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