Show eldroe El 0 1 I 1 1 IV I 1 I 1 iroE F XE OF THE 1 OLD OID TRAIL I 1 A TRUE STOUT STORY I 1 it la Is known knowlt 0 it women asking i the love lavo lovely and 1 a fearful ra thing jo s I 1 than tha been stronger 1 has ever ertith 1 l I 1 I 1 most thrilling cnance nalice on ance 5 aud ud the alloa cotea colored otto 11 beco boit mes J b byor S vr and highly when contrasted cont rated I 1 tiling 1 I narrative ot of the hunt with the he amp simple to and hero I 1 alfs I iq life heroes tilst filst outside the he need not t be b sought real nos lot of actual life ike nor or Is lt it at oil 11 ll to rack ill the C brain for an artl I 1 aseer wy 1 A tito production 0 ot t startling scenes and 4 palal ifor two for tile basis of a thrilling I 1 ep T the domain L of 0 truth d actual r gary abounds in 1 d deeds eds 0 of r exploit n bullion kim S lid d self if and tho the duality y I 1 human h nature probably pro babiy never clr alof to 10 better 1 wre than when r ra jig in hour of in merln lu ill I 1 carina foe on of th the ha above ir roller offer ti the follow f e simple nar narrative narration ratIN C ath no attempt ing g embellishment and bearing upon ila hd lit 1 I 1 of r truth it wits wim told the impress I 1 fee i lot long ions ago eo ly it y one of 0 wo the actors kite the play now it old man some sev in 1 1 and in its narrative 1 enty nears lir sot of aire age I 1 frays strictly adhered to the text both 1 down and in fact 1 in immediately urinal on the heels I 1 i in fit california two I 1 in t c 9 oh 1 c 1 alm 1 1 lori t st qt louis to mate make their I 1 KS 1 I 1 u I 1 L 1 1 e country whose name lind imd as i upon tile tho wohld like some aone new aci star laich of thelio consisted or of father mother tin annl embers the ro bill sauer in 1 we c one on case calso the and nd it a son in the other tile B name a of t title first ret was waa cordette c aau ilsa abo jc ond JA IA plant families well uma lit in st nt at the time of which I 1 I 1 aate louise loue the girl had seen been some borne iteli summers aum mere uie die boy paul woo was hr her senior by tv tn 0 years year tho ali families had ben neighbors for 1 aers and 1 in all that tints time these child rm had known scarcely a playmate but I 1 As Is might ie be ex petted an attachment dusci inc the name of love had find conj to exist belli l the 5 people pe oili forthe knew nc v n w happiness in the tin the mothr lit in covered wagons att irnel Irn 70 r rl chofen schooners ch oien ners of 0 that doy I 1 ahw ho botet act out cut for rho west mid end I 1 lliott pip celal incident fort jamicic the of i I 1 and nd neleh hah hod had I 1 been raide made a tao for z by the united states I 1 before pioci ding on their jour I 1 noy out oui tra trailers elers were by some I 1 tilty tr r r nore more ato p with a large lareo num I 1 I 1 I 1 lor br of abul lid pack animate bound iov for VIC the ald lid from th ili wagon boss boas ot of this train I 1 atan obtained obtain rd a I 1 toy ny story 1 I UI and d paul were dc lighted with jj HM nw life and ad their ninny many grac rac l and 1 I perfect behavior soon boon made jude overy art until il in the amp their warm friend un by other than the ordinary rou lint of hf ia n trip across the plains our 3 reach d the gold folds la 10 safety houses were er ersted erf cled eted claim staked out end uie the struggle for fortune tuni I 1 lie I 1 gan fin tut tile wagon boss during durine the iho coile journey r had bad impressed ato ars cordette 1 I 1 and la plant so no faNor favorably ably tit that at a was suggested and ente entered red isto by three men and tho the boy I 1 pul paul 1 to corne to the point of my stori 1 must polus pass over the ll it c cs of these peo j pit urine during their sojourn in the rold gold fada and aad merely state that in fit som boro thing idra than three years a sum bum um 11 clent to make them comfortable comfor tabie tablet tor for life hl tit 4 wit accumulated so preparations ll tw ua the return journey were ere completed sa bri irich a plentiful supply of provi lions the two families accompanied by we old oil wagon boss net hot ou out ifor tor their 1 I 1 ord home on the L the young people as was most moat natural 11 ral I 1 lad had arrived at an understanding der standing and the parents on art eithern cither side elde entered amly into their schemes hemea ac r it ba qa decided that thai they should be i married in the church ot of their native city and the event became the main topic eaf p conversation tor for both young r ixil slid and old without accident or 1131 shap north relating the first gloat mountain range was crossed and everything 11 1 reseed as smoothly as could be desired I 1 but his state of 0 affairs was wail not to I 1 continue forever and the sky out ot of I 1 c which alch only sunshine had come was seen mil to be daik darkened ened and obscured by clouds our party reached the west slope alope c f I 1 the rocky mountains on the of october and went vent into camp I 1 they y should have been oer tho the raw range before the end ot of september tor for la in tm region winter comes early and file ft a thice in the night I 1 I 1 setting out the folIo Ning morning there alii re a every appearance of 0 it a icil alid by 50 f clock that evening a blizzard ass as raging and bwee sweeping ping down the ihn