The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-05
BY Frank 7. Kelsey.

irii iiVtilne across country on uueS.
! tlo;abir roads or no roads in mid
winter III Montana is not to say the
least a plea sure trip, and even though
necessity demands that certain miles
be accomplished the individual SO
placed by an unsinh fate should no,
| make any serious promises to retur.l
to given point on any specified
Tate in the immediate future unless
he wishes to take desperate chances
| OF having some one assert. with Jus
,ice. that his appointments can not
he relied upon.
Having unwittingly and unwill-
ingly been placed in lust such cir
cumstances, through ignorance of
the sudden. carracious and even vio-
lent temper than that otherwise
baln,y and enjoyable climate can
sometimes lash itself into. ! had
fought increasing snow drifts and
cold for two days, and the last
crawling miles had been made at
low speed with more and more fire
nuent aid of the shovel. Besides the
fisver to which ! had so confident
iy entrusted my business, comfort
and peace OF mind ii not my life.
because OF past faithful service. had
begun to show alarming signs or
evil temper itself and the more and
more frequent measurement OF tho
gasoline tank brought to mind Wis
ions OF d long cold walk through
the snow to the next rancl and
even there gasoline might he rs
scarce as the last ISSUES Of he daily
napers.
Resting for moment on my
shovel and reviewing these facts iii
the gloom of the closing day with
the air and sky filled with wind,
soft clouds. snow and biting cold.
my spirits suddenly in imita ion o!
the tickle weather. began to plunge
and landed good 100 degrees. far
ther dow nthe mercury scale than
the temperature had. and ii rising
gale OF anger agains, the ignorant
Weak-minded that had led HE into
this situation swept over ne They
say thai anger is hot. but the only
thing il scOrched at ali was my sou!
and il shriveled that and kinked it
until | even fancied | could detect
an odor of it burning. but il might
nave been the hose on the over
heated radiator. Besides that i,
stirred MI nicture of the club
rooms | had lett three DAYS before
with their bright lights warmth. bic
soft comfortable chairs, and human
and in the dining
room the savorv cdC'- of fat steaks
and Il multitude of other life sl,s-
tanning foods IL had had nothing
10 eat since breakfast \ Then had
IA vision of . hanpv. warm. we'll FED
child AT its mothers kuee-hut
ahont that time my soul began ia
crink's aeain in the aforesaid breeze
and ] stood cold. hungry and dsi-
g'lsted and resolved to forget the
bast and devote every particle of re-
energy 10 the immediate iu-
ture.
t "A few more moments of deter
mined shoveling and with an angry
roar the garage sick betrayer OF nv
happiness bit the steel chains with
the hying frost and I was again on
my way to an unknown destination
hitting the drifts with every ounce
cf rower that that weakened bundle
Of mechanism and gasoline conld
produce. and the breaking OF few
nf the crispest corners of that shriv-
eled soul every time one Of the larg-
pr drifts tried to grip and hold MS.
So bNsy and preoccupied had I be-
come in this physical and mental
oNtlet to an enra sed snirit that I