Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-03

49, S1asssssy y ne usspsee a the
( ossa q nssAara--Kivss lsdssstisa -
/ ususeAaag Wrsee-sh.ass aad Deli
oosu6 essneIsA.
{, q tss pekticular occasion referred TO, I
oeefled ffom Maxtigny at q. m. and in-
tGn6ed 10 traverso the thirty miles TO the
hurece q tAe Great g. Bernard before
Neuhk Tire being of consequence,
ohou9ht o pFudent, % a. to get to the
fur 3 nea1 - Be cooked at Orsieres or
EA6deo, but pressed forward to the last
p1aee before the snow tramp commenced,
- Canttne d Pfux There I met with
youne nob1emAn and his guide After nm
6taehange Of inquiries, and an offer ON
NJ part Of some chocolate and biscuits to
~ other travellers, As the cantine was
hoed up that day in c&tables, we set out
euEuther, and had crossed the Plan de Ma
xengo without any prcsentiment Of what
w. going to happen. The frpt Indication
q something wrong wns the peculiar ap.
peaxnnce which my surroundings seemed
% assunns. Everything looked hazy to
my vision-even the snow and the rocks
lying about looked as II enyelopcd in
foa, Although the afternoon was bcauti-
II
6ovn snd enyov n: but the guides flask
~ kirrchw.sser set me roinr arain. Very
soou. however. the former feeling re.
furn.d: Int the same treatment tempo
rarily recovered me. Al last l took to
stnmhlins slone. Glt down several times.
and Ct length could not help myself. My
ooOpanions urged me In vain to arouse to
one more effort, but It was useless.
The guides experience was now Of the
us,nost serv;ce. niyininu The cxact state
~ ~ csse, and yrhnt might hanpen. he
scci : rerv seps;ble course leaving the
sns,nn,s to see 10 me bc hurried forward
- mcet the two monks who ALWAYS came
down from the hospice at a particular
hour each day. so as 10 obtain their
efncisnt helm. On their arrival. the mar
ouis either went on. on his own account.
81 ~ reouested TO 20 forward with the
dav that his report was. that uM 10 -
~ S.d - rsr..hed % IN the snow. % - In the
,reantime the two monks and uuido took
ne Al hand. and. shaking me up. made
INV hands clasp a belt around the guides
wsist. ana each Of the monks took an
arm. The former acted as a substitute
for horse power and the two latter as
wheels. A for myself was fast bccom-
fpa A dead weight. Between the cantine
and the hospice there IA a space of seven
an(pa half miles Of very rough walking.
uphill. Of course. and with 4 depth OF
scyeral feet Of snow where the cantonpiers
had not cleared A path. suspect TINT
nv teliyerers had very difIicult task,
oyer a least Ave miles. to keep me from
sDn341nr into thst eIesp frum which there
- valipa.
- oeneetjons of that tourney during
ooG11unal slsams q cnnsciousness viii
n6SI - erSued from nv mind. n there
n1eK = e1oonce q eerfatic deljRht as
o10s Uortisp II there Z. Il must have
- nocnsthfpx lFke Il. a the very thing
4fe1f Vykich 1 snioyed that day. No
8op6o en- poasibly express the surpassinr
$3.50 which felf to ait down and ent0V
1T f1afcity--and sleep. But INV inexora.
~ ff1en3s knew that rleep meant death.
"A though INV repeated appeals OF
Wunnce1nent, fioucemept,n were plaintiye
Gn0nah. they were met by retloubled
eGHeSs % force me onward. even wher INV
ovvn leRs would not move any longer The
oolIapse was complete, During the sus-
tn1ned efforts OF the three men. had but
momentary Qlimpses OF consciousness. /
scmemler ses.inu two sonetbin0s. black
one an each side. but very indjstircf
These. OF course. were the friendlv
monks. The one Overwhelming idea that
IilIcd nv mind then was how to get TO
that sIeep. that blissful euthauasia which
poets have sung about. but which NV
companions were doing their hest 10 rob
me 81, just when / had GOT Il within INV
grasp.
Another lucid interval occurred inst as
we approached the door OF the hospice. for
/ saw two or three CT the dogs: and then
I was lost again. till found myself IN the
laroe room. surrounded by several Of the
Of orange flowers, and that was followed
nv anna warm hroth Than apofher