| Show THE I 1 I 1 has tales of unusual hardship and fri valion to tell A well wall X cnown n of salt lake lain found in ia condition near our doop deep creek privation oX A tale of bat drip and privation on the great american desert comes from historic Dugway aej is told by the herald story is related by frank of deep creek who de scribes the meanderings of a wayfarer who got lost in that region of 0 hot bands ands and all d wastes and after wandering around half balf dazed anu ant half famished for a day and night dight was finally picked kicked up tip at the scribner ranch the traveler N mho ho made this trip over th desert was M v h ho liuell lamell la mell known among the admirers of horseflesh in salt lake thursday last while mr tonne was stop pin at dogway two of bis big horbes wondered wandered off and as no trace bad been found of them the next morning mr arose early and started ja ia pursuit all that thai day he continued the search earch but without finding any signs of the roving quad rupees the course taken by mr was towards deep creek and led in a circuitous way through the hearton heart of the big deceit he wa hourly expecting expect ing to come upon I 1 aha n Rs h wt ze a ah t K L a t 1 1 IAN pangs of thirst began to attack that he be came to a full realization of the peril of his position it was then toe for late to start back so he pushed ahead as fast as possible sible in the hope of reaching some ranch where water might be had towards night the craving for water became almost unbearable but he be still nas iab able by mustering all his energy to keep moving on As dusk came mr tongs found it extremely difficult to keep hit his K tear ir ings inge half blinded with the sand and exhausted with the long walk he van pandered dered ai arm lessily about but finally nature gave way and when lie he became conscious the next morning it was broad daylight upon apoi nevii reviling i ng mr found a dim din Troad road and in a half dazed condition retraced ilia his steps for about four miles at this point he entirely lost consciousness and if it had not been for a wandering wheelman this narration would end right here the deliverer was mr lynn of denver and he was on hs big way oe oi erland rland to california upon leaching his big first thought was that the prostrate man mail was wag a corpse the features bore every evidence of the terrible strain the suf sufferer feier or had undergone and his tongue angue which had swollen to twice its ts natural size was hanging banging from bety jet een his big parched lips called out faintly for water and the wheelman at once produced a canteen and relieved the famis famished hea mans third ile he then placed the remainder of his water supply in it a bottle reach of toute tou te and continued his bis journey after doing the act of the goott good samaritan the wb wheelman eelman was himself without water and after traveling a few miles he be too became almost famished it to so happened that frank accompanied plinio d by herman and J T E ae gammett Garn mett were on their way to salt alke and about sixteen miles milea this tide side of the scribner ranch startled to see sec what appeared to them on an antediluvian giant out an a mammoth ammoth wheel the wayfarer way firer continued un on ath pay page AMERICAN DESERT Contin continued ved from itt page he how ever upon coming coming nearer developed into an ordinary hut but extremely thirsty man lie ile was given all the cater water lie be wanted and then lie ho continued on his journey mr revived rapidly after quenching his thirst and upon discovering that he be was wag within six eix miles of the tha scribner ranch rancle lie he headed that way aland and within a ebbit asbott time was recounting his adventures to the Se libner bova between great gulps of water ile he was AS thus engaged engage d when morehouse Moreho uee and his bis companions i ons arrived at the ranch it bee seems m a that the night before he had a arrived within one ruile mile and a half of the ranch without knowing know ins it T a use ouse is 13 ia ow all right and never seem a 0 tire of telling the story of la 8 hazardous a experience |
