The Clarksburg telegram. [volume], August 25, 1893, Image 5

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bleak and trackless mountain*."
"Mo, Jim. I'll take nothing b< .
light pick and shovel and some trrub." )
I repHed, ptuslng out ,
Near the door -were tied our two deer- --
bounds. Zip and Keenc. and, ni I
?topped to pat their heads, both begged
plteonsly, In dog faahion. to be taken '
tinny.
MNo, no, old boys, no hunting to- J;
day." I said, soothingly. And the In
telligent creatures. ?Uiw?v.?' JU
W> a intrnag nowL ? rj,, ?.
"Well, no, Jim, I'm not quite so
green as all that But if I'm not hock
to-night maybe you'll look me up," T
laughingly rejoined; the point of the
Joke lying in the fact that I was an old
mountaineer and Jim a comparative
tenderfoot, though one of the best fel
lows in the world.
Prospecting or, indeed, traveling on
foot at all in tbo heart of the Rockies,
is exceedltmW iiV?* ??'"
cessant toil, by which time 1' had got
above timber line. 1 was glad to sit
down by a little spring to rest
So far, though making many tests, I
had found no indications of a paying
"lead;" but 1 was not going ^to give ugVjj
self i
??>=>"* tjuuiM ana
, . - r?V from which extri
cation seemed hopeless, as every at
tempt to travel in a direct lino, only
tended to confabs.me more and mere.'
For two honrs,' spent In desperate ex
ertion, 1 tried vainly.to thread the
mases, and flnaUjrhad to confess that I
was lost Then I thought to retrace
my stops to the old trail and take a
l.fresh start, but this, too, I found impos
sible. I had, somehow, got complete
ly "turned round;" and, despite all ?
reasoning to the contrary, could not
convince myself that the sun, of which I
caught occasional glimpses, was in the '
right place.
?'Pshaw, ril get out all right!" I said
aloud, as if signing the point with a '
companion, "bat eau 1 do it this after- ?
noon? -If not, Jim will have the laugh I
on me, and I can't stand that"
At last twisting and turning, plung
ing, climbing and scrambling into. '
around and over ravines and rocks, I
managed to get down to timber-line
again, but of how far I had come or of i
where I now was I had not the least
idea. Two things, however, I did
know: That ttie shades of evening
were coming on and that my chance of
reaching camp that night was hardly
worth reckoning.
No glimpse of sunlight now. The
deep shadows of theJ lofty peaks were
all around me, and in another hour the
gloomy solitude would be wrapped In
darkness. The night, too, at that alti
tude, would be unpleasantly cold. I
must prepare for it in time.
I hsd come to a little Valley hedged
in by great pieces of detached rock,
and there were numerous gnarlid
roots, dry, broken limbs and . other
available fuel scattered around. De
termining to' go no further, I com
menced to. gather a heap of these, in
tending to keep up a big fire until
morning. 1 picked up one armful of
. small stuff and then stepped across to
sttack a specially dense pile which lay
' close against the base of an overhang
ing cliff. Seising hold of a protruding
stick, I gave a strong pull and brought
down the whole mass.
Then I saw behind the rubbish was
the month of a rough, shallow cave;
and, curious to see ..what it contained,
J very foolishly stooped downand went
in.
At first I could distinguish nothing;
tfssrwsssass
one corner knT quite motionless, two
furry-looking objects about the slse of
raccoons; and, on going elriser, found
that they were neither more or lees
than grUily bear cube. ?
So soon as the little creatures were
oonvinoed that I had teen them^they
.^in spite of its fnrionsstru^
fflea and pig-like cries, carried it but of
the cave.
Holding it between my knees, with
fnrepaw in each hand, while the clsw.
of Ha blndfeet were rigorously digging
at my boot tops, I was minutely exam
teg it, when 1 heard a noise as of flying
gravel and, looking up, saw the mother
bear tearing round the corner of a rook
and eomlnirat me with open month
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