AN EXCTING ADVENTURE.

Western Star, Issue 1055, 12 June 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

AN EXCTING ADVENTURE.

' ' great storm two 'sturdy ihiners' [stairted to ascend one of our taeighbbjiting motintainsl' with the inten-1 tiori ! of ftcjiking a claim that [lay near its crest Jltly madeif he tripon Norwegian ja^Dw.^ndes^dn 1 which they worked ; their way up a narrow gulch leading to tbeir property" As. they journeyed "oh, one. of them- gol tq 1 he some; 200 yards in adVance of the other, ahdlit was while this distalce'toill '■ separatrd; them "that the leader)'' \>f'ad tfnfcajijjy step,' Overturned a tbjjj&avy mass ' of : snOw, and started a terrihlff slide.'' He seized hold of a convenient "tre'ej.and called to his companionate "'tiookoutl" The tree ; was Small,'' and 'bent [' under the; of the moving sn6w.' .fie let go, and the snow; : The long shoes W tMs time yipib- firmly anchored in the moving; mass)' and : he : was : hurled "along with 1 rid power to stop himself by" seising wjhich' h'e passeoY ! .Fortunately, M was'qh the'' tail of the avalanche, and We' it''ih; safety,' yHtti'nbthing coining behind'W'cover him up/* 11 When he thus found he" had "to" be an unwilling passenger upon the terrible train he looked aheadto see what had become of his partThe latter, seeing that there was no escape on either side, turned heels to the roaring mass, and.started on a life-and-run right down the. gulch. ..Then 'followed',.a, wild and thrilling chase. [ The man Vhb was anchored on the of snow yelled at the man in front to rani iyjiuVliei who was pursued strained everymusclertoj keep out of the jaws of ,death mat was', close at his heels. The sight would, have been amusing if it had [not beeXpf such a serious nature. The rape was,j^ept.up.for more than a mile, and. fWJhg the entire distance, the fellow ,pft .the topiept yelling " Run, you devil, tne' hair' of the fellow who was11 running [held.hi§ hat poised four jncjies from his.head ? wMe he headed | 'for tiie vaUey,''' ! bfted tke I struck ,tne[ heels oi his sjibes/but ii'did not .q.uifee. get him., More, quickly than \t take, to tell it the hunted mau clashed was mm,- The yalley,;,hbweyer,, was "ihprel dangerousi 'than the mountain, as 'anjunsepn, gulch cressed it, into, which th,e r) 'hunted. ,ma[n = .fe11.,,, Providence, though, was kind to him) the slide had spent ils force, and the snow pilled up on 'the bank over which he. had fallen. ; \the' two' were able to look around one was lying oh the bottom of •the gulch, while the other was seated [upon the prest of the 'snow-bank that bverlboW'.'its, edge.—Aspen (Col.) [Times..