The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-11-21
AN ADV ENTURE.
A NIGHT AT A SWISS -AUBERGE


II waa alorous night in June
There was Hol even tho particle of a
cloud visible 10 ha clear blue canupy
abnve, and the Stars shOns out in their
Lriehrsf auay; while our beautiful craft,
the Orient, lay. Ike one Of tina many is
lands with whici, shs was surrounded
molionras. in the clear. calm waters OF
the Archipelago. There was delicious
breeS sprinsing up from the south7S
sud the extreme clearness of.tha night
rendered it oue Of The most lovely il was
ever our gond fortune to experiepces--
/, was On just such a night as this. thai
the trcw loved to assemble al The gang
way anl indulge ia ,hslI spFGpsnsily for
t6ieS eSdf'lhd WdI' VJmAyelious 10 more
aautical ptraseOIogy, it was at SUCH
times they delighted 10 oonSrogptS Tor
lie purpoae OF spanning yarns; aud more
ghosrs 'hsp you woull care to put fith
ia, or. | have patience to count, have
plsyed.Lheir parts on the decks of the ii
dy Orieut. 81. le
Somctiues, however. it obanced that
these moonlight meetings. we're more in
tcses'ipg than one uoacqH'intsl wsh the
seo would imagine 1t was whcn lhe
oiIicrrs oCcasioasIly mingled with the
men, aud recopn'rd to them q list Of
lhcir ucual adventures, Among all tie
'Hair-brladth 'scapes" !.
that heard rccounted, Ih4ve chosen tho
stoY of an adventure, while on TOUR
through Switzerland. told by one OF our
senior officers, as baing the most worthy
lis graphic description Of a Night at
Swiss Aubrrgo.
Happening says the narratoE fn
the course of tour through Swilzer-
Iand, in company with fellow traveller,
to get bcnighIed on one Of their fright.
rul mountain roadH, which We had in
sisted on trRversjng on foot, and with
out guide, TO the nearest tOwO-we
were beginning TO feel the usual chapter
OF ,errors, coubts and misgivings, COM
mon to persons in ike situation, and
had already made up our minds to Jay
down in toe crisp snow and perish a.
once, rather than endure the painful in.
ceritnde Of wandering about in the cold
air. (Which, at that altitude, was learIulD
in search Of shelter, when twlnkIing
light, at no great distance apparently,
appeared. to our iOCOnceivahle joy, as
we turned q projecting promontory OF
rock,
Ifyou have ever been in a like sit
ua,ion yourselves, you can fancy the
rapture with which that little beacon
was hailed by US, We quickened Out
pace when We observed il, snd congrst
ulnsed ourselves upca The prospect be
fore US. There was both food and lodg
ing in The welcome light, and we were
hungry enough to dovour an OK apiece
having tasted for the major part Of day
It took us but short lime, therefore. tC
reach the house, from solitary window
of which the ray Ind issued although
We veral times barely escaped boni
plugged from the brink Of some nwlu
precipcc, or dcceittul rav'ne,
The building before which we stop
ped was, SO the sign informed US, tht
only inn within fny miles on this sidO
Of the GauSere Alps, and was KEEP! b!
I'oGc Loapc Brcnner
! what tho house itself looked like
i We; canool couoctly say, as this was NJ
ttue tot brace ofhalf rrozon,half-tam
J ished travellers tonpprecisic tho beantle
Ioiarcbitecture, Accordingly, after fc'
ItoosEs. we succeeded ia arousng th
I1bioptiotor Of the Auborge, {as iIl-Iook
Flag Bcoundrel rs it was ever my fate
bg eyes on, and gaining slmittanc
lAl,hough Monsieur Lonpo Brcnner grum
TbloI moi n little ai being reused out of