Semi-weekly herald., 1914-07-30

of q commissioned officer. every step
being won by hard work and distin-
guished conduct. The fever was the
result of hardships incident to the
surprise and capture of his company,
. part of Methuen's brigade, by Cen
eral vilijohn,s command, dressed In
the khaki Of British soldiers.
As . ranehman, ~ postmastsr at
Garrett, as q trapper and Is the own
er-manager, host, chief cook and, II
occasion demands, rs chief dishwash-
er, Of . stage station where several
stage lines and star mail routes con-
verge, George Buckland is one of the
most prominent and best known Of
the settlers Of northern Albany, and
his ranch house and stage station is
noted for its attractiveness, neatness,
soldierly orderliness and system as
well as its good cheer and welcome.
Perhaps Of all Of the bachelor estab-
lishments Of that district, that Of
George auckland has appeared to be
the least In urgent need Of q femin-
inc hand and presence, but truly
Providence helps those who help
and the feminine pres
ence is soon to be added to the Eng
lishman's story; in the winsome guise
of self-reliant, capable American
girl-rancher -schoolmarm and bride.
Several winters ago, the depth Of
snow was phenomenal in the north
Albany country, and the stage drivers
were experiencing a most trying and
dangerous time getting through with
their bags of precious mail and oc-
casional passengers.
One evening, following a day dur
ing which the storm had been excep-
tionally severe, the stage from the
railroad point at Rock River did not
appear as its destination Of Garrett
at all, and many fears were felt for
the safety Of the driver, with any pas
sengers he might have with him, in
case he had lost his road and been
forced to wander all the night in
search Of 1t. That the danger was
very real, was well known to all at
the stage station; in this case par
ticularly 80, as the driver was only a
lad, not much accustomed to either
the country or storm conditions md
At daybreak next morning George
Buckhnd organized searching party
to rescue the missing stage, and after
q morning Of anxious search in the
still severe storm, it was found at
last.
The stage driver was laying COW
cred up in the bed Of the spring wag-
On in state of exhaustion from cold
The pain of frozen feet and anxiety
The drivers seat was occupied by
girl, the solitary passenger, who, with
her mittened hands and entire cloth
ing covered and caked with frozen
snow, and the wind whipping her veil
and the icicles upon it into her tired
and almost blinded eyes, was yet
attempting to guide the cx-
hausted team in continuous direc-
tion, with the hope of getting to some
place Of shelter. The girl was Miss
the new "scho olmarm" from
Colorado for the Garrett district.
The stage driver had lost his di-
rection and the road early the after
noon before and his courage. before
dark. after digging the horses out of
many snowdrifts and vainly atempt-
ing to find the road. 1t was the girl
who built fire in the best
shelter to be found when the team
had refused to try further; who
rubbed his frozen feet and hands with
snow; who tried to keep up his spir-
its and who carried limbs from a
fallen pine on the ridge to burn all
through the night, thereby saving the
lives Of driver and team as well as
her own.
It was the girl passenger who help
I'd the driver in to the wagon at day
break, covered him as well as possi-
Die; got the team started, and drove
through the storm in the plucky hope
II reaching somewhere. 1t was the
girl passengers wan, but courageous
'mile which first greeted the rescu-
BIS as they ploughed through the
'now up to the wagon at last in the
course Of the following afternoon.
Miss Anderson, former Garrett
school teacher, is to become Mrs.
George auckland. She is the daugh-
,er of a prosperous ranchman who
has moved from Colorado to
In addition to being a
very successful teacher, she is an ac-
horse woman mad q splen-
lid type Of the energetic western girl,
who will bring to her husband not
'nly an intimate knowledge and mas
terry Of ranch conditions but refining
vor ulina~s