gorges with the tried mad rush ot of a hurri anc n C snow in flocculent masses was flying I 1 it ith such force that the driver could tin B longer ace the horses heads A halt tab ate made and under greatest the tent was wn erected nd and made is as comfortable its aft possible inside with the approach of 0 night flight the arry of the storm increased and tue late tor for the taft heavy pine trees the tent would I 1 hive have been torn to shreds by the pale gale by morning the wind had d but I 1 1 1 the snow enow already two feet deep mas as calling in quantities almont beyond 1 be ilef it conned ceased when lien the sun went down it had then attained a depth 0 of forty in c hes what a picture of desolation met the aw Y of 0 these veople people when they nose alos 11 in ili the in heart art of 0 tit alic a mountains r almost burled buried e in snow a long ons terri ferrino fla staring them in the face and on 3 the I 1 shutt rungs binka ot at clad lying I 1 bEtwee ft them and their what whai was to be done they did not kt now ow cie clearly r ly progress ahead was wa tin im and retreat equally jut ot of I 1 le he I 1 the food cupply owing to unexpected 11 colaia us was not oil all that could ile he de dc anred red but still there waa as no cause caune for anxiety there d on sundance I 1 hun dance of 01 nour four and a few bunal founds s at f lacon in three days atter after numerous nume roua roas threats ma bad scowls the tonn storm ceased and the 1 1 14 1 1 y began to hope hope hode for or speedy 4 1 bocc this bo boneer weer was net to he bea I 1 week elapsed and sufficient b lid 1 go gone to permit of 0 short hort wal cs front the me CAMP and if the mon men attempted to 0 o a se 1 sm cure a supply of 0 meat for or thit S had amm almost entire entirely Y disappeared f aiom OM their t slender stock ot of provisions in this however they ailed fallad and the mat mal ter sa began s1 to 0 o beau aasuma 0 a most serious a hect iky paul flow inform stormed nt ormed ad the party that on aills n following ollow lne morning he intended to go in nr arch ch of game tor for rho iho meat supply wan i exhausted an and d something mum lo bo do A at once accordingly at break of ori ty lay he net get out toward the heavy timber r and oa it a short distance froni from camp I 1 cune upon a 11 troll trail eui cut almost to the ground had by yan an immense Iro mene baud band of 0 elk that it K nr doubtless 0 pas sed but a few hours 1 ord hope drung high at once and ul tid proceeded rapidly y along ulong oni the path iut th every ant to come M tabled but bt in 1 this his he was wa allsop pointed for theme animals ever crar wann ill cl SS go 11 are f rapid movers ani an I will rom ads many miles 11 in 1 l short ort time over I 1 11 us ll to 60 other rough as to t lit t almost alit gains me 91 I 1 hok heed IV to 0 o direction rr or cis jsn pu illicit ml his b often V way over the jhc arnil 11 but bm discouraged flick f finally at 01 nt bucce in hf feut ul e left it to r awl n 1 across country ty for w tamp tamn hoping holn to ti toil mic on 01 his 1 I n now rad nad tit lie I 1 L isy ah od th trail back instead end ot of trying bryin 9 cut all would have been vu ell awl it 4 it would but chyi have abc taha Tw r aae bed ha batup P 1 I time this it it did at t occur to him m at that tue 11 1 wall ta no lie and be I 1 a tui bl ey uj 4 have alvo the na lit 1 the 11 ille tt ni hud hi aoud d over and when 4 young later determined to biond for 1 home he no more knew where that print lay than it it never existed lie he NA vai bewildered beyond all hope and realized that lie use lost at thin moment lie lid had tile the bood fra tune to encounter a largo large hand band ct elk tind and with the rifle abich lit in Ms him hands never failed he shot ahot the leaded a ma inns x cent buck it was waa now quite dusk I 1 and realizing that ho he must prep predie re for C a night siege in ili tho the snow dosoon h soon had at a grateful blaze from it ft huge ille of alt h pine logs his supper correlated 0 of freeh elk meat pure pura and simple pimple lie he needed it no 1 bed for foe an rill night tramp was waa to lo b bo 0 ills rither that or freeze fredae we leave him here to follow the drama in another quarter when darkness dark nesa fell ell and raul paul had bad lint returned to 10 camp the feelings of lill 1111 party may be readily imagined and n nho ho shall speak break for or coulso or describe her thoughts slie she eat ant silent na is the grave lk morning lorning and the two fathers set let out nut lit break 0 of day berding for or a doer deep tanyon canyon that lay to the east villere w here they loped to lu strike pauls trail all ear cay long ion they tramped arid and ploughed sloughed hed through snow allow nod mid should till all they were hoarse li onise but they found no gitig lim n of the young man aud and brokenhearted broken hea hearted arted they ic turned to camp with the ihu awful Intelli intelligence genci hero here they were medby the rho two women n frantic with grief arid and unable to utter or a word louise had bien been bisbing mum roon noon I 1 could the women explain it not they slie site wan gone as an though the earth had opened and sh sn allowed her i up when lit fit noon the ilia men had bad riot not tet tamed arnld with paul louise could stand the