The wind's a'most blowed out o' me body." "Dat am vexatiable," replied Henri, in a tone of commiseration.
"S'pose I wos make try ?" "In that case I s'pose ye would fail.

But go ahead, an' do what ye can.

I'll hold yer horse." So Henri began by a rush and a flourish of legs and arms that nearly frightened the horse out of his wits.

For half-an-hour he went through all the complications of running and twisting of which he was capable, without success, when Joe Blunt suddenly uttered a stentorian yell that rooted him to the spot on which he stood.
To account for this, we must explain that in the heights of the Rocky Mountains vast accumulations of snow take place among the crevices and gorges during winter.

Such of these masses as form on steep slopes are loosened by occasional thaws, and are precipitated in the form of avalanches into the valleys below, carrying trees and stones along with them in their thundering descent.