The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-09-11


aztenisg IT, nusased s,oot-f nna-i
- -.ignt 1S' i-rt ot the iHrisl
hang Na0- oui OF ths saddle. 9nugi,pE
Lad aonnsssd with sttneasd m
e-EE scarcely cVrups eaeadinf WINS
iE-T ~-fs Aas0ut. IN. h-rGrnni nnf
= asson cam. W the se~car. hripar
fls irignt-n.d h1Sse strugIi" ~ M
4se and. ,otaity blinded ~ the iur
o. tie storm which nov e~s' iu,,ii W
l4eir eyer. Erssp~d IN. dspgi'pF
I I1ag. s~syipg Lact and fortt a. the
sLe--4ed animal plunged H. t-rrvt .
-ss eorp.e they Gvippc5. a,r-ad
s-ir With cold. ths eyer ~iai,-op-n unn
-lsr,ng Carroll, bruised snd l,rnp,pr
-zi.s 70 their kS3p. sroauiny witl
aged " iift the dead weight a. m
a0f.ss back. and " bind n ssisi
Sith the turn OF b roy. Then. br.ath
l@=5 from exhaustion. cfouchinF bc
-tnd the aniiaais, punched beipi..sJ
-oestAer, the howl Of the wind iin,
The ncfsan OF lost sOuis. In. three
i.-n iooked INTO each other. Iac.n
-! reckon Jim died without ever
.norin A." said the scout, brsakin,,
again the him Of leo over his eyes, and
tbfaSniug his sfms. 81 alI.rs hes rtl
-si. y was al easy way o soin Looks
10 ae he WAS better OF thar We are
y4s' nov. Hurt much. CARROLL"
tfuncbed my leg mighty bad ,
can't 1ssr TO weight Oh H. Twas
aafn nsar ffOze stir before. th..'s
~hy ! couldn't get out o the way
quick"
Sure; well. yen have ter ride. then
Ven take tbs blanket of Jim; he
~on't need n no more. Brick an !
ztn ticot II Jet awhiiG--hey, 'bfick'S'
hianiin lifted his head froM the
sHsiusr OF his horses name
reckon can MAKE my feet
move" he asserted doubtfuliy. but
they don't feel al though there wxs
any life left In them" He stamped
On the sno%- How long do these Diiz
Laros generally last, Sam7"
Biew themselves out In about three
days"
Three days? Cod We can never
1--we II Out here"
h.f eyes ranged over the dim out,
bne o. Wade stretched scrOss the
saddle, powdered with snow. rested an
instant upon Carroll. who had sunk
BACK upon the ground. nursing his IL.
!1fsc limb, and then sought the face
u WATSON
What the hell can we do"
Go On; taet's all Of It; 80 o. TIL
ne crop. lad. Come. Brick. my boy"
ano ths scout sripped the Sergeant's
SHOULDER, you're not the kind to lie
cow. We've been IL worse boxes
;iian this and pulled out It's up 70
500 aid me TO make good Lst's
crlacf some hard-tack and 70 on
aiofe RE whole three Of Us freeze
srtr
The Sergeant ,h,us, GU, his hand
ftiat Isn't what's taken the nerve
OUT Of the, Sam" ne ssid soberiy. -Yte
-niaking .. the girl on, IL al ,hh
S1,h -hoSe devils"
L,Eei. az DOT she aip'.." returned
.fe o.aet, tfamping he enow unoe,
nls Zee 1--WE been .ninxir' .tou. ,h...
800 rnet outt, ,nust aev hse ry
S"af1 .hs s-ar us. d.dn', they
Eamhn nodoet.
Wei tnen, they couldn', { ben .sy
hoH tne clms,.on When the s,,,r
CONE Taey't Or SAFE enough .,d.,
tfse oiuHs; have wood .e, & t,, snr
iay -fiaf mighty comfortable. Ths,.,
~f1as then blcks are, al right. Whv
nsml It man. we've got To x.,
.hfouEh Tain, Just our fool hv.s
.hsts At stake. Brace up"
Hcs fer have ve Gomez
a s"od ter miles. an the conuas.
haf key us stIsight."
ihe! crew 10 closer .oee,he, An,
mencise herd cracker apiece o,ccs
ssonah! exchanging { mut.ered vo,5
Or Two. tnghshing .het. limb .ho,,
% keep W Circulation, and dsmpenin.
,heis hpe With SLOW They veYe t,,t
1ins spec'ssi SHAPES & the da,hne.r
the cir tiiet With crystal pellets
ssep about by nnesctiess w-ire ,he
horses st&n13ng txfls 20 the storm scd
nesds ofooping L. s.d,e Of the ,,<a-
~7-@ "'fN'N- - f--S 1l-sS IL eyer (nnlF
Scsscely see .~c yards away through
The eLcrhfr, Above, stout. the Cease
Less stnt how-let, is Icy breath chill
inE 10 tns bone Carroll clsnbe,ed
snMy into his SADDLE, crying ano
swearing from weakness end p.in
Tie others, stsm Slin2 about in ,be
deep sno~, which had drf,ee AROUND
them during the brief halt. s,np,e1
the tlsnke, fon Wzde's dead t.,hy
snt .uckef f. ia sboe, Carroll q b@t,
they coald
NSrw xe+D kicking and thrsshtns
st>,a,, Ge9yge, ordered the seyeesut
sterniy For Coos sake, don't &c
~ sieeg, or yoE'li be where Him I,
Wen haul yo3 og, Of this. old ma,
Sam. you tske the rear, and hit c.,
roll whscE ever few minutes; m
break trail Forward, now"
RIO EE CONTINUED,
DGfiC6C| on the Bench