Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-05

hand, and at the came time pressing my back
against the other side, with all my strength, | was
able TO raise myself and stand firmly in my new
position. again let myself Town on the ledge,
and cut another foot hole, about two feet above the
last, 1t seemed to me possible that in this manner
l might escape from my icy prison; but q single
slip or q false step, and l knew | must be precipi-
tated down the crevasse.
was working diligently at the second foot-hold
when l heard q joyful voice shouting from above,
"They are in sight-tbree men with ropes--run-
ming as hard as they can |" A few minutes after
ward | heard their voices at the mouth Of the
c~revasse.
l steadied myself on my terribly narrow foot
ing, so as to be able to seize and attach the rope
when thrown to me. l saw the end of the rope
dangling oves my head. "Merciful God v' 1t will
not reach me 1t is too short |" eve have got
another rope" was answered from above, and il
was kuotted on and lowered. l caught the end
and tied it firmly round my waist. Grasping thC
rope above with both hands, ! gave the word. The
strain began and l felt that l was safe. In anoth
er minute | was standing on the glacier.
l had been fifty minutes in she ~crevasse, during
which time / had not lost Consciousness for q sin
gle instant. Now, when | found myself on a firm
footing once more, an all-pervading sense Of graf
itude for the wonderful escape came over ne HnC
made me faint. Tie surrounding mountains ant
the glacier whirled before my eyes, and / should
have fallen, but that they held me up. This wa
coon over, and we prepared to start for Montan
vert. Before leaving l took o last look at th,
mouth Of the crevasse which had so nearly beet
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terly impossible to climb out as l had been tryini
to DO. The mouth was so wide that, as l approach
ed it, | could have had no support from behind
and without such support, not even q cat cOul
have scaled the perpendicular wall,
Our guido was in a terrible state, and had rul
the whole way to Montanvcrt, but could ind n
rope fit for the purpose in the house. He was i
despair and was starting off to Ohamouny whe
two muleteers met HIM. Their mules were ladel
with wood fastened on with ropes; be begged har
for the ropes, telling the men that a young Eng
lishman was being frOze to death in q crevassC
They hastily threw the wood from the backs Z
their mules, and came to my rescue with the guild
and brought the ropes with them; knotted togett
er, lit seems there were three in all, they mad
a length of about sixty feet, just enough to reac
me.
With the assistance Of my deliVerers l was abb
to walk slowly back to Montanvert, where 1 we
Immediately put into q comfortable bed, where tn
injuries l had received, (which were insignifoar
considering the depth l had fallen,) were careful
ly dressed. 1 dreamed with unspoakable dreat
of what had happenedi when lying in that boc
and l have dreamed Of it in many beds since.
believe that nothing would induce me to 90 anon
the ice and snow now without a long and stron
8 rope. offer the caution to all other travellers
E Switzerland, out of q great experience and q gre;
b escape.