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ins: throiisfh . the snow knee deep was very 

 tati "uinof and wearisome. It was several 

 hours before we succeeded in getting to the 

 station, and when we entered a hotel a women 

 met us at the door and asked if we were not 

 frozen. I told her that we were all right and 

 tor her to prepare us something to eat. After 

 we had eaten, she asked if I did not get very 

 cold. I told her that I was colder then than 

 I had been any time during the da}'. She 

 then pointed to a red hot stove and told me I 

 had better sit down near it and warm myself, 

 I was not slow to act on her suggestion and 

 soon had my feet almost against the glowing- 

 stove. I had not sat long until I discovered 

 that there was something wrong with my feet. 

 They hrst felt numb, but in a few moments 

 they began to ache, and in a short time pained 

 me so much that I could scarcely stand it. I 

 went to bed leaving my socks on, but suffered 

 so much with my feet that I could not sleep 

 any, and the next morning my feet were 

 almost perfectly blat'k and swelled frightfully, 

 and covered with blisters. There was no 



