Show tad if av S V adventurers CLUB oa 04 HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES 1 OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF under the leer ice by FLOYD GIBBONS famous headline hunter H HELLO ELLO EVERYBODY do you like hunting if you do take a page out of the adventure book of winner and always carry a waterproof box of matches with you such a box of matches boys and girls saved the life of lloyd D henderson of paterson N J on a hunting trip in the province of quebec in 1928 1926 lloyd was up in the canadian wilds after moose in the late fall fail of that year and got more than he was looking for or you travel with snowshoes and sled in that season up in that hard country and lloyds larty consisted of himself an indian guide named eli and the guides dog muro they had been in the he woods two weeks and were on their way from one branch cabin on a desolate lake known as kidney lake to another cabin it was 30 degrees below zero as they their way slowly along the shore ice of the lake muro a big powerful eskimo dog as gentle as he was strong pulled their sled over the treacherous ice the sled loaded with everything they had weighed over pounds lloyd is no lightweight himself and tips the scales at luck had been bad oyd says and he and the guide were trudging along disconsolately sven the dog seemed to understand and gazed at his master sadly as he stopped now and then to bite the clusters of crippling ice that gathered ga ere between the pads of his paws plunged into the icy waters once the dog stopped and whined a little as though asking his master to go no further in the light of what happened later lloyd thinks the dog had bad a premonition of death and wished them to turn J V the dog doe was pulling with all his strength back before it was too late but the men lacking the instinct of animals pushed on the dog led the way pulling the sled the guide followed followed and lloyd came on a few feet behind suddenly lloyd writes 1 I stopped horror stricken in my tracks A loud cracking came from the ice and before my eyes it broke and the sled and eli disappeared from view I 1 had bad no time however to act because the next second the ice fee gave way under me and I 1 plunged into the icy waters of the lake the shock was terrific as the water numbed me to the bone I 1 thought it was all over with me as I 1 went under and expected to come up under the ice but I 1 rose to the surface and was able to hang on to the jagged edge eli I 1 saw then had not gone completely under he had caught on the edge by his arms as he fell and was clinging to the slippery ice as I 1 was the plight ot of muro next coner ned me and the sight ol of the terrible predicament ot of that brave dog is one I 1 can never forget he was still on the ice fighting for all he was worth to keep his footing the heavy sled made heavier still by the water was slowly dragging him after it although all our food supplies and guns were on that sled I 1 know we were both thinking only ot of the dog at that moment dog perished doing his best he would dig his toes claws spread wide into the ice and pull af with all his strength but little by little the brave dog was being dragged closer to his death nothing would save him I 1 knew once he was in that water well sir lloyd goes on to say that suddenly it occurred to him to cut the dog loose from his traces he reached for his knife but the intense cold had already done its work A coating of firm ice covered lloyds gloved hand the glove was frozen stiff to his hand eli had thought of the same thing only to find his hands likewise helpless lloyd says he be could see the tears on his bis guides face start and freeze on his wan cheeks as the dog he be loved like a child slipped slowly after the sled muros hind legs were now only inches from the edge of the ice the dog looked around at his master whined plaintively and the next second slid over the edge and disappeared forever the men sobbed aloud but the fate of the poor dog brought them both back to their own deadly danger lloyds pounds made it impossible tor for him to pull himself up on the ice the edge ot of the ice broke at each effort and each effort made him weaker from the cold he finally stopped trying and hung frozen to the edge waiting tor for the end eli was a lighter man and after what seemed hours he was able a 1 draw himself up on the ice he crawled on his stomach to shore and ao joyd yd through glazed eyes saw him go and did not blame him saved by his faithful guide but lloyds indian guide had no intention of deserting him back he came cautiously on his tto stomach mach pushing a small pine tree in front of him lloyd was able to wrap his arms around the tree and was soon on shore and then their troubles really began with clothes soaking wet and freezing fast in the deadly cold they began their fight tor for circulation cir cu lation they ran eight miles in that condition lloyd says the guides face was black from the cold and he had bad to hit him to keep him awake cold kills by making its victim sleepy but lloyd let the guide rest more dead then alive they reached the cabin and where lloyds waterproof matches come in his frozen hands finally got a blaze started and the two lay before the fire and thawed out no food was in the place but they heated water and drank it hot throughout the long night they stripped and dried their clothes and at dawn started the long trek back to their permanent camp both men made it and lloyd was soon on his way home but the guide eli took to his bed and never got up pneumonia set in and the brave indian went to join his beloved dog in the happy hunting ground service |