The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-10-25
A Tragedy A.,ongthc Aims

ing the ascent OF Mont Blanc, by party
of En"lshmen without Guides, il August:
Sin George Youncc Of England, mem
Der of the lpinc club, with two Younger
brothers, had veuturcd the day before to
make the ascent of Mont Blanc, which has
been so often, now so success! !ui!y accom-
plishcd fracticed climbers. thcy though,
theJ might dispense with the usual assis
tants, and trust to their own knowledge
and tact. They set out by the usual route.
and slept as is the custom, at IA hut whic,.
has been erected on the CYANIDE Mulcts. =
stupemdous ridge OF rock that shoots m
9,o96 feet above the sea, about the middle
OF the immense snow field which forms the
side of Mont Blanc towards Chamouny.
oi course their progress next morning was
watched with the intcnscst anxiety. from
the vil!agc. Everybody who had read Al
bert Smiths amusing "Story of Mont
Blanc knows what an excitement an as
cent produces in the whole community
Every si.ss Is fixed, every guide watches
even women and children run into the
streets to gather the latest reports of the
adventure. The three Englishmcn set off
from the Grandc Mulcts very early i'm the
morning, as is usual. ard about lU O'Clock
the cry was heard, "They have gained the
summit" Certainly, there they were. on
the loiticst line, 10 II feet high, seeming,
even through the best glasses, like mere
ants, crawling upon the rounded cone OF
most prodlgious sugar loaf
After while they began to descend,
and as dccending ice is often more diff
Gu than ascending it, their movements
were still followed by the same eager So
licitudc. Brave fellows" SAID an old
guide, chow cautiously yet firmly they
come down" n general smilc OF appro.
val followed his words. Tacy have quit
the ninr dc Ia cote, the stccrcst bank oi tnc
zee near the top, and are making towards
the Rochcrs Ronges Everything pro u.
lsed well. "But what are the, doing now::
suddenly exclaimed veteran "B, hcav.
ems, they are taking the wrong direction
they approach the Hochcr, Mautis, Ours
ed IL cks, indeed He had scarcely
spoken, when the three little moving Gs-
ures had altogether disappeared from sight
"-h " Diu : Nan UGu," They are
lost! they have slipped into crrva>>c,
they have fallen over prccipicc NO..
there they are again yes there they are;
but look You, only two OF them; one Stan /,
lng upright, the other stretched upon the
snow " hat has become Of the thld
lie has gone; something dreadful has hap
pcnc" they are motionlcss; frozen stiff on
exhausted; they need help; thcy must bc
rescued Instantly ten OF the strongest
and most experienced guides were dis
pDtchRI a Inlar.tnnl tI., IL
routlc, and lend assistance il it should be
required 1t WAS already neon. and il must
be night before even the experienced
mountainccrs could achieve that long toll
some ascent. Meanwhile the suspense
among the scjourncrs at Chamouny became
more aud more painful. 1t was certain
that some calamity had bcfallcn the travel
crs, but Of what kind and to what extent
no one could tell
As the night set in, the little li.hts oil
the guides were seen lowering like wlo'
thc-wisrs away far up on those terrible
wastes. Vt length they signallod. py
means of their lights, that they had found
the ohjcc's of their search. aud were then
soon seen to descend. What Wild awful
descent that was, at midnight, only the,
can conceive who have seen the enormous
crags and assures of that gigantic noun.
tain. They had a~ccrtaincd, rs we learned
the next day, that the youngest OF The bro
thers, an Oxford student, had slipped upon
the crest OF "A chaNm, that he eiidcd down,
dragging the others with him, rs they wric
tied together, and with such velocity that
all three struck upon the opposite wal OF
the ilssurc. He was Killed on the spot
the second brother was seriously hurt abou!
the eyes, but not dangerously while the
third escaped with comparatively Slight
bruises The latter, us soon as he recover
ed from the shock of the fall had strength
enough to carry the wounded one to the
upper snOw, but not strcu@th enough to
proceed, and he stopped, uncertain what to
do, and drcading, no doubt "A lingcrirg
dc.th for bo'h, upon the cold and shelter.
less heights. 1t was in that position they
were seen from below, when the quick eve
and judgment of the guides told them
something had happened, and they pushed
oil for the rescue. The surviving brothers
were brought down, and the body of the
other was subsequently recovered.
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