Gunnison news-champion., 1913-08-29

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e''es.sDe aaaema1sc. instructive. the -
s1H o. i-oE d.scspi.ns. Tney ressszeS
-. @fAy aoOe-ertsinuserf Of the Gin
eTTon bislfs. There ~as no skalseI
oere "a the oSon. to esrher nsaa O.
eerse the sose choice lafs Sa< tc
e<Ts.Exle on. or lse ao~n sad die TAs
- ~as hselv TO b. the end q iS
~ Shile a drop os blood ran red sa<
Wsrm w their veins they would k~eg
eAasF feet sad AshI
tarrolls horse ssuubSsd and ruIS~l
eaiGninz the nsHsbed srooper sndes
ess Seight- The jerk on the laris,
1"as Wade oat Of the saddle. dangling
oHae ao~RSardL VIA stiaened an
eers. scarcely cousprehendlnG wha;
Ne we're about. the Sergeant and
Nasson came 10 the rescue. helped
ses frighteaed horse struggle 10 his
seet. and. totally blinded by the fury
- the storm which noS beot fairly In
seer eyes. Graspsd the dangling
esdy. s~ayine hack and forth - the
STARTLED animal plunSed in terror u
wss a corpse they sripped. already
- "t"s eVsd. ts1& W IN - &i0s0ks$~H AM0
soaring. Carroll bruised and limpsns.
esme to their help. sroanine with
psIn. and the three men together man
aged 10 hit the dead weight to the
herses back. and to bind II safely
WIZ the turn Of g rope. Then. breath
sess from exhaustion. croechinG be-
bind the snimals. bunched helplessly
teeesher. the howl Of the wind Hike
she scream Of loat souls. the three
men looked into each others faces.
Il reckon Jim died without ever
KNOWN IT," said the scout, breaking
aGain the dlm of ice over his eyes, and
shrashing his arms. Il alters heard
tell II was an easy way o. goin' I>ooks
to me he was better on than we ere
just nov. HURT much. Carreli,"
"Crunched my beg mighty baa: !:
cant bear no weight on 1t. Twas
earn near frose stiff before; thet's
shy ] couldn't get out o. the way
quick"
Sure; well. yen have ter ride, then.
Vel take the blanket 81 Jin; he
won't need II no more. Brick en- !
hin hoof II yet swhile-lhey. Brick %
Hamlin lifted his bead fv0n ths
shelter Of his hOsss's maze.
Il psckoa I eaa maize NJ feet
love-" he ssserteA Aoubtfully, but
hey toat 1sel - though there IVES
oay life Nm IN them" NJ stamped
- the saew. How long % these blis
sasds Generally last. ssar
BLOW tAeaeslvss Out n abeut three
1Ays."
"Thrss lays. 0sll We esa ,evss
I'VE II ovt hsss."
Mis- eyss saaosl ever IT, aia sut
~ q wsAs stvetcAsl sessss ~
so11le, pDW1sss1 vish sosv, pustel q
i1Stau4 uon CassSa. vAs - suna
hoek uQ.o - Os0unl, nusuinG - -
tuso1 ~. - tAsa ssaOAA ~ -
"WNnA sAe ~ ssa ve as?-
- -; thstS sll - n; - % IN
- -. Nd. Csoe. DvicA,' ~ 10y, /"
80 - seeut sripped TIE serssasts =
sAou11ss, "y0u're not the kinl 10 NJ
down. We've been IN worse hoses
thaA TT anA pulled est hs Up q
ysa - ne 10 make seed. Let's
cruoeA some hard -tack anl 90 oa
afeso tAs whole three Of ~ freese
stu"
nAs Sergeant thrust out his hand
"rAet isat what's tahen the nervs
out - -. SAM" he said soberly. Its
thinkiaG Of the girl out IN al this
with those Aevils."
'1Ahely - not she amt" returned
the sther, trampins the snow under
his feet. I've been thinkin' bout thet
too. TAet outAt must hev had six
hoars the start o. MS. didn't thsy!"
AAalin nodded.
We'll, then, they couldn't q ben far
from the Cimarron when the storm
cone. They'd be safe enough under
the bluAs; have wood fer Q fire, and
lay thar mighty comfortable. That's
whar then bucks are, all right. Why,
damn It, man, we've got to get
through. 'Taint just our fool lives
hats at stake. Brace up!"
How far have we Gomez"
"A good ten miles. an the compass
has KEEP us straight"
They drew in closer together, and
munched a hard cracker apiece, occa-
sionally exchanging a muttered word
or two, thrashing their limbs about
10 keep up circulation, and dampening
their lips with snow. They were but
dim, spectral shapes in the darkness,
The air filled with crystal pellets,
swept about by a merciless wind, the
horses standing tails TO the storm and
leads dropping. In spite of the light
refraction of the snow the eyes could
scarcely see two yards away through
he smother. Above, about, the cease
lsss wind howled, its icy breath chilli
.lg to the bone. Carroll clambered
stifiy into his saddle, crying and
wearing from weakness and pain.
The others, stumbling about in the
deep snow. which had drifted around
hem during the brief halt, stripped
the blanket from Wade's dead body,
"A - IN, ~ ~,