The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-30
IN MID AIR.


IN MID AIR.
From Frank IeSiic'S.
You'll not get bacl, 10 Chill that way,
senior; not with whole throat, that Is.
I Id sooner 90 from here across the Pam
pas, alone, IN spite of the wild Indian
/ ho->emen and their fire hardened spears,
than | would try the smooth, broad pass
of San Felipe, over the Cordiilcras, here
at hand. Five diligcuccs and carro>sa,
rih,d in nine day.. And not u soldier 10
protect the road! The saints be good TO
| Us. for the government ut the Republic
does little Tor us, here, tothc west. Only,
. if / were YOU, Don Carlos Disby, | would
not be i'll too great hurry To make ac-
quaintancc with Diego and hI, band
These were the facts OF TIN ca,c: !, the
/ Charles Digby to whom my excellent
friend. Don Miguel Lopez, storchcrper
and ulculde of the pretty town of san
Juan. had addressed the above weIl-ln-
/ tended warning, WAS simply u young
EnrHshman. who had been long enough
m south America 60 be fluent III Spanish
. speech, and to have learned something OF
/ the prculiaritie, of the country. | was
! being by profession an cugIuorr-supcr-
iutrndent or manager of the Great Her
maudnd silver Mine. on the western or
/ CnII!lau side of the southern chain OF the
/ Andes. and ! had crossed the mountains
/ 10 San Juan to arrange for the purchase
and transport OF provisions and stores,
But the homcwurd road had suddenly
become dangerous and difficult. y band
( %: robbcrs-headcd by noted leader call
ed Diego, who had once, | was told, been
captain in the army of the Banda ORR
entule, but had rebellcd, or refused to
Join in military pToH,mcio"u"to,l tor
yet which-wcrc committing great cruel
ties on the ordinary road that led across ia
mountains. In little more than week
they had stopped above hundred tray
cIrr,. had robbed all, murdered several,
p and put few, who had offered resistance
or wcrc',uspectrd of possessing boarded
money. to the torture. Such episodes of
.I,c in New Spain were too common To-
excite much surprise. Captain Diego
Wa, merely yudcayorIug, 10y the yl"ur Of
hi, carly atrocities, 10 invest his name
with a wholesome halo OF terror, immcd-
atrlv profitable in the form of plumber
and ransom, and which might not impos
s,bly lead To- the whole gang OF highway
men being bought oft on their own terms,
and taken into government employment
4 IL deputy. and police officials;
. but. IN the interval, the little town OF san
Juan was crowded with travellers, unwi!l-
ms, to incur the risk Of proceeding on
. their Journey.
Among tho,cthu detained WAS aNourg
English lady, who, with her parents and
her voang brother, were on their way to
/ Chill from Bucnos Ayrcs, where they re-
/ sided. She was very beautiful glri,
/ whose golden hair and bright comp.cNi"n
( looked all the lovlicr because the style OF
| her beauty coutrusted 50 torcbly with tn"
/ raven locks. dark flashing eyes and SAL
low tint of the olive skinned Spanish So
uoras. met with her more than once
during my stroll through the streets ana
t,le plaza. bat we were not acquainted,
and 1t WAS bv the merest accident that |
learned that tine name Of the family was
Trevor.
At lust | lost all patience, and, chatting
nt the delay, Vet unwilling To run INT"
the lions mouth bv attempting the fclIpr
Pass | hired mule ind a guide, and,
leaving the stores had bought to follow
me AT leisure. | set OF for the more rug
r,d and rarely frequent passage called
Las Nevcs, or, The SHOWS, and especially
toil>omc route, leading the pilgrim over
some of the highest grounds IN the South
cru Andes. but which was reasonably Sc
cure from hrigands.
The first DAYS march was easy and I'M
eycut'u The puebla, or cultivated piaih,
wa, cr -scd, and then came tn" gradual
ascent ofthc spurs OF the mountain range,
dotted us they were with hamiets, hcIdS,
and here and there the silent smart anu
/ heaps Of droNs and Scorlr that 'hu''"''u
| the situation oil some abandoned mint
1t : To morrow, senior lnG'c''' al"
/ Antonio, the guide, young IAdlah iron,
. the highlands above Us, "that our rear
work VIII ''E'h' US j. n'y'e PRONE ''',
made out we must 'rulS' ".r' an" .""S
i" '''ar lne u'N'"','I' ,'|''' |"I ""'''',S
I pace 10 i'e''''"'''''N' 'N' O''N Il anu
darh ,r..
/ We >''P' "' I"' ''''''" ''1
noon GU "a, ,.'s, a'' -, n,',rr.,.I ,Ln
aiF,e 'E" No. ,t a.r.nt Tnr na,h WAS stccp
M .I I.r,l'nr mad il led amidst the
,n[., .,ys,c rayinr. and inaccessible
hc;nh,s Of the stony CordilIrra. Noiour-
s,,,.J textures les, ,urctootcd than 8
.o" ,,I,,,,,rJ SaE,v have ycnturcd to carry
'I,.,.I nm -, narrow and pcriluus track
' ,T,, " ir,Li,b wo,,I like a white snake
sm ,,i,', the brctIing prccjplcrs and yawn-
.',s7rts which make up the most char