Show DEAD MANS FIND 1 I QUAD 1 1 I l ni midlean press A asala ia 1 n it ittai ava i ozember that torn tom a id I 1 dit I 1 at a spot w m the PL of nevada nf vada and arted a didn dian t intend to put 41 iii more tl s 3 work just enough develer de velor 11 F aud and load up with nici eci meriS meus iv but after four or 0 ove ve days 1 I 1 taken riken sick winter 0 as alread 11 d 1 with a toot foot of snow a the grog grou if you lu hi er cr been among the estem estern r mot moi I 1 may inay tell you yon that I 1 t about the of december after winter inter i has haa st se i i i icv shut down there odines nes what i digil a chinook a warm wind off I 1 i pacific winch which melts to 10 snow and st iu 1 the season reason off tor for a eek as a s it were we ve had to T kb advantage i 4 I 1 his breil bre il to set get out 0 w the mountain mo but fate willed it othu othe wise tom w v a englander rubb r ugh and rugge 1 ho he li it on t been sick aday day since hew beet lil ld r r and liis his eldden breal cdo I 1 n I 1 wa ans a complete sar BUT prise anse to both of it ho fu was attacked 1 te in tho the aften afta n i n with 9 4 violent twitching of his i Ins anacles in acles cles aud and by midnight was in a profound stupor which 1 cited with but few until t le ie end edd I 1 knew that he be was tn fu a dangerous c r but I 1 could not leave him helpless us air lie was and make my way down into the valley fur for help nor could 1 take him down in his weak and help ass li gs state there was but one thing to do a id that was to get a shelter ready and uke take the best beit care of him possible I 1 found a sheltered ahel spot and in a day and a half laa had 1 blocked noc ked io together gether a pretty comfortable shanty then I 1 gathered a great heap of firewood aud and was as ready as I 1 could bo be for a change of weather por per some days tom neither grow better nor worse when I 1 insisted on it he be would take a bit of rabbit soup houp but his appetite wasi was gone and lie he lay for the most pi part rt in n deep stupor neither i nor moving I 1 3 lw 4 14 1 1 4 4 4 1 h A F I 1 A aji J ay 1 ak I 1 vai M p e WaL Comm foe VO chife egl e years yara we 11 e had knocked abent abo u t the state together in hopes of a find it ft had bad been a i hard lito life and a rough one wo we wore were more often ban gry thau riot not and tip to the time of tom s amess we had found kotbin nothing of any but now well if indications amounted to iny iain Jiing we had struck it ri pa will and our tens t en s of thousands th ou sandis were right in ia sight it seeni seemed fed doubly hard haare for tom to be ba bowled bowle over just at this time aud and harder still to teo w tile the a kanos were r ere all against hi hia tre only hope I 1 had was that lis his constitution ution would pull tri this na rny illness bi brt bit t as ha e lust los strength arid and grew er day by lay oven even thio this hope died aw away Y the chinook chino oli hir lad 1 nn IN 11 it we med as aa if summer er 4 had ad conte back bach I 1 back of the ibe can calva if ho he pulled through lie ho would never know inow it if he died I 1 could not leave his bis body above ground to be eaten by the wild bead beaste a ho he had bad hardly since iris his ilk illness his men tal faculties seeming to be benumbed and I 1 was therefore greatly when I 1 came caine in from ny my grave digging diggin to find him looking better than for days before I 1 took it as ii a sign the that ho he had passed the arih is and would now mend and I 1 was trying to cheor cheer him up when he be said sam I 1 heard you at work vork you have done right you inlow now you could have depended on oil me to do the same why tom old man mail you are much better today you are surely going to pull through 1 iwas I 1 was digging a bit to ran the water off if it came on to ram rain 1 I but he was not deceived after ar a bit he told me of his old mother and a sister in the east and asked that his share sh are of the find might be sent them in case things turned out right that ni night I 1 it the chinook vanished as swiftly as a shadow moves slid and winter came howling down on us it ft was the of december before morning it was fax far below zero and a heavy snowstorm was raging and toni tom had relapsed into his former lethargic state I 1 was in for it now for sure mowed up on the mountains with a dying man for companion prom from the morning of the to the af afternoon amoon of the the man never uttered ia word sometimes lie he would open his bis eyes as I 1 moistened his bis lips or forced a little soup down his throat but he neither knew nor saw me I 1 knew by the look of bis eyes that he be was stone blind about 3 on the afternoon of the date given as I 1 returned from the spring wit with I a kettle of water tom quietly asked sam is it near christmas day within a few hours and you have pot got the grave ready why man you wout wont need a grave tor for years to gme come now I 1 want to try you with a bite to eat and ill warrant feel better for it but before I 1 could get around to it he had again become unconscious and the next and the last time I 1 heard his voice was late that night I 1 dont know but it was christmas christinas morn mom for it was midnight a or after when he moved an arm flud broke say sleep by this time I 1 had bad of course siren rin nn till ill boric a aud aad ad I 1 mat iz i was only a queston ot a few hours wore more hi hu long lut had reduced him to a mere skeleton skull ton and during in rl ng the last two days I 1 could hardly set get the beating ot of lia julto or heart by the time I 1 ivall was 0 lie silted sart salt where are you I 1 I 1 cannot see I 1 too his hands in ill bidne mine and aad befit over him as I 1 said here I 1 am old follow do you feel better bettee im most gone sam and its christmas day aint it yes I 1 answered greatly surprised that lie he had bad kept hept the run of time so accurately cura tely but you are not going tom you are better christ christmas christinas mas day in the old home sam he went on it is years since silice I 1 was there they 11 11 ll II remember me aad speak of me inc though bhough father and I 1 father s era is there riar the old biome nome mine they v alf rover sov apel 1 gut dut tom tom yon yen are better batter you ou will willai get well I 1 cried as J belated a it aser dreadin dreaming amin 4 oi of my iny mother und and sister or of father of the old home of goodby S saint mi I 1 know you dug tho the grave days age mark it sam mark it so that mother may know it if she ever mother moth and it was all over with poor tom I 1 sat beside him till the day came the day of prayer and feasting aud and rejoicing among millions and theu then I 1 wrapped him in his blankets and carried him out and gave him burnil burial and uttered the prayer which I 1 knew was on his mothers lips and shed the tears which I 1 felt were welling tip as she thought of the absent one he asked me to mark his grave I edid did so and then I 1 waited for weeks before I 1 could get down docu into the valley the axt n abst bummer when the snow had bad melted away from the mountains I 1 went bad back to tho the lonely shanty w with th labore labor arG rc enough to develop the mine inizie which wo we called dead mans find and before another christmas day ins his mother sat by his grave while I 1 told her the story of his illness and how her name had been the last on his lips on that dark christmas morning when his soul went out into the great unknown 11 mrs brown a nice turkey but I 1 expected yond have brought something to wash it down with brown browm my dear a raffle turkey and hes been washed down already |