, 1865-09-05
A MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE.
a Young Lady Breaks Her Ankle on
me TOP Of monndnock, and In brought
down Rick-a.bzck.

Correspondence Eoston Transcript
: Alter spending 4 few hours rambling ovel
OF The mountain itself, as also Of The entire
surrounding country, east, west, north and
south, the descent began to be talked OF. At
this luncture person came running to me to
inquire II l were Doctor of Medicine, as
lney heard me called Doctor, for young
laay had fallen tnsensible on the top rocks,
Ia1her on the western portion Icamc hero
to get entirely away from the PROFESSIONAL
business and care, but there was no alterua-
Tive. lie speedily led the way and I followed.
there lay beautiful young lady, apparently
ln ner Teens, pale and suffering, With only two
faat 81 tnree @ young friends about her. Her right
already swollen and the ankle twice Its nat
nral width. The ankle had been turned in-
| ward, badly luxating the Joint and splitting
GU inc internal eondy!e Of the tibia. With
| ont moments delay the shoe was removed,
ihe broken bone md joint were set and fixed
y place, reducing tho tumcfactiou and lulling
the pain. But she 1cas on The ton Of .Kounf
Nonddnock! Those who have stood there,
aud may recollcct the high md frishtfully
steep and rocky path, may try to appreciate
this poor girls situation especially Us It was
mentioned In her hearing that all t)le seventy
or eighty people On the Top h I'd already start
cd on their way down tic mountain and It
was afternoon, while the few who were about
hcr and knew Of the accident appeared ap-
pallcd nnd powcrlcss.
! hurried TO the brow Of tue mountain.
where the companies were carefully working
their way over the precipicc, and called Il
and broken her limb, here on the top Of lie
mountain, aud It will bo necessary TO carry
hcr down." To this call there was q general
s,mnathlzing response, both from ladies' and
gentlemen, and nany returned to where she
lay. TO my own mind there was but onc way
ofeetiing her down, weighing US supposed
some one hundred and twenty pounds, and
that was, By being taken upon mans back,
as one 10y would carry another THIS was
revolving to her, aud to some Of the lalics
nut tlere was NO minciDE the matter. I
thought Of sending for a chair to set her In,
and to turn its back to LIS, Us persons arc car
rleu acfoss rivers In South Ameriea +: but this
would lit the rocks behind hin, as h. stepped
the crags below. Two men could moi fake
her between them, for the narrow, crooked |
precipitous path would not admit Of IL. We |
asccrtalned that she was from Troy, in com-
pany Win qnite young man and
young lady, who were with her But Ier
residence Is in Groton, Mass,
AL old gentleman, bald md venerable ap-
rearIne, farmer, pulled of his coat and hat,
and loaded her high Upon Ills back and
be cIasping his hands behind him,
!
shoulder steadied him, and go the descent was
begun. He STOPPING well forward, struggled
along, with her head high above lis. and her
proft,se and beautiful cuTls floating ncsligently
ahont hts neck and face, q remarkable specta-
:ie, as re old man worked his way across the
approached the brow Of tho almost pcFpen.
iic'!lar rocks, le staggering under his load,
Ter heart quailed md quite failed her; but
hut.lng her eyes and clasping bis neck withn
inner grasp, this good old man moved gently !
na safely down, with the prayers OF tlfty
acc flushed TO bursting, and be was evidently
ious burden.
Next esmo somewhat younpcr man 7rbo
ot.e" ny broad shoulders and sturdy muscles ;
the trying aud dangerous task. Seadied !,
some behind or some before, or at times BIZ )
he kindly support Of hand upon either
loulder, he brought her safely down another
lort space. There was also good deacon :
chm Cutter Of Winchendon, standing upon :
,ck below observing the difficulty and hu- :
auity Of the task, who oil with his cuat and : :
1t, and although probably between sixty mud
sentF years OF age, came right up the rocks
.ath stirred them In the face. A kiudlicr !,
eart was neyer moved; her instinct politely =
eeptcd, and eh0 wns gently eased down M
per p f5lshtlnl space OF the steep rocky noun
~ sue. Amen came taller and stronger j.
an, tban any who had offered to be :
+ !, carrier before, who leaving wife aud =
ildren below, bound himself to The v
'rden, and noblE did he III, her do,cn b
c rugged steep. So by turns, these gener.
y men, encouraged by the ladies, relieved e,
ea other. mil She vas eeated In her car d,
'Ee At the Halfway House, where a multi y =.
de oi Kind strangers offered refreshments =
d congratulated Fer for her fortitude and 10
ecess, Mayor Lincoln and fa,afly and several r.
hers having departed before the accident IL IL
Is known. re
This was our first visit to Mount Monad- ~
& It was her nrst visit. Doubtless it viii 70 70
long remembered, not by her only, but ~ II,
Q oy those who 60 toiled and exposed life - -
d limb to save her. Had she ATTEMPTED 10 ~ y.
= the least weight upon her foot, it doubt -
$, would have pried the bones apdrt, the ~
4 4 passing up between them, causing intense ar
IL and iainttng. It was thus apparently i'm ~ ~
sslbie to save her, except By these c1pedi- an an
S, and We pray that no such contingency IT
> ever overtake us again upon mountain u u