The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-03

and give him some more directions in
cheerful, half-sportive tone. He adds that
few rods from the house he returned again
to again shake hands with the landlord, aud
wrote on slip of paper another distinct
direction, to be Immediately sent to gen.
tleman in London if he should the next
day continue his ascent from Les Grand
Mulets and not return. That final ascent he
was not fully decided to try. Mr. Randall
talked TO Mr.. Bergen often and tenderly of
his Quincy home, bis wife and children. He
admitted that bis proposed ascent seemed
foolhardy, with his mature years and many
social ties. But for long time the physical
geography of Switzerland had been of great
interest to him. He at last stood at the very
foot of the mountain, the study of which had
given him so much pleasure. He must try
and stand at its top.
'Mr. Bergens face was full of calm So
lemnity as he spoke. He had himself made
every preparation to join the party, but some
friends, arriving the evening before, had re-
monstrated with him with such authority and
decision that he yielded a reluctant consent
TO go with them on less dangerous routes A
hMdy Swiss across the street shows a cut in
his pantaloons which he says saved his life.
He was the first man that be Chef des Guides
summoned to accompany the party. The day
before, while about his work, sharp instru-
ment had wounded him in the leg. The
Chef excused him as unfit to climb.
SEPTEMBER 9.-Last evening we were in
vited to the Office of the 'Maire' Eight hun
dred and sixty-nine francs were collected
yesterday through the earnest activity of A.
e. Sahens, of New York. His plans were
laid to go round the base of Mont Blanc, but
he gave up the entire day to raising what
money he could among those scattered round
at the other hotels, and afterwards to visiting
the eight homes where the guides and porters
belonged, and instituting strict business in
vestigation into the needs of the surviving
relatives, the debts hanging over them, and
other matters. The subscribers proposed that
the money collected should principally be put
in trust in the hands of the 'Maire' and Chef
des Guides We hope to collect more by
application to Americans in Geneva. Two of
the widows, one of the aged mothers, some
brothers, and other relatives were present,
with neighbors, and resident Scotch minis
ter, who had accompanied and assisted Mr..
Sahens in all his labors of the day.
''On our return to the hotel we found the
tender hearted landlady had heaped up fires
and large pitchers of hot wine for us. But
the wondering ordinations of the young
ladies who had remained at home drew us
quickly again to the open air. The moon,
beautiful as some fair saint, was just rising
above the summit of Mont Blanc. 'As if she
heard the voice of God, she rested there.
The sky was intensely, darkly. blue, and two
large stars seemed impaled on the straight
needle-heights of the cliffs to the left. But
around the moon played the most wonderful
prismatic lights. AL the pearly and emerald
and rose-coloied shades of nautilus shell
foated off to the right. Dir
Gle within circle foated around the
moon, then arcs of circle higher up. The
ewe-struck villagers, who had always lived in
Chamounix, had never seen this beautiful
manifestation before. Mt. Blanc was there
clothed from base to summit in soft white
robes. But Mont Blanc was in the light of a
TRANSPORTATION! There was neither rainbow
nor moonbow. All was more wondrous and
shining. One man who looked for an hour
said the colors assumed higher up the distinct
form of q cross, which lasted some seconds.
saw it not, but trust that to the poor sor-
rowing villagers the way Of the crossseemed
the way of light
81 wish could tell of the impressive fune-
raj service this morning at the Catholic
church. 1 wish I could tell what was written
on the earnest, manly faces of the villagers,
as an hour later they surrounded our dill
gence and stood with uncovered heads as the
gentlemen lifted their own hats in sympa-
tbetic adieu. 1 cannot but feel that the pea
SAINTS of Chamounix will seem dear to us for
ever"
d..