| Show DIED OF EXPOSURE The Sad Fate of a Hesitant of Thomas Fork A few days since Nathaniel COD eJj of Thomas Fork Idaho went in p lit of deer using snow shoes After gin g-in the direction of the game some tint he at last l concluded to return horn Prior to this however he had abandoned aban-doned his snow shoes The distances to t where Le left his shoes and his residence resi-dence were about equal and he made up his mind to attempt to reach the latter place After traveling through the deep snow some tfme he concluded to take to a stream of water near by hop ing by this route to roach his homes Finally he was obliged to give up this mode of travel as the stream became be-came gorged with slush and ice He again took to the deep snow He struggled bravely on for a while hut it soon became evident that his strength was fast failing Every few moments he gave loud cries for help but no response was made Then followed a most desperate struggle for life He was so exhausted that he was barely able to crawl along and as he neared home his cries aroused his family who came out to his rescue and carried him into his own dwelling Everything possible was done for him butthe exposure and fatigue proved to much for his constitution consti-tution and he died a few hours later |
