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and the son's wife was satisfied that they must 

 have found shelter at the father's house. But 

 when morning came and they were not found at 

 either place the anxiety became intense. The 

 mountain was deep in snow, which continued 

 to fall. The country was roused search parties 

 set out, and for two or three days no trace of 

 the unhappy young men could be found. At 

 length, I think after three days' search, the 

 bodies of the brothers were found under three 

 feet of snow, within two hundred yards of their 

 father's house, locked in each other's arms, the 

 elder having taken off his own overcoat and 

 wrapped it round his young brother. It must 

 have been a touching sight, and was indeed a 

 very terrible tragedy. It seems to have been 

 truly as fine an example of unselfish heroism on 

 the part of this good brother, and as worthy of 

 the D.S.O. as if shown on the field of battle. 

 The story, he said, was told in all the local 

 papers, but I had not read of it before. 



His bailiff, who had attended the funeral, was 

 driving home in a snowstorm when suddenly a 

 large limb of an elm tree, heavily laden with 

 snow, fell without any warning across the road 

 just in front of his horse, which was, of course, 



