Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-16

boarded. q mile away. and II he ssv
no smoke from the chimney he'd come
right over and Light up. Stin he stood
there looking down at his ingenious
device. with queer mcanny little
ghost Of a premonition of trouble
ahead. he laughed at himself and
sits this damned wind" he told
e nsSer s ts gets on the nerves. win
Throwing on his sheepskin coat he
went out into the night and followed
q path across the fields to the small
FARMHOUSE where he lived. As he drew
near he could see no lights.
.,,,ai hats queer" he thought and he
loud barking from inside, and when
he came into the dark kitchen, the
farmers huge old cattle dog came to
him; whining with relief.
Hello. Dan. What's wrong?" he
a asn Inc dog whined and licked his
cause he knew that he was ali alone
IN the house and already the room
was growing cold, and his long life
IN TINS north country had taught him
well that dogs need men to keep I'M
fires on such nights
fumpllng for matches, Jimmy lit a
lamp on the table and discovered a
note for him there, explaining that
tne farmer and his wife had gone in
their car to the aid of q dying sister
at the other end Of the county The
man would be back tomorrow night
ne naa led and bedded his team for
tonight. Would Jimmy feed them in the
morning? No other livestock in the
barn, for their two COWS had died in
the drouth. -
Rather pleased than otherwise at the
prospect OF being alone, Jimmy piled
Wood IN the Kitchen stove. The bic
cided to fill it at once AS he went
out by the kitchen door the thermom'
eter showed nearly 80 below. It would
pc ~ by morning, he thought. he'd
need lot of wood tonight.
FROM the wood pile he took a big
armful and brought it into the kitchen
then went out for a second and third
but the last time he reached the
house, he slipped near the top Of the
steep icy steps and with his heavy
load OF small logs pitched back onto
me frozen earth. And the moment he
i i1iea 10 rise, there came from the
STAB OF pain. Quickly he bent and
felt the place. ANU
Good God! I've broken itIr he nv
canned; He dragged himself up the
steps into the kitchen, showed the door
smut and dropped back on the floor
AZ right, what could be done about
tnist NO telephone, no doctor in cali.
t fsrr human man OF any kind, the nearest
ms Jaws on the pain: "Oh, I guess I
can take it." he thought. After ali
us only broken leg, and the man
VIII be back by tomorrow night"
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start. What about those small kids at
school? Suppose his contrivance failed
W Wofk and they found their place of
refuge cold as death, still at 20 beIow3
Panic seized him. He fought it down
!. us got TO work, it's got tol Forget
III! Jimmy told himself. If YOU let
SoHr nerves td get you like this, you're
mink OF yourself, now. What can Won
oo! He saw old Dan, the cattle doc
ahxlously watching from where he Ia%
~! ID the warm corner by the stove
you're right about it, Dan" he said
- - we want to stay alive, we'll have
tonight" op TIC IRE
AS he lay there his ewes rovad
around for the things he needed now
he wasn't scared, Just doggoned sorei
dnere must be some way out of thisi
sitting up, he reached for a soap hoy
hhearpy and wrenched off two thin
t poaros from the sides. Then from its
nook on the door behind him he rinned
down the kitchen towel and tore il
IN strips, and with these rough snlints
ana bandages, he bent forward and
could well % he
From the torture of it. faintness
came and he had to sit with head
bowed down and teeth shut hard fiji
ne could go on. At last he had the leg
pound tight He lay back and rested
1or while. then dragged himself to
a corner and reached for a floor brush
. standing there. Luckily its stout handle
was long enough to match his HEIGHT
ana, pulling himself onto a chair. he
tested his weight on it as a crutch.
yes, with this he'd be able to move
ABOUT. He brought from the larder
co!o meat and bread, gave meat to
the DOG and ate some himself, al
though the fever in his leg was creep
ing up all through him now. He made
co1fee and drank two big CUPS. then
SAT IN chair with his leg on another
filled and lit his briar pipe and tried
TO down the throbs Of pain.
But with nothing else left that he
could do, in spite of his efforts to fight
It Off back came the thought of those
R ,,,i at School. Sharply into his fevered
mlnd ieaped picture Of Lucy and
her brother. shaking with chilis and
their lips blue, with small heads bent
against the wind, struggling to reach
the warm schoolhouse he had so gayly
promised on his hike home with them
tonight
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