The Camp in the Snow
sort of a man. He chatted with the boys for some t
the business that had brought himse
cting?" inquired Jerry, during a lapse in the con
ressed mild surprise, as
siness," he replied; and if he ever spoke
tily. "I'm a little afraid there's a snow squall coming, though. Th
ed Hamp. "I can feel
if you were in my place," declar
ell, I must be off. You boys want to sleep, and I suppose Joe is getting anxious ab
un and strode down the ravine. The boys shouted good-by
of a fellow,"
mp. "When they weren't looking at you,
He was a mighty talkative fellow. Come to think of it, he found o
r the boys were too sleepy to think of anything else. Br
o'clock. It will
d Jerry. "It may snow at any time. You fellows will have to man
instructions, they completed the work in a very few minutes. Th
c manner. At midday the tired boys were still slumbering, blissfully ignorant of the warring elements outside. The afte
ted. "After four o'clock!
inging in his ears, and mingled with it was a deep, sonorous roar. Brick threw off the blanket and crawled to the door. He pulled the sled away an
, as he pushed the sled back in place. "Whew! wh
ing to see out
in the front wall of the cabin, at the height of five feet f
with the hole, and lay to the depth of five feet all through the ravine. The air was white with swirling f
was effectively screened by the upper bank of the ravine. Had it been exp
he hole to shut out the bitterly
," he said, gravely. "I ho
in here, at any r
as disposed to be cheerful. To him, a snowstorm sug
cabin. The snow itself is not as deep as it looks. The wind blowing over the bank makes a sort of an edd
said Hamp, confidently. "I don't b
to the east,"
Jerry. "But we won't borrow trouble before
down considerably in the middle. There w
in such a deep snow. Let's make the best of it, fellows. I
, those men may help
worse off than we are. Probably they've got nothing to
ick. "But let's have something
w, and for half a minute no one spoke or moved. An expressio
apkin and disclosed about half a pound of chipped beef. He spread these things
y. "We'll starve, sure. What fools we we
d Hamp. "But we couldn't have
lar hollow between two rocks that stood in the cent
t of the provisions-tinned biscuit and meats, potatoes
ed because there was not s
declared Jerry. "We've got to get at the supplies somehow or othe
ealed bottle, I mean. But we had a box here
out the box, it was a sight to be seen. It had been left pa
ockets," Jerry
arched, but to no purpose.
useless lanterns. "Now we must get to the storehouse. There are no t
id Hamp,
here, we would
a tunnel?" s
It might be done, though it will take a long time. The
Brick. "You'll catch cold if
d Hamp. "I'm used to that sort of thing
y no
erything depends on it. Let's
of the storm. A terrific crash followed. The cabin quivered