The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-24


Vendaie tried to think coherentIy, tried to
speak coheTently, tried TO pick up the iron-shod
staff he had let tall failing to touch 1t, tried 70
stagger on without its aid. All in vain, all In
vaini He stumbled, and fell heavily forward
on the brink of the deep chasm
Stupefed, DOING unable to stand upon mis-
feet, veil before his eyes, his sense of hearing
deadened, he made such vigorous rally that
supporting himself on his hands, he saw his
enemy standing calmly over him, and heard
''You call me murderer" said Obenreizer,
with grim laugh. THE name matters very
little. But at least have set my life against
yours, for l am surrounded by dangers, and
may never make my way out OF this place. The
Io1umente is rising again. The snow is on the
whirl. must have the papers now. Every
moment has my life in it,"
'Stop" cried Vendale, in terrible voice,
staggering up with last flash of Ere breaking
out of him, and clutching the thleyish hands at
his breast in both of his stop! Stand away
from me God bless my Marguerite Hap.
PLY shelwill never know how died. Stand OK
from me and let me look at your murderous
face. Let 1t remind me-of something-lelt to
The sight of HIM fighting so hard for his
senses, and the doubt whether he might not for
the instant be possessed by the strength of a
dozen men, kept his opponent still. Wildly
glaring at him, Vendsle faltered out the broken
words
'lt shall not be--the trust-of the dead--be-
trayed by me-reputed misinherited
1o1tune-see TO itn
AS his head dropped on his breast, and he
stumbled on the brink of the chasm as before
the thievish hands went once more, quick and
busy, to his breast. He made a convuIslve
attempt to cry "No ~ desperately rolled himself
over into the gulf; and sank away from his
esnemy's enemy touch Ike phantom In a dreadful
The mountain storm ragged again, and passed
again. The awful mountsln,yolces mounts died away,
Two men and two large dogs came out ut the
door of the HosIice. The men looked carefully
around them, and up at the sky The dogs
mouths, and cast it up with their paws.
One of the men said to the other, 1--WE may
venture now.. We may find them in one of the
five Refugees" Each fastened on his back a
basket; each took in his hand a strong spiked
| pole; each grded under his arms a looped end
OF a stout rope, SO that they were tied together.
Suddenly the dogs dessted from their gambols
in the snow, stood looking down the ascent,
put their noses up, put their noses down, became
greatly excited, and broke into deep, loud bay
| together.
The two men looked in the faces of two dogs.
The two dogs looked, with at least equal intelli-
| gence, in the faces of two men.
| cried The two men. The two dogs, with a glad
! deep, generous bark, bounded away.
! Two more mad onesw said the men, stricken
| motOnless, and looking away into the moon
| light. "Is it possible in such weather And
| one of them a woman!"
Each of the dogs had the corner of woman's
dress in tbs mouth, and drew her along, She
| fonded their heads as she came up, aud she
| came up through the snow with an accustomed
tread, Not so the large man with her, who was
| spent and winded.
"Dear guides, dear friends of travellers lam
| of your country. We seek two gentlemen cross.
ing the Pass who should have seached the Hos
| pice this evening""
"They have reached it, maamselle.n
| Thank Heaven o thank Heaven!"
| But, unhappily, they have gone on again.
| We are setting forth to seek them even now. We
had TO wait until the 1Olgnente passed, 1t has
| been fearful mn herp.O
Dear guides, dear friends of travellers! Let
! me go with you. Let me go with you, for the
| love of God! One of those gentlemen is to be
my husband l love HIM, o SO dearly. o so
dearly You see am not faint you see am
| not tired. | am born peasaut.gri. / will
| show you that know we how to fasten myself
| to your ropes. l will do it with my own hands.
| will swear to be brave and good. But let me
| go with you, let me go with YOU! If any mis-
| chance should have befallen him, my love
| would find him, when nothing else could.
| On my knees, dear friends of travellers By
| fathers ~
The good rough fellows were moved. "After
all" they murmured to one another, "she
| speaks but the TRUTH She knows the ways of
| the mountains. See how marvellously she
has come here But as to Monsieur there,
'Dear Mr.. joey" said Marguerite, addressing
| him in his own tongue, you will remain at the
house, and wait for me; will you not"
'If know'd which o. you two recommended
it," growled Joey Ladle, cycling the two men
| with great indignation, "pd fight you for q
| siXpence, and give you half a crown towards
| your expenses. No, miss, Ill stick by you as
| long as there's any sticking left in me, and Ill
| die for you when can't do better" The state
OF the moon rendering it highly important that
| no time should be lost, and the dogs showing
| signs of great uneasiness, the two men quickly
| took their resolution. The rope that yoked them
| together was quickly exchanged for longer
| one; the party were secured; Marguerite second,
| and the cellarman last, and they set out for the
| Refugees. The actual distance of those places
| was nothing-the whole five, and the next Hos-
| pFce TO boot, being with two mes-but the
| ghastly way was Whitened out and sheeted over.
| They made no miss in reaching the Gallery
| where the two had taken shelter The second
| storm Of wind and snow had so wildly swept
| over 1t since, that their tracks were gone. But
| the dogs went 10 and fro with their noses down,
| and were confident. The party stopping, how.
! ever, at the farther alch, where the second
| storm had been especially furious, and where
| the drift was deep, the dogs became troubled,
and went about and about, ia quest of a lost
purpose.
The great abyss being known to lie on the
| right, they wandered too much to the left, and
| had to regain the way with infinite labor through
| deep field of snow. The leader of the line
| bad stopped it, and was taking note OF the
| landmarks. when one of the dogs fell to tearing
up the snow a little before them. Advancing
and STOPPING to look at it, thinking that some
one might be overwhelmed there they saw that
it was stained, and that the stain was red
The other dog was now seen to look over the
brink Of the gulf with his torelegs 81 \, rembs
out, lest he should fall into II, ana 20 remoiS
in every limb Then the dog VINO haa 10 iouno In
the stained snow Joined him, and thsn tney la, Tnn
TO and fro distressed and whining. ,rluaiyI
they both stopped on the brink sgS. togS.her' @n"
setting up their heads, h9wled In soia Mar