Show A tomb of snow 0 the tha saddest of 0 the stories stones associated socia ted with tho heavy snow storms torina tj of 0 last winter which will long be ba homem borel na its ono one of the sove reat ont of tho tha pre present sent century is ia the following in ono section near the foot c of tho the blue ridge just jass where tho the leesburg turn lorn pilo crossed crossea tho the mountains mounta an old lady with 14 a young grandson grun dion alono alone in a small house a mile away from the near ent eat dwelling she was completely entombed ento mbel by the iov down itom from the DiOn lotain and for several days was without fool bei camy ng reda eoll almost to starvation 11 anil t 1 d knowing know inc that a relief patty party would n not 0 t be ablo able to fand her house she cho cut cat a holt bole through tho the tool root and thrust a loog pole pola tho snow with it a gayly gay ly colored shawl film I 1 on the end it was soon been by persons who notified an ou old gentleman living a couple 0 of billed awby away ha ordered a colored re d man maa to mount a horse land and tike t 1 ke with him tool fool and fuel the man rodo toward the tha house until the noraa horse wasa waa tuck in tho the snow aud and then bould go no farther ho he managed with wilu difficulty to got get jack home and upon tilling telling hid hia employer the letter latter noil oat all the tha hands on the tha place anil and getting us neat near to he old woman a house as they could they worked with shovels until they out ant through into tho the cabin on oa breaking ia they found it too late tho the woman and her grandson were both frozen to death |