The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-07
Continued from Monday

So wore III" day away. Inc rE Iat
ro"s q great bend. and Mason headco
his tenn for tn" cut-nif acr"s" inc ne,
row neck or land. But the dogs pa.h f,
though Ruth and Malemutc ktd wei'
showing on the sled. they Slipped ha aS,l
Then came the concerted effort. II.
miserable creatures. weak from hu'nh''
cxrrted their last strength. ,.pEuI
The sled poised ON the TOP fthc hank,
hut the leader swung tn" string or dnSs
behind him w the rouEh'. louiIns
Masuns snowshocs. Tho result WI w
gricvnus. Mason was whipped OF ms
feet: one Of the dogs fell IN the lrarEH
everything To tho bottom again;
Slash! the whin fell among me 9Hss
Savagcly. especially upon the onH "h'c"
had fallen
Don't. Mason" cntrcatcd Malen nut
Wait and we'll put my team on; .,-
Mason deliberately withheld IN" ~hlT
till the last word had fallen. tnch un
flashed the long lash. compl"te!! ch,
ing about the offending creatures hoo!i
t'armen-ror i, was Carmcn-cowereG
in the SHOW. cried Ntronsly. theh ro'''"
over on her slide. ,,,r,,, :,
It was Il tragic moment rttifuI IN.
cdent Of tho trail-a dying dog, Nv!
comrades IN anger. Ruth ElanSe,
solicitnusly from man to man. nu'
though there WAS n world or rcprnacl
I'm his ryca. and bending over IN" uoS
cut tho traces. No word WAS SPuhTl.l
The teams were hnuhlc-spann"d ana th'
difficulty overcome; ihr slrns W. r T,,
der wny again. tho dying dog dragEllE
herself along il tho rear. Az lonE ~
IN animal can travel. II is not shot anc
this last chance Is arr"rded t-,hL
crawling into ramr. If II can. III NV
hone Of p moose hninC killed.
a
,inu. but too stubborn I" make anenu1
Mason lnilrd on at the head OF Inc 20,
aIcadr. little dreaming that danger nov.
cred in tho air. The timhrr "luslerct
through this they threaded their "aS
Fifty rrpi or nor" from IN" 'rail 10"
cred lofty pine. For rcn"ratlnns II
had stood there. and Cor genera. ION
desi inv had had this on" "nd IN We"
nArhars tho same had been decreed q
Mason. ,.,oL
thong Of his muccasin. The sleds came
IN q halt and the dogs lay Gown ~ wv
snow without = whiripcr, IN" st Tt,1''' ~.
was weird: not " cream '"s oId snf
frost -nncrustcd forest; m" roio ar.
silence Of outer space had chilled IN,
heart and s1nnte tn" trembling ups nl
nature. 4 sigh pulsed through 'hN an
they did not s"en, 10 actually near u
hui rather fcll Il. lik" the pr"monnii"l
nf movement in a mntionlnss Void. ThCi
H. '' go, ,rcc hurdcncd with its weight
Of Years and snow. played its last par
IN ihn tragedy nf life. lie hcaru ino
warning crash and attempted To- Sp hInN
IN. hut almost creci. raNEh' wv "'""
snuarclv IN the shoulder. ~
TIL. sudden danger. tho QUICK dra IN
how often had Mal"muto kld faced IT
The riue needle wcr" still Qulrerlng a.
he rave his commands nnH sprinH M.
ectiNn, Nor did tho Indian girl falh'
Hr raise her voice in Idle wailiHE. rs
might many Of her white sisters. y,
his order. she threw her weight on me
end Of L quickly "Ht"mPorIZrt! NAM
spike, casing the pressure ana hS'rhinN
to her husbands Gr"anS W., ,is ero
mute Kid attacked the tree WIN ms aN axe
Tho stool rang mcrrily Ms II hit 'nto
Tho frozen trunk. each Strok" nclnE &C
commanded hy q forced audihl" r"spira
lion the Huh" Huh. OF 1hr W"o"S'
man. .,,,, ,L,I, q
Ar last the Kid laid III" pittahlc thlnf
th.,was once n man In The snow hu'
worse Than his comrades pam was ~
dumb anguish In the woman lhEc. .n'
blended look Of hopeful. hopelcsS Iu.I!
are carly taught the fmiility OK MorHs
and tho incstimahl" value or h"eaS
With The temperature Al SiN'F-hNt "r
low; zero, T. man cannot lie many MN
u,cs in tn" snow and 1ivS' ,Ee h" 'iT
rolled in furS. laid on n Cnnch ",
tomphs Before him roarcd fire, bum
nr the very wood winch Wr""hn
mishap. Remind and pariiaIiy over ~, ~.
WAS stretched III" prt,m lh, ~, II! raSIatine
hauf and threw il back ana down "r .,
I,I,n--. irirk which mon may kno" WI"
stutv physics Mt Tho folInl. ,,oJ
And mon who have SharcG In'IL
with death know w nrr,pI IH' crushed rms ThY
mos, cursorv examination revealed ~
lIia right arm. leg. and BACK; C Mcr
broken: his limbs were pa 49,
the hips: and the likelihood ni aL''n no.r
INJURIES was large. An oc'aS' SUNNI '''0''
was his only sign al IRE 5a,o I'll,
y" 10 hope; nothing /" he DONE r,ih y.
niiiIass night crept SLOWLY: h!-h"ti
rortiun. the drSparlnS sI"lriSii - an
race. and Malrmutc kiH aao'ns ract
lines to bis fac. OF ,,r r aiI' FOR h~ spcn,
liz, ;ss1 time in Eastern Tennessee in th'
Ercat smoky Mountains. living owl
hr scenes If his childhood. ana I m'u,'
pathetic was the melody ~ ms 90 " i,
forgotten Southern vcrnac"lar,, ~ noon,
go, 10, Cd NJ swimming and coon
h'r,,s .nd watermelon raids. u "aS a.
Grecl, to Ruth. hut IN" Kid understnSr
and felt-frit as only one can recI WIZ ~
has been shut ont Tor years ''''''
Inn, rivili2a ton means. ,h,
Warning brought consciousness :" VI,
s,r;ci,an man. and MalenWtc MA "En
closer 10 catch his whispers.
':Tnu remcmher when W" foreEathcrct
on the ranana. four years come sa n %n,
icc-run" didn't care 81 n'u" as ny nrc,iv
then. IT was more llk" 9n r axcitamnn,
spSu, 'f IT, 1 mi But d yc knoE n ~;
come to think n heap, Of nor. Sne sh m
' good wife To me, always at my I, sno'i u,
der In the pinch. And when IL cn'n o,,,. -
trading. you know there isn't her cFnaa,
-! q" vn rccnIlcrI tEe tim" sh" shot th'
sioc xS nrH' Rapids to pull You and N, n,
,',c ;SnI rock, tho bullets whipping thf