Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-12-02
PERrLous ADVENTURE OF YosE-

Pers iurhisn an exciting story OK the ter
rible experience of an Englishwoman,
the famous Mrs. Yelverton, the victim,
it will be remembered of one of those
false marriages by the English brute of
an aristocrat, which have so shamed and
shocked the world of modern society there
and her',--in coming out from the 9ose-
mite valley about three weeks ago, after
winter weather had set in among the
mountains. She was to join in making
the return journey, some English gentle
men, Lord Harvey, Mr.. Strut and Mr..
Flower, members of Parliament, but
through some delay in her preparations
they went on ahead, and promised to
wait for her at Inspiration Point, eight
miles out. Before she got there, how
ever, terrible storm, of hail, rain and
snow set in which further delayed her,
and also drove the gentlemen on without
waiting for her to come up, Sohere she
was at height of 5000 feet among the
mountains, alone, in fearful wintry
storm. eight miles back to the valley,
down very rough descent, and near
twenty miles forward to Clark's rancho,
the trail thereto covered with snow, wind
ing among hills and woods and through
open mountain meadows. But she push
| ed forward, blindly and uncertain, till
her horse, panic'stricken, gave out, and
and she was finally left, after many vain
struggles to get forward, to spend the
night alone. in the storm, among the
mountains. Almost with the last rays OF
the departing day she perceived an old
cedar tree, hollow with age. Into this
she crept, and clad in her thin riding
| habit, sat there through the night hold.
ing her horse by the bride. The wretch
edness of such night needs no descrip.
ton. The morning brought with it lit,
| tie hope. The horse was useless-utter-
ly demolished-his rider was numb with
cold, faint with hunger having eaten
nothing for twenty -four hours-and DIES.
pairing of ever finding the track
Abandoning the animal, which was now
worse than useless, she set out on foot
through the deep snow on last march
for the homeward path, knowing well
that failure meant death. As she pro
ceeded on her way along the edge of a
steep declivity she heard noise like the
snort of horse. Hump came the
sound again. She hurried round the
rock from behind which the sound pro.
ceeded, and found herself face to face
with grizzly bear. He made no at
tempt to modest her, being almost, if not
quite, as astonished as she was. The
sudden apparition, however, forced from
her a cry of horror, and starting back
she lost her footing and rolled over and
over down the declivity, and finally found
herself lying bruised and bleeding in q
gulch. Desperation expedited recovery
and urged her to further efforts, and once
more she started on her almost hopeles,
search. She was rewarded by view o
the valley in the distance beneath her
and she found the trail, but it was tn,
Nights Cove trail-not one that woult
be of any use to her. Boldly she thel
resolved to descend the precipitous rock
and she commenced her descent A falls
step, a slip, and down she went sheer foi
ty feet. Some bushes at the bottom saw
ed her from death, but her fall brough
the blood gushing from her nose an(
for some time-how long is not knowr
of course-she lay insensible. Off de
feated, but not vanquished, Mrs. Yelvel
ton once more started through the sno,
to renew her descent. During the tim
that she lay insensible her clothes ha
frozen stiff upon her. She came to
very long tree, which had fallen down th
steep declivity, and leaning on its smootl
trunk, the slid perhaps $50 feet down tn
slope, and then fell again. The struggD
was over, she could do no more, and sh
lay insensible where she fill. By won
derful coincidence, Mr.. Leidig, who keep
a hotel in the Yosemite, had chosen tina
day and that trail for leaving the valley
In passing along, he noticed the track o
Mrs. Yelverton's slide down the tree
Struck with curiosity, he approached it
and, to his establishment, saw what wal
evidently the print o. woman's foot II
the snow. He dismounted, made hi
way down the slope, and there he found
her. He carried her up, placed her on
his horse, and took her back to Hutch.
mss hotel in the valley, where restora.
tlves were applied, and she recovered
badly bruised, but, after all, not serious.
ly injured, a monument to her own cour-
age and good luck.
"A good story is told of Anna Dick
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