woman never saw him start out in
the storm without a sinking heart and
grave apprehension On his return to
the cabin half frozen, almost spent
and exhausted, she ever welcomed him
with eager gratitude and satisfaction
which would shine in her eyes, throb
in her heart and tremble upon her
lips, control it as she might. And he
thought it was well worth all the trou-
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Winter had set in unusually early
and with unprecedented severity. Any
kind of winter in the mountains
"oUtu navy ''ni"A.. y .iie shi' w even
the man with his larger experience
declared he had never before known
such '""ip "''u "lOe" co'u' VI SUN
ueop 'i'i ~ - "-io"S 80 o.'1'
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ever iio''u '''u va a." iui iouS
SUI ''i' "9 '"5,u mn ana .Nete II
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iooo was no" qu'se we'll ne man
i'' il"n"6,u ~ 80" up hef pooI
1870 w N'i'Ip i''.u wy y anu a.
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Sic 49, ~ ~ ~ "Hu cl"o"iueu ~
6oou 'ie 9i''i 80 "oo,ch stochlns
winch A"u Uo'et'u 'i'e 'luil9s panu-
use nay ,"S ~ i"iiSe' neOeS9''s' al
,no"a" ,'iG wi u "S-u VI u!9eu inenipei
n''u He,,4cu anu si-c 'ouiu use II WIN
e@ie' heA ioo' "'s sun very 'enuel
"iiu ''l''0'e " sustaining ho '4oieh'
y. III ''!'.Nueu an VI heces-
oily one '"u o'e', se'S oolnlea "
inc .ouSe' ou' whenever IL hau oeen
po''.o.o Ao n.u "iapieu hei ~ n's
sie'' pe"' On" ooa' anu hau n.'peu
Ae. ou. ~ 'ne euse VI VIC 'iin io'
uie''n VI 'ie'" al
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.Noio a'one, "ou'u poihaps nave iei.
nei a.one 'ne'e always hau she no'
inpei'ousiy lequiieu MS company.
:. in'eh''o.! QUO hau "equ'ieu 'ne nao-
no' uiineui' oiie io' woiian "
i"'i ,N'ooi 'ahins Tue ieau III the
suaii an'ns VI 'ne'l ciicuilscrloeu
eAiS'enoe' anu ne hau acquiesceu III
nei uoiiiiii"iice WITHOUT neslta.ion OF
,ehoha.i an'e' ~ "as she VINO or-
ueieu .le'i u"iiy WAX anu con'eisa.
',on' iiei WISHES "eie ohsui'eu
"oou' even 'n'"s' " We sure no great