The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-12-08

The Hon. Theresa Keiverton's
TT.riIIIng Adventure af fhe NO

s,rnished US with the correct version o.
her late serious and almost fatal adven
.ore among the 70 Semitic SHOWS.
Charmed by the beauty Of the scenery
= the valley, and tempted by the deli
.;ogsness of the climate there, Lady
.ronmore had put off from time to timt
- departure from Yo Semitic Valley
there she had been staying for some
mouths. The approach of winter and
The menacing snow at last gave such I'M
.1;stakable warnings of what she might
meet did she delay her journey any
i.-gsr. that she at last reluctantly made
.--sngenents to depart. As it happen
i Lard Harvey, the Hon" Strut
Sson 81 Lord Pelper) and Cyril Flower,
p we're staying at the hotel, and
Icing. of course, made Lady Avon
I.ora's acquaintance, offered her seat in
.rrisoe which they had engaged to
S@t them at Clark IL Moore's, telling
Lsr that they we're also going TO leave the
-. Immediately. She did not ac-
~ he zeat in their carriage, but was
ri az their escort out of the valley,
"a accordingly, on Sunday morning,
xoveulber 9th, the party started. Lady
,yonmore, however, discovered that she
"a not been provided with a proper sad
Ta and ordered it changed. 1t was ar
-.nred that the three gentlemen should
~ IN taking with them her luggage,
.iosks etc. } and that she should over
abe them They rode on, and the wealth
~ meanwhile assuming more threaten
-, sspect. their stout and chivalrous
L is of "British oak " failed them,
- their ancestors heart have failed be-
hre on American soil, and they rode
is.ter and faster. Owing to some little
deIay in changing the saddle, twas some
dme before Lady Avonmore was mount
LAND on the road again-the gentlemen
~ Guide. a man named Coulter, being
Isn out of sight Lady Avonmore,
Sorever did not distress herself very |
~pcb at this, as it had been arrrnged |
hal the party should stop at In
'Diration Point, eight miles from the |
botel and have lunch; and so
,bopgh her horse was proving himself
moor one, she felt sure Of overhauling
them there. She therefore urged Rosi-
mantle forward, the coming storm rapidly
altering its forces meanwhile around the
mountain tops, and giving warning dash
esof chilly rain Before she reached In
,niration Point the rain, hail and snow
lad begun; and, when she at last rode
ID to the expected rendezvous, she saw,
q her dismay, that the party had not
halted, but had pushed on. Then COM
uenced the struggle with the Storm
Thicker and thicker came the snow. The
Eind began to rise, and, bowling doleful-
h, swept whirlwinds of snow across the
trail, now almost obliterated by the flakes.
Atlast the track was completely hid
The storm ragged in all its fury. Lady
Ayonmore urged her horse He was
pancstricken, and refused to move an
inch. She dismounted, and coaxed him
90 forward. Mounting again, he
Wud 60 forward, and then, trembling,
saud again, not to be moved either by
isrshness or kindness. 1t mattered lit
De. however, now whether he moved or
act; the track was deeply covered with
neE, and Lady Avonmore had lost its
BEARINGS entirely; darkness was already
closing in upon the scene the storm was
lnabated, and it became APPARENT that a
night in the snow was the only alternative
left for her. Almost with the last rays of
departing day she perceived an old cedar ,
Tee, hollow with age. Into this she
rept, and, clad in her thin riding-habit, !
sat there through the night, holding her
horse by the bride. The wretchedness
Of such night needs no description. I
Let any one imagine the bowling wind, :
the sweeping storm, the darkness, the cold
III l.. L. g..
appreciate the horrors of that long vigil. /
The morning came at last, bringing
with it but little hope. The horse was use 7
lss-utterly demoralized-hi rider was =
lanb with cold, faint with hunger :,
having eaten nothing for twenty-four 4
aMs-and despairing of ever finding y
he track. As she proceeded on her way
ln0g the edge of steep declivity she b
Asrd noise like the snort of n horse. =
Humphp came the sound again. She Il
N saned round the rock from behind =
'dch the sonnd proceeded and found =
asnef face to face with a gizzly bear -
hnsde no attempt to modest her, being
a1ost if not quite as astonished as she a
n The sudden apparation, however, a
sed from her cry of horror, and start a
" back she lost her footing and rolled ei
over and over down the decliyity, and il
taalY found herself lying bruised and N
Astng in a gulch. Desperation ex- 81
Pedied recovery and urged her to further d
1GE, and once more she started on her al
aaost hopeless search. She was reward o,
Sys view in the valley in the distance Y,
Aleath her, and she found trail, but it oil
VI the Heights Cove trail-not one that a
iQud be of any use to her. Boldly she tn
asa resolved to descend the precipitous an
ncs, and she commenced her descent. a,
Ahlse step, slip and down she went "
la0at forty feet (by actual measurement til
Uefvard.) Some bushes al the bottom of
Aed her from death, but her fall brought M
y blood gushing from her nose and VIZ
sun and for some time-how long is re
=. Known of course-she lay insensible. ar
vi defeated, but not vanquished, Lady m,
n'Oanore once more started through the yo
tOS % renew her descent. During the ca
Ne nat she lay insensible, her clothes In
IA iIcaen stiff upon her. She came to a ia,
'sfy long 1ee which had fallen down the we
" aecivity, and, leaning on its smooth 10,
- she slid pehaps $50 feet down the ali
{ and then fell again. The struggle ar,
over; she could do no more, and she wl
sRnsible where she fell. Bya won an
- coincidence a Mr.. Leidig. who o c,il
hotel in the Yosemite, had choos- esI
- day and that trail for leaving the AZ e..
ny In passing along he noticed the ~,
@d Lady Avonmore's slide down the -
Struck with cursosity, he approach - -.
aud, to his establishment, saw what -
eNdecty the print of woman's foot NC
anOw. He dismounted, made his
aEn the si,npe and there he found
De carried Ter up, placed her on "'
SOe and took her to Hutchings',
sstoratives were applied and she
Sed, badly bruised, bat, after all, wd