. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . and he staggered blindly on, stopping within theshadow of every rock to renew his life energy. A solemn convictionthat death was near, that at each pause his limbs would refuse furtherservice and that he should sink helpless and dying to the ground,overwhelmed him with terror. Once more the thought flashed uponhis mind that he should be saved, and he seemed to hear a voice ofcommand to struggle o
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . and he staggered blindly on, stopping within theshadow of every rock to renew his life energy. A solemn convictionthat death was near, that at each pause his limbs would refuse furtherservice and that he should sink helpless and dying to the ground,overwhelmed him with terror. Once more the thought flashed uponhis mind that he should be saved, and he seemed to hear a voice ofcommand to struggle on! Groping along the side of a hill hebecame suddenly sensible of a sharp reflection, as of burnished steeland, looking up through half-closed eyes, two rough but kindly facesmet his gaze. Are you Mr. Ev-erts? said one. Yes, he replied. all that is left of me. We have come foryou. Who sent you? Judge Lawrenceand other friends. God bless him,and them and you!said the almost dyingman. I am saved ! and with these wordshe fell powerless intothe arms of his was saved — on thevery brink of the grave. Baronet and Prich-ette, his preservers, soonrestored him to con-ciousness by the usual. 594 ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. appliances, and one of them made a camp upon the spot and ministeredto his wants and watched over him, while the other went to Fort Ellis,a distance of seventy miles to return with remedies to restore diges-tion and an ambulance to convey him to that post. In a few days he was able to be moved twenty miles down thetrail to the cabin of some miners who were prospecting in that he received every attention they could bestow, and his strengthreturned with broth made from game killed near by, but, owing to theprotracted inaction of the system and the long time that must elapsebefore the return of Prichette with remedies, his friends had seriousdoubts as to his recovery. In this condition the night after his arrival atthe cabin there came an ol
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