The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-06
fContiaucd from Wednesday,

THE way was long, and the trail I'M
packed Our dogs were lniIHS M, '
break ,of spring. We must come hach
before the river ran free. 50 mere anu
there we cached grub. that our SieuS
might bel !ghtencd and mere ~ a.
chance o. famine on the bAck TRIP ~
the Nc0uestiOn Their" were ;hr'" fhSIl,
and near them We built u cache rs also
did we at the Mayo. where was nun
inr-carlp OF Il dozen F"llyS Which PAU
crossed the divide from the south tNtNti
that. as we went on into the cast We
saw no men: only the sleeping river. the
noylesS forest, ard the White silence
Of the North AZ | say. the waE WAS
long and ;rc trail uHrackcH.
times. In Il days toll, We MADE no inoIt
we slept like dead men. And never one
did they dream hat was NaaSS' hHho
inan Of AHatlu. the riShtcr o. "lo"s''
Eve now made smaller caches, ana
in tho nighttime IL was Il S."t!I hlattr'
10 20 back on the trail we hhu VI ""c'''
and change thc,H IN Snch WY uiH' u.I'
might deem the wolverines the tIlISNrS.
Again thcr" hr places where iNc!r Is y
fall 10 the river. and the water Is IN
ruIy and the leo makes above an" ~
eaten away beneath: In SucH SPOT ,nE
yIcI Uruye broke through, aNh me
,lorg. and 10 him and I'uEa IL was ~
,uck but no more. And there was nuCh
grub or that sled, and the ""ES lh'
Strongest. But hr laughed. Tor hr was
strong OF lite, and gave the dogs that
reo-o Iart little grub till We Cut them
IRON, the harnesses. one by one ana '"o
nom 10 their mates. We would 70 nome
light, H.. said. travelling ana eating from
cache to cache. with neither dpHS TOT
sheds; which was true. Tor GU: HrHn W.
yr-c short. and the last dog died III tnc
troces the night We came |" the go!u
and the bones and the curses oil men.
"'ro reach that piace--and the map
smoke truc---in the heart OF W" Sre'
mountains We cut ice steps AGAINST ~"
wall Of 4 divide. One looked Tor i NAi.eF
bryond. but there was no valley tha
snoyr Gnread AWAY. level as the great
harvest plainS, and here anu tneTe ABOUT
us mighty mountains showed Their wait"
heads above the stars, MA inlaWA; oH
.hai strange plain which should have
barn \ vallcy, the earth ana the snow
feu away, straight down to"aru the
heart o. the world. Had we not been
Sail0rncn our heads would haE" sWu" ;
round with the sight: bat we STOOD on
,h" lizzy edge that We might see = way
70 get down And on ore S!d". anu on
sid. ONLY. the wall had fallen away 'I'i
il was like the slope Of the decks III 4
topsail breeze. do no; know ", WY ~,
IL is the mouth oc hell nc said; let US
go down. Aud We vert down.
And on the bottom there was a
cabin, but by Sor?c man. Of logs "hi'N
he had cast down from above. il WAS 4
very old cabin: for mon mad dlen mere
alamo M different times and on pieces
nr birch bark which were there wc f"ad
thcir las, words and thire curses. one
had died of scurry: anothrr'S partner
had robbed him Of his last Ef"h ana
powder aud stole away: a ;hird had been
mauled b. a hald-facc grizzly; a fourth
rad huu-ed for game and SiarN"d-aEd
-" - ,rcn. and ,hcy had been lnath to
leave tho gold, aud had died ~ IN" side
Of it in one way, or another: And me
InwcI the floor Of the cabin like in =
dream.
But his soul was steady. and his head
clear, this man had led thus Ear. we
have nothing to eat he said, and We
will only look upon this gold. AND 50"
whence it comes and how oi mHSh n fFSr%
{, gets into our eyes and steals away
nur judgment. And in this VA We
NAV return in the end. with more grub
and possess it ALL. So We looked upon