The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-06
THE ICE-SHROgD d.

THE lCE-SHROJD.
1t takes a deep grave to bury a murder
safe and fast. Earth crumbIeS. wafer
filters away and the dead face. with IFS
accusatory scar pleads to Heaven for
Justice. Even the sea casts its outraged
dead up for man to render Judgment on
The thrilling dramatic story of Eugene
Aram, bounded TO punishment by his
crime, IS paTalleled by the following re-
cent occurrence in Bavaria
Two months ago a party Of French and
English tourists scaled the Adlerberg, one Of
the highest peaks of the Bavarian TvroL In
[ crossing deep chaSm which formed the bed
OF one OF the winter torrents whose fury sears
the face of the mountain, one of them drop
/ ped his haverSack. \ guide volunteered to
. descend for it, and was fastened to a rope
. and lowered.
He had scarcely reached the bottom when
he uttered cry of horror
1mbedded in the fint-hard blue ice which
. covered the bottom OF the ravine, removed
. from the melting warmth OF the sun, was
THE CORPSE OF MAN
+ 1t was completely enshrouded by the ice,
which had preserved it perfectly The body
was that OF handsome young man with
/ blonde hair and beard The right temple
was beaten in, and the right Jaw and cheek
smashed Otherwise the corpse was unscar-
red
lllllllSfakanIr
OF refinement about him, the dead man was
/ plainly some tourist, or otherwise a stranger
to the district. With infinite trouble what
was left of him was disinterred from his fro
zen grave and removed to Mackerfels, the
nearest village.
Theauthoritics at Innsbruck were notified.
and no pains were spared to effect an identi-
hcation, but for week all efforts were una
yailing
The corpse had been placed i'm an clubhouse
attached to the cottage of the village minis
ter At midnight, q week after the discOv-
cry, dreadful OutcTy from the shed reused
the inmates OF the cottage. The door OF the
clubhouse was found to have been forced open.
y little fire of twigS had been kindled in one
corner, and by its light a man could be dis
cerned crouching before it and glaring at the
corpse with
EYES WILD WITH HORROR.
The stranger, who was recognized as Ig-
natZ iIoZteurcr, notorious poaCher and
SmugglcT, was completely nneTyed, helpless
and SpcechlesS. Although without suspicion
as to his guilt, the pastor deemed it safest to
secure him, fearing that in his distraction he
might injure himself. lie made no resist
ancc. Before daylight lie had told story
which proved him to be the murderer of the
unknown stranger-an assassin whom one
of those ineXplicable pEantasies which fate
delights in had led, through months of fan
cied security, TO the cXpiatiOn of his crime.
More than year before Carl Werner, a
young artist who had spent the summer in
.
Adlcrberg, prepared to return to Munich
He sent his light baggage to the railroad at
Innsbruck. proposing himself TO cross the
mountains on foot, SkctchinC as he went.
His last night at the village inn at AlberS-
doTf, where ne had spent the summer, was
devoted To a meTry-making, in which all the
neighboTS were invited to participate at his
expense.
One of the guests was Anna Fuerhach, the
daughter of the village blacksmith, a pretty
and light haired girl of eighteen, to whom the
artist host
PAID MANY EARNEST ATTENTIONS,
which attracted the grim notice of the girls
accepted lover, ICnatz iiolZfeurer. This
man, a stalwart mOuutaiHeer, renowned
through all the district as the most daring of
all the gunpoWdeT and tobacco SmugglerS
who iufest the Austrian frontier, had been
Suitor for the blaCkSuith'S daughter for more
than year. The girl liked him but her
father did not.
The latter had signified to her his will that
she should marry young farmer in the
neighborhood. Anna, fearing to provoke
her lover to a fury which would destroy her
bUcOlic woOeT, had never spoken to lgHatZ of
him. She had simply said
''My father, lgnatz- objects to our mar
rage
When Ignatz saw his aggTayatiBg sweet
heart flirting with the painter he at once be
came possessed of the idea that the latter
/ was the obstacle in the way of his happiness.
Ills FURY WAS COMPLETE
when he saw Werner draw the girl into
corner and kiss her. Only the interference
of a couple of his companions kept him from
/ asSaulting the artist ON the spot.
He sought the earliest opportunity of
speaking to Anna FeUrbach, and said
81 have more than once asked YOU To mar
" me- / have thrown my soul at your feet.
Without YOU ] am lost man. Viii you then
save my life ? l now ask you for the last
time. VIII YOU be my wife -
The girl, startled by the suppressed passion
in his voice, did not reply until the question
was repeated; then She said
Il cannot
you refuse me, then -
God help us both, / must
" on must What nonsense! II YOU love
me as you swear you do, what can prevent
your becoming my wife
YOUR FATHERS WISH ALONE"
(Which must fulfill. 1 dare not disobey
him
The smuggler bit his lip till the blood trick
[ led from under his set teeth, loOkingisteadily
/ down meanwhile into the girls white face
with eyes that bIazed under their busly
broWS-
you choose that young fool then forme?'
/ he said hoarsely.
/ Il cannot help myself. / must"
"Then listen. Ii you marry him you win
have to marry dead man. -
And he strobe away.
Frightened out of her wits, the girl CON
/ triypd 10 convey warning to iier farmer
+ lover that same night. The young man took
I measures to defend himself without delay.
for Holzfeurer's desperate character was
/ well known.
THE VENGEFUL sNUGGLER
meanwhile was busy following the false trail
his jealousy-blinded eyes fancied they had
/ discovered. His fierce heart had doomed to
death the innocent painter. Poor Werner
for harmless Irritation had put his unsus-
picious life at the mercy of staiwart mad
/ man, goadcd to desperation by disappointed
love
The artist shOuldered his kHapsack at ear
I " daylight and started on his tramp across
I the Alderberg As he left the village he was
+ overtaken BY HolZfeureT who carried q
heavy rifle on his shoulder. Glad of the
I company of one who knew the mountain -
well, Werner greeted the smuggler cordially
The latter replied curtly. Fancying that hC
was suffering from his last nights spree be
the painter, took no notice of his gTutt man
ner, and the pair tranped on side by side.
They had gained the summit of the noun
tain when the sun rose At their feet
clasnl bridged by a single log, yawned. :
shallow stream cTaWied through tie dee
gap and fell in cascade down the mOuntai
side.
II We could only reach that water, ol