Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-27

bottom out of an einptv wine bottle which
 they found in the hut, and by putting can
 dle into the neck improvised very fair lam
 tern.
 ssThus equipped, the two guides made
 their way to the crevasse, where they were
 rejoiced to hear shout from Schlegel, and
 to learn that he was not so bad as they
 feared, and that he required the help of only
 one of them On this Kaufmann, after giv- ing Egger lift over the crevasse, returned to the hut, leaving his ompanion to bring up
 the porter and his bag. By this lime it was o'clock and quite dark, and few minutes afterward Egger's candle went out. Unable for lack of match to relight it, he was com pelled to grope his way partly ou his hands end knees in the direction Of SchlegePs voice, whom he eventually succeeded in reaching Then the two men, seated side by side on the snow, began to seek for matches and trim their lanterns. Just as SchIegel struck a l light he heard Egger call out that he had cut himself. It was too true; the poor fellow
 had severed the radial artery of his right arm with the jagged edge of his bottle lantern. After vainly trying to stop the bleeding, Schle- ! gel set off for the crevasse, with the inten- I ton, If by any possibility he could make his
 voice heard, of summoning the others. But he had only gone few yards when Egger
 called him back; he felt that he was dying, | he said
 | 'tAll night long the two men lay on the snow, Egger bleeding slowly to death, and | Schlegel, by reason of his illness and long | exposure to cold, little more than alive In | the meanwhile, Herr Anderfuhren and Kauf- | mann remained in the hut, ignorant of what had befallen their companions, and utterly unable to afford them any help, or even to ascertain what had become of them. Egger had taken the only candle they had the | others being in the bag, and the night was so l dark that to have ventured forth among the
 precipices which surrounded them and the | rifts which in every direction intersected the | track would have been to court destruction. Toward three o'clock, however, the darkness being by that somewhat less intense, they | left the hut, and, roped firmly together made with the utmost caution for the crevasse. This they safely crossed, and. guided by the light of Schlegel's lantern succeeded in reaching the spot where the two men lay
 Both were in pitiable condition, and Eggers arm was still bleeding profusely. Herr | Anderfuhren's and Kaufmann's first pro. | ceeding was to take of their flannel shirts | and give them to their disabled comrades, who had suffered terribly from the cold | Then, after hurried consultation they re- solved to descend to Grindelwald with all l speed for more strength and surgeon. Un- fortunately, and as strangely as unfortunate ly, it occurred to none of them to contrive a tourniquet, as with a pocket handkerchief l and the butt of an alpenstock they easily might have done, and bind up the wounded mAn arm aooVe the cut. Long Defore they
 could return Egger was dead, and on the fol
 lowing day his body was carried down to Grindelvald. Schlegel is seriously i'll, and it 1 is doubtful if he will recover. Egger's life l was insured in guides insurance society, organized, I believe, by the Swiss Alpine
 club; but as it's policies cover only the risks
 of the ordinary climbing season. and expire
 in October, his widow and children are left
 altogether without provision, except such as
 may be granted by the Commune and sub
 scribed by the charitable"