| Show J curran 18 years of age who left globe arizona on friday last to go to silver kins king was found on OB tuesday by dr alex justice job atkins and henry Dohrmann about thirteen miles east from globe in the wild gorge of the east fork of pinto creek where he had wandered from the trail and bewildered remained four days fearing to leave the water he had bad been without food for five anve days and undoubtedly would have perished with hunger had the parties mentioned whose mission was to inspect a mining claim in thit that unfrequented locality not discovered him the boy had bad written two notices on scraps of paper attached to rods stuck up in the trail appealing for assistance and stating that he be would be found near the first water further up the cation it required a loag search however before he be was discovered lying under a shelving rock by his rescuers he appeared to be equally animated with joy and tear fear at being found he presented a pitiable appearance face wan waa hair disheveled clothes torn and shoes scuffed out from clambering over the rocks he had bad time and again ascended the precipitous sides of the cation to the summit only to become more bewildered and af afraid mid to leave the waterland wat erand he would invariably retrace his steps and with ton tongue ue swollen seek the little pool in the creek bed to quench his thirst one day he be encountered a bear and I 1 sot got within ten tea feet of bruin brain before scein seeing 11 him and he be was so frightened by the adventure that he be climbed into a tree that night and slept there after that however his bis fatigue was greater than his fear and be was glad to make his bis bed on the ground dr and party after giving him a liberal allowance from their lunch piloted him through the be cation to the ranch of john kuhn kahn on only ly three miles from where curran was found and which he could easily have reached bad fear not deterred him exploring agthe the ca afton further |
