The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-17
nIlGIN HI.nE u

m lfflltllN III lMi NttliAn III tnt
Clearwater ~ northern Canada
Iar her iinmrr, Harold iouns-
bury. Who disappeared There
siN YEAR previously. Her III
an.c's unclr. krulS ~IOunsbuTy.
aud q cuuk. Nn-pcT. complete
the party. tfll bupc- ~ take
~adVnntagr al h trip 10 seek
further for the lest nsinc ~ his
latlicr who was numbered hN u
%traitorous partner, IHl saves
Virginia from downing In the
cold flood waters of CriXily
river.
60 On WITH THE STORY
They forced their way thruurh IuH
evergreen thlcfot- eft the river hauI
watkins up the stream toward .h.
ford He broke through the bru-hy
barriers with the might of hia body
he made a trnil Tor her la the snow
The darkness deepenod around them
tn" snow zen ever heavicr
Hut they conquered ~ last Partly
by The feel under his feet. partly hN
HE woodsman's instinct. Bul Kept
10 the moose trail that led from tLp
ford to the cabir And the man wl-
swaying. d%runkcnly. whcn he reached
the door,
There ac blankets In There
plenty Of 'em" D.. told her "tt'- iuN
main supply cabin spread sumo OF
them out and SAX" Off your wc'
clothing and let und.r th. cover.
IN build q fir" as fH4i ns can
~" turned fo obey She heard him
take down an az that had been irn
hanging ON th' cabin wallis u heard
hls gtep IN the snow as he began io
cur into andling SOME eft the Niece.
pf eordwond that wore heaped Duf
Side th" door. 81. undresssi uuiUl-
r. then lay shivcrins between th.
warHl heavy blankets.
~ % the mon fn,t.red u
he arms henNs with wood. Then %
match CLEANED In the gloom shr
watched him feed the fire win
strange. heavy motions.
Che duzed Of then Weakened to find
him sitting on the edge Of her bed.
holding 70 cup ~ come steaminp Iq-
ud lie put his left arm behind
her aud hued her up. hen fed her
spoonfuls of the hot liquid, She
didn't know what n was other than
IL contai . whisky.
TAKE some Of it yourself" she
told him ut last.
lie shook his head and smiled
" %" |F| NNNH#HNNH NNNNNH NNNN| ANfNNHHHN
brought tears 10 her ycs
Ia the stress of thar first hour
after IN" disaster Of the river. Lnuns-
bury and Nosper had a chance to
test ih" n"el of which they wore
made
For the first few seconds Louus-
bury sat upon his horse and simply
slnrcd in mute horror Then he hall
climbed. half fell from the saddI..
and followed By Nosper started run
ming down the river hank. lmmc-
diately he lost sight of Virginia and
lill Almost at once hereafter ihe
cold ANA the darkness got into mis-
spirit and appalled, him
Il.tN.r" lost. they'r. lost" Doc
cried There's not % ohauc, ON
earth 20 got 'om OUT
It- 90 death trip 7 knew it was ~
death trip" Luunsnt.Fv moanrd
And whats the use uf going farther
They haven't a chance on earth"
"a ain't the first this rivers taken"
Noapcr told him And they never
oven found their bodies
And We % % nnd these now
luunsbury replied. "WhHt do you
suppose we'd better do '''
= don't know what can we do pc
There's no chance Of saving them
u seems 10 me the wisest lining for
us 10 do De- 10 90 hnCh-and build n
bis ftre so They can flnd their way
In 10 they did get out"
This they did.
'n curse wen never find the
bodies, l%ounshury stuEEe-ted at
last.
NJ chance that I can see" agreed
Nosper.
You think-' iounsbury's voice
wavcred YOU think-wc can got
back all right ourselves"
sure. Thar H.. u we start first
tninE tomorrow
They didn't try e. sleep. The
snow ana The cold made sleep IN
possible.
~ dawn Vosper packed the horses.
Hlyly dcpositing PORTIONS Of their
supplies and equipment in the ever
green thlckets 10 tighten his own
work.
Then they rode away those iva