The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
The Red Devils Rescue
By L. A. TEREBEL.

They called IL the Red Devil Snow
shoe Club, because the members wore
red toques and red stockings and red
mittens and red muffiers. and every
other piece OF apparel OF a red hue
that they could possibly secure. Bob
Moreley was elected president Of the
! club and chief Red Devil, principal
made out of a red blanket In addi-
ton to Bob there were fifteen other
Red Devils
Up in New Hampshire the snow
comes with Santa Claus and stays till
spring. And so almost every Satur-
day during the cold months the Red
Devils would gather in front OF Bob
Moreley's house, and Tad Wallace
would drag up the clubs baby tobog-
gan. the "Whizzer." and Bob's moth
er would pack the basket with sand
witches and apples, and then Tad, as
commissary of the organization. would
strap the basket securely to the
''Whizzer," and tie a fagot OF dry
wood on top Of II, and Bob would
give the command, and the red COM
pany would swing out into the road
and over the fields toward the river
OF the woods. At the end of couple
of hours march Bob would call a halt,
camp would be formed. and Tad
or coffee. and then each Red Devil
would get his share in a tin cup, and
sandwiches and apples from the bas-
ket
There's going to be great doings at
our house in a couple of weeks" said
Tad. as the Red Devils sat around
their camp fire the first Saturday after
New Years. It's fathers and moth
er's golden anniversary Of their we'd
ding on the 2sth. and all my brothers
and sisters are coming home to cele-
brate."
"Hurrah." shouted Bob. And will
the Red Devils be in it?"
will they he in it, said Tad, with
emphasis "well-wiI they?" And
all the boys laughed.
On the morning Of the 26th a thin
fine snow began to fall. Then the
wind rose and blew fiercer and fercer
all the afternoon, until by night a
violent storm was raging. The next
morning drifts ten and twelve feet
high hid the fences, the roads were
entirely obliterated. and horses and
sleighs were not even to be thought
of
The operator at the railroad sta
tion sent word up to the Wallaces that
no trains could get through in either
direction that day, as the road was
completely Knocked and the wires
were down on all sides. OF course no
one knew whether the special car with
the anniversary guests had started
from Boston. 1t was still showing.
and the big hages kept on falling all
the day. and did not cease until late
in the night. Everything was snow
bound.
when the day of the golden ami
versary dawned, there were no guests
on hand to celebrate. News came.
however. at 10 o'clock that morning.
A man, all covered with ice and snow,
struggled into the village and the
wallace house. where he fell exhaust
ed at the doorstep. No one knew who
he was, and II was some time before
he could speak Tad's father and
mother were there, and Tad was there,
and beside him stood Bob Moreley.
who had ploughed his way through the
drift to make a morning call.
Finally the man recovered strength
enough to explain that he was
farmer who lived about six miles from
the village. He said a train had got
stalled in the snow near him the day
before, and that the people could get
nothing to eat, as there were no
houses near but his, and what little
store he had was exhausted. There
were women and children on the
train, and one child was very sick. He
had started at o'clock in the morn
Ing for help, and he had a letter from
one of the passengers for Mr.. Wal |
lace. The letter was from Tad's eld- |
est brother, and 1t said that the party |
in the special car was suffering great |
ly from hunger, that his youngest
child must have doctor or II might |
not live, and that one of the trainmen |
had both feet frozen
TITS no use, though" sighed the |
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