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Show SQUIRRELS SAVED HIS LIFE, I Crippled In an Old Hut He Kept Alive on Store of Nuts. If Albert Dunslow rcoovcTB from n recent experience on I'lco mountain, VL, ho will owe his life to u fumlly of gray squirrels. Denslow Ih n chopper, unit n couple ot weeks nxo went to n woodlot to cut Btovowood. Ilo took provisions enough to last him n week, anil on Saturday noon left camp to spend Sunday In town. Ilo lnul f?ono about it mllo and a half when he slipped, fell nnd wrencHod his right hip so badly that ho could not bear his weight on his Ior. After lyln In the snow until iliiHlt. when his I or becoming more painful every moment, he becamo desperate. des-perate. Thero was not a human being within with-in miles, and to spend a night In tbo forest In his condition meant certain death. Flnnlly, remembering nn old log hut half a mllo north of him, ho began to crnwl to It. Ho renched the cabin at 1 o'clock In tho morning nnd built a flro In an old hearth. Then be bathed his thigh and, propping hlniBolf up In front of tho congenial blaze, went to sleep. Ilo awoke In tbo morning stiff, sore and ravenously hungry. His log was ctlll swelling nnd every move caused him grent pain. It would bo sovcral days before he could hope to leave, nnit tho chopper was stnrlng stnrvav tlon in the face when ho noticed a gray squirrel on tho lloor and another anoth-er on n rafter over his head. They wero obsorvlng him curiously nnd i chattering. A Iooko stono lay near his hand and ho secured It. Then, cnrefully getting arm room, ho hurled the inlssllo at tho squirrel. Tho stono hit tho lloor at tho animal's feet, caromed to tho wall and struck a loose board. There was a rattling In tho partition, parti-tion, and from a holo ut tho top of tho baseboard rolled a wclldNod butternut. but-ternut. The squirrel had disappeared llko a shot, leaving the chopper's eyes riveted on tho nut. It required but a fow moments to crawl across the room nnd procuro It. In another moment It had been cracked with tho stono Intended for tho squirrel and the meat lay In Dens-low's Dens-low's linnd. Squirrels don't hldo single nuts, nnd, trembling with nnflclpntton, tho chopper tore out n board In tho vnl and out tumbled nt least a bushel of the nuts. Thero wore moro back of another board nnd Denslow mado a hearty meal. Then ho melted some snow In an old tin can, took n long drink and replenished re-plenished tho flro. Thero was no uso trying to move, so tho mnn remained quiet, bathing his leg In snow-wator and keeping as warm as ho could. During tho day ho discovered an old discarded over-cont, over-cont, nnd thnt night had n moro comfortable com-fortable sleep. All tho next day ho dined on nut3 nnd water, nnd tho swolllng began to go down. It was two moro days be-lore be-lore ho could bear his weight on tho limb to get to tho vlllngo. When ho dIJ rench here he was In n bad condition con-dition nnd wns n trifle weak mentally, but It Is believed ho will pull through In n few days. Denslow used to be a groat squlr-rol squlr-rol hunter, but ho will never tnko another an-other shot at tho nnimnls, ho says. Now York World. |