Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-18
AHoaG ANAER0w LEDGE.
a I'eriIIOus Adventure ia white
NOuntnin EaViur.

= PliladelUhia telegram SAYS: william T..
Tqsti, romantic Young man 81 his cliy
,ua nephew of United states Appraiser Ba.
lc., has Just mad narrowing escape from
ocIth rlyluC Of The White mountlns.
Baker is clerk IA the appr,u.er's Office here,
and Dee ard bis friend, LAWYER Charles
brown, "a society mau aud tenor IN the Church
al iAc Holy Trinity, set out three weeks ago
onaVactson. After visiting many places Of
interest ihcy last Mond1y reached The Inter
Nj, nou.e, White mountains. IN tuesday
morning 20 O'Clock they started 20 go up
10 The summit % M. Washington. The
inurncy was begun ia a carriage with two
! God horses, and they were To change teams
atthc Glen House, 1t the base OF the noun
tan, twenty miles away.
Mr.. Baker ba, scaled the widest bits ~
mountain hei1hts ia the Eastern range, and
Ice hll beard much OF the beauties 81 Tuck
Crman'e raviuc, which is deep cut in the
point OF NJ. Washington. lie was Wild 10
20 through the ravne by the way which
leads TO the summit House. The guide tod
him such a journey was perllous, no one
having attempted il this season, and that tde
paint spots placed here aud there On the
rocks - guide had probably been washed
away by The storms. Mr. Baker. however,
WAS determined, and. alishting from the car
rage. agreed TO meet the party at The Summit
House. thinking he would safely cut through
the ravne ard be at the summit IN an hour
and bali. IL was not COR several hours,
however, when many had given him up for
dead, that he reached the summit House,
having gone through terrible adventure,
cut. bruised. and completely exhausted.
lie says that after leaving the carriage the
sceucrv in the ravine was perfect, but Wild
and rugged. lie jourueyed on. once or
twice saw the paint signs on the rocks, and
had no doubt OF his ability TO make his way
over against one OF the centre clltls. Far up
The ravine be sighted ions and tons OF snