For three hours he toiled along, the snow rapidly increasing in depth until it reached up to his knees.
Just before the dawn of the morning he reached the wagons.

The men were up, harnessing their teams.

The Dunns were astounded at the appearance of the little boy amid the darkness and the tempest.

They took him into the house, warmed him by the fire, and gave him a good breakfast, speaking to him words of sympathy and encouragement.

The affectionate heart of David was deeply moved by this tenderness, to which he was quite unaccustomed.
And then, though exhausted by the toil of a three hours' wading through the drifts, he commenced, in the midst of a mountain storm, a long day's journey upon foot.