suspense no longer and without the he s lightest notion which way to go lie poor girl had set out over the moun i talon to fand him blin to find vaul or die slie site would not live ilya without v him prudently pro N herself with ith matches bread arid and ti 9 small nall slice of bacon louise left camp a word to either cither of the other two women she had determined what to do and would riot not be thuat thwarted ted out of the rho wild canyon she eloway toiled tilled through snow loco deep find and over i fallen ten trees and rocks butted bulled beneal tit 1 it no reaching aching the hie summit 0 of the canyon w wali wait ali she s he looked out over n a broad expanse of 0 tableland ulle table land 1 bract er awfully fully laid ali i a a of superlative white big hline I 1 nu from tato border of thin immaculate tov olred gont peak whose folly crests teemed to pierce tile thu high blue of heaven here cleri and there chelc were I 1 road patches batche or of somber bomber pine through whose bough a cutting breeze sighed like ute boating of lar ort off surf kurt vleita of louise paused a moment arid and took counsel nith which way should she turn lurn reason for or any particular course could not ce be found she simply suld said 1 I will find him and set forth the ilie instinct of self ti which Is said paid to outweigh al all other bother human passions was wag with loule louise an unknown quantity site she thought only of the man she loved ills life was wan in fit the lie balance balat let 11 not t hers aimlessly sloughing ploughing hing her way through the orion with a courage and desperation that only a comans womans love can inspire this bravest of gods creatures climbed the ruef red canyons and I 1 awful heights tumbled over rocks and fallen alien loss logs and descended slopes so BO I 1 steep that au all Ill inadvertent adver tant r step ter might at any moment cost cont her her bec lire and all this ills to find the man sho rile I 1 loved or learn ills fate as god willed faint almost to exhaustion bruised torn and bleeding ahe he tolled on through drift after drift of silo nov and no word vord of complaint came front from her lips in this condition flight approached and the bhe must prepare to meet it she knew riot not where camp lay she alie eased less leaa paul was mas what she elie sought not camp no trade track nor sign of human being had met her oyes eyes and yet she was not discouraged cOuraS cou raged Ld love has no such word in tilt its vocabulary collecting a large pile of wood louise boon kindled a lire fire find and proc proceeded ceded to prepare for the filsht she knew that constant walking alone would prevent her ber perishing for the lio file itself was insufficient prom from her store of provisions who she took sufficient to supply her needs and footling a slice of bacon in tile coals she ahe made a supper skilled in the UFO of site she had brought a a revolver with her and this precaution afforded hor her small amount of comford at this ihla time site she had both tile the skill ikall and courage it if occasion demanded and now lowthe I 1 the black baky ky became n ajo host at of stars like diamonds arid 8 barkling par klIng air a only stole stain care can in fit ill their e ir altitudes As aa the flames fromi from tho the nrc fire leaped and licked the glenal ranches of tho the evergreens ever greens whose hose tops top seemed to kiss hiss the cold bleak sky louise koell knelt devoutly on the spotless snow with foul doul as white as an the new fallen flakes and A poured red gut cut her supplication tion to that being to whom an all must turn tit at some time in their lives she prayed that flint her lover might be returned to her prayed with an earnestness nest ness born of love and presence in tile the awful of those mountain solitudes Bollt udra and who shall doubt fix that e t tier her player reach reached e d the great wh white ite throne and ear af 0 mm him who said bald ask slid and it shall lie be given unto you lot let what follows answer I 1 tills I 1 its ito stion in the lonely shadows of the night w wo e part pall dom aiom louise ty it take up the thread ie ad of nt our story etory elsewhere after a lengthy discussion in camp it was decided that on the next morning two 0 of the then men should neck beell diligently for louises louise biall and having found it follow it until she bhe should bo be OVO taken however tor car t that hat might hr be the third man was to remain with tile the women lit in camp accordingly the two men set act out tit nt daylight and found without much difficulty tire the trall trail all she had bad made the day before it could bo be followed without trouble being quite deep and veil defined and while they foe aie plodding over mountains of snow lot let us ua take it A look at the young man and bring ills history forward a day or two we left lefi him fit at nightfall of hla his flatt dy day out of camp jupt as a he was toasting hla his meat meal over the cools coals paul you may well believe put in a terrible night lie ile walked and kept ui of a continual if of 0 the arms u until 11 tit daylight escaping with frostbite of fit both and cars consuming a large slice of elk meat for break breakfast f as t and ca trying a generous piece with him he satisfied himself as to the dt |