The New York herald., 1870-11-24
OVER A PREclPIcE.


PeriIous Adventure OF Lady Avonmsre In
the Yosemite vaIIey--A Nighs "a q Trec
During "a Snow Storm-A Rcncsntre with a
GrizxIy-Eall Down . Precipice-Miraculsu
Escape-Cownrdly EnslishmcK.
tFrom the San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 1ol
A ta!e Of adventure in the Yosemite Valley, with
consempory, and having reason from that Simple
port upon Iads q her
place Of residence In this CITY, and had the correc
pesreI a was norrsct anu G no em ss ~
kindly furnished ua with the correct version OF her
serious and almost fatal adventure among the Y0se-
Charmed oy the beauty q me scenery In the val
her departure from the Yosemite valley, where she
UnmstsAaDie warnings q what what she 81 mi might expect
last Reluctantly made 70 depart As
happened, Lsrd Harvey, the "Hon.m. - strut lson
ing at the hotel, aud having Of course. made Lady
Avsnmore's acquaintance, offered her seat IN .
CLARK Moore's, telling her that they were also GO
ing to leave the valley Immediately. She did pot ac-
escort out OF the valley and accordingly on sunday
mosnns msysmpse q sls party sSs
and ana ordered ord edit il changed II was arranged % that
5 Sss Ssf TO- a. sss noa %
Overtake them. They rode on, and the weather mean
Mes ana q
them, as their ancestors hearts have failed before
on American soil ana they rode aster ana M ias,sr.
IL was some time before Lady Avonmoro was
mounted and on the read again ai the gentlemen
OUT OF SIGHT.
Lady Avonmore. however did not distress herself
very much at this, as mad been arranged that the
party should stop at Inspiration P0int-ci2ht miles
from the hotel--and have lunch; and 30, Though
her horse was proving himseli poor one, she felt
sure Of overhauing them there. she therefore urged
Rosinanre forward, the coming storm rapidly gath
ms y arnn ~ cn me
fore sho reached Inspiration Point the rain hail and
snow had begun, and when sue at last rode up TO
the expected rendezvous She saw to her dismuy,
that tue party had not halted. bat had pushed on.
Then commenced the
Thicker and thicker came tho snow. The wind
began to rise, and, h0wling delefuy, swept whirl-
rated by ' tSs aKes At last the track was COM
pletely hidden. The storm ragged In It's fury. Lady
Avonnore urged her horse. he , was panic.strlcken
coaxed MIN to 60 forward. Mounting again. be
would go forward, and then, trembling, stand again,
mattered little, however, new whether he moved or
not; the track was deeply covered with snow, ana
ness was already closing In upon the scene, the
storm was unahatcd, and it became apparent taat
was tn. only alternative % left % for iT her. Almost with
old cedar tres hollow with age Into this she creDt,
and clad la her thln riding habt sat there through
the night holding her horse BY the bride. the
wretchedness Of such night needs no description.
ing STERN the darkness, the cold ana the loneliness
aud he cannot fail t. appreciate the horrors Of that
long vigil
I've morning & came at last, bringing with II but
ized, his rider was numb with cold, faint with
hunger, having eaten nothing for twentyfour
Abandoning the animal, which was new worse than
usclcss Lady Avonnore set out on foot through the
deep snow on last search for the h0meward path,
proceeded OH her way along the edge Of steep de-
clivty she heard noise like the snort OF horse.
round The rsSS rom behind wsic1 % the SOUND pro-
ceeded. and found herself face to face with
GRIZZLY BEAR
He made no atteynpt molest ner, being almost II
not quite asisnlshed az she was. The sudden ap-
partition, however, forced from her cry or horror
and over down the decivity, and 1naIly found her.
sell lying bruised and bleeding in gulcn.
| OVER A PREctPICE t93
| Desperation expeaited recovery aud urged her to
| further enOrts ana once more she started on her
almost. hopeless search. she was rewarded by
she found trail, but 1t was the Heights Cove trail
not one that would be OF any use TO her. Boldly she
sn she connenced her descent false STEP % Sip, %
and down she went sheer forty feet lby actual mea-
saved her from DEATH but her fall brought the blood
! gushing from her nose and mouth, and for some
t,me-hsw long Is not known, OF coursc--she lay In
sensible. 4a s, r
| @ SAVED AT LAST. yfhf
OF defeated but not vanquished, Lady Avonmore
once mere started through the snow to ronew her
descent During the time that she lay lnsensibe her
clothes had frozen stin upon her. She to very
long tree, which had fallen down the steep de-
! clivlty, and, leaning on its smooth trunk she
slid perhaps 150 feet down the slope, and then
fell again. The struggle was over; she could do no
mere, and she lay inscnsible where she fell. By
wonderful coincidence = MI. Leiaig, who keeps o
hotel III the Yosemite, had chosen that day and that
trail for leaving the valley In passing along he no.
tlced tho track Of Lady Avonmore's slide down the
tree. Struck with curiosity he approached It, and,
TO his astonishment, saw what was evidently the
pTnS aSs Ysas MI vay oSS Sot n al Me a
found her. He carried her up. placed hef on his
horse and took her to Hutchings, where restorayes
were applied and she recovered, badly bruised but,
aftor all, not seriously injured, mohument ts her
own courage and coed luck. and to the chivalry OF
the "noblemen'' 20 whose cowardice she owed all
her dangers. Waen America shall have to fight for
her Alabama claims may Lord Harveys and Hon.
| Struts aud Flowers NJ. P.'s he her opponents.
| ---I~ . 80 --Ts., $500