Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-23

'A'H winter nome. IL ul} seemed fool
/ lSh. that heaviuesS of heart which
sometimes assaulted her. She was per
fectIy happy They had plenty Of food
In few brief months Bin would wreSt
a sack of sol from the treasure house
al the North. and they would Journey
nome by easy stages Why should She
brood* 1t was sheer fouy-a mere
ebh of spirit.
fortune favored them 10 the extent
or letting The October storms remain
In allegiance until BIZ finished his
CABIN, with caNernous fireplace of
rough stone nj one end.
Followed then the erection of
stable Ia shelter the horses. Midway
OF Its construction Il cloud bank blew
out of the northeast. and Il foot of
snow fell, Then it cleared ia brilliant
days Of frost. Bill finished his stable.
Al night he tied the horses therein. BY
day they were turned loose to rustic
their fodder from under the crisp
SNOW. 1t was necessary to husband
the stock of hay for spring might be
late
After that they went hunting. The
third day Bin shot two moose in an
open glade ten miles aHeld. 1t took
them two more days to maui in the
frozen meat on sled.
lie also laid in stock of frozen
trout by the simple expedient Of locat-
ing large pool. and netting the
Speckled denizens thereof through
hole in The ice.
50 their larder was amply supplied
And, as the cold rgidly frightened its
grip, and succeeding SHOWS deepened
! the white blanket till snowShoes be
came imperative, Bill began to string
out line of traps.
December winged by the days sue
ceeding each other like glittering pan
els on a black ground of long. dreur
nights. Christmas came. They mus
tered up something of the holiday
spirit, dining gayly off roast of carl
bou- For the occasion Hazel had saved
the last half dozen potatoeS. With the
material ut her command She evolved
n Christmas pudding, serving it with
brandy sauce. And after satisfying
appetites bred of a morning tilt with
Jack Frost along BiFs trap line they
spent pleasant hour picturing their
next Christmas. There would be holly
and bright lights and muStc-the festl-
val spirit freed OF all restraint
! A day or two after the first of the
year Roaring Bill set out to 20 over
one of the uttermost trap lines. Five
minutes after closing the door l." was
/ back
Easy with that fire, little person"
he cautioned. shes blowing out of
the northwest again. The sparks are
sailing pretty high. Keep your eye
on it, Hazel"
"All right, Billum." she replied. IN
be careful
Not more than fifty yards separated
/ the house and stable. AT the stable
end stood the stack of hay. low hum
mock above the surrounding drift. TX.
/ cept for the place where Bill daily re-
moved the supply for his horses there
was not much foothOld for spark,
since a thin coat of snow overlaid the
| greater part of the top. But there was
/ that chance of catastrophe The Chin
ney of their fireplace y0wned wide to
the sky, vomiting sparks and ash like
miniature volcano when the fire was
roughly stirred, or an extra heavy sup
ply of dry wood laid on. When the
/ wind whistled out of the northwest the
| line Of flight was fair over the stack.
II behooved them to watch wind and
/ fire.
Hazel washed up her breakfast
dishes, and set the cabin IN order ac-
cording to her housewifely instincts.
| Then she curled mp in the chair which
I Bin had painStakingly constructed for
| her especial comfort with only ax and
knife for tools. She was working on
pair Of moccaslns after IN Indian
| pattern, and she grew wholly absorbed
In the task. drawing stitch after stitch
OF slnew strongly and neatly into
place. When nj length the soreness
Of her fingers warned her that She had
been at work long time. she looked
at her watch.
Goodness mel Bits due home any
time, and l haven't n thing ready to
eat" she exclaimed. And here's my
fire nearly out"
She piled on wood, md stirring the
Goals under II, famed them with her
husbands old felt hat. forgetful of
sparks or aught but that she should
be cooking against his hungry arrival.
Outside. the wind blew Justify, driving
the loose snow across the open In long
wavering ribbons. But she had for
gotten that II was In the dangerous
quarter, and she did not recall that i'm.
portant fact even when she sat down
again to watch her me SO steaks broiI
on the glowing coats raked apart from
the leaplng blaze. The flames licked
into the throat Of the chimney with
the purr of q giant cat,
No sixth sense warned her 81 I'm
pending calamity II burst upon her
with startling abruptness only when
she opened the door 20 throw out some
scraps Of discarded meat, for the bloze