The Dolores star., 1918-06-21


DoGgone Il. n tAat wouldn't 5est b ny
luek,s ~ mufmnFod frstfully.
0hsha hopsd thsss would b one. not.
e eoarss. Q really. truly blizzard such
- lfac6o0ald had told hsf about, but
he TIM oe Q make-beiisve one, enough
20 end her glowing with exhilaration
Into the roadhouse with the happy
sense a an adventure achieved. Ths
giri was buoyed mp BY Q sense Of fres-
Gaping Naedonald's driving energy. the
appeal Of Gordon Elliot's warm friend
illness, and the unvoiced urging of
Diane. Good old Peter and the did
dies were the only ones that let her
alone.
She looked back ut the horses laboe-
ing MP the hill. saltwater had got
down and was urging them forward.
his long whip cracking about the
ears Of the leaders. He was worried.
He would have liked TO turn and run
for It. But tho last roadhouss was
twenty-seven miles back. II the blis-
xard came bowling down the slope
they would have q swest time Of it
reaching safety. Smiths Crossing was
on the other side Of the divide. only
nine miles away. They would have to
worry through somehow.
Miss O'Neill knew that saltwater
Pete was anxious, and though she was
not yet afraid, the girl understood the
reason for e. The road ran through
the heart Of o vast snow-neld, the sur.
faco of which was being swept By q
screaming wind The air was fun oe
slfted white dust and ths road furrow
was rapidly nninG Soon Il would b
ooutssated. Dne0e tfamped behind the
seAse-drivsf and In hef tfae0 waRsd
Afs. Olson, mo otnef passensse.
Through ths mumed scream Of the
storm ewfftwatsr shoutsd back 20
1neoe. xou wanfa keep close 20 ma.
she nodded her head. His order
needed 10 explanations. The world
~ narrowing 70 iane whose walls
- c0uia eimosr toucn Wn ner NM
@ a pau OF wnite wrapped tnem.
Cpou mem Oeas = VINO OF sunpns
s,ee Notning eoqio % seen pu. tne
D outnnes OF tne stase sno INC
utlv nsu
Inc pittef cold searched through
Saeoes fufs 70 meg SOFT nesn ana tne
u'.s o1 powdered ice oeat upon neI
IA ne Low was setunS oeepel
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~ 30 seio men couid nve N : pllA-
es1ng oundIy 1ofWaN Sneoe
into me driver. No nao afeWn
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tn11a paunslns u eA's
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cnanee No called INTO nv
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omatns N me world. 0oa3 u hos
lnine6s capin UP Suicn niue WY
the team stuck In the drifts, fought
tnfougn. ana was biocked again ten
yards beyond. A dozen times the
n0rse0 gave up answered the sting OF
the whip By diving head nrst at the
white banks. and were stopped oy
1resn snoW-comDs.
Pete gave up the night BE began
the horses, while Sheba ana
ME-. Olson, clinging to each others
handa. stumbled forward to join him.
The words he shouted across the back
OF horse were almost lost In the
roar OF the shrieking wind.
heluvatime ride
. gulch," Sheba made out.
He hung Mrs. Olson astride one OF
the wheelers and helped Sheba to the
back OF the right leader. saltwater
upon tts mate himself.
The girl paid no attention to where
they were going. The urge Of life
was 30 faint within her that she did
not greatly care whether she lived or
died. Her face was blue from the cold,
her vitality was Slapped. She seemed
to herself to have turned to Ice be-
low the hips. Numb though her I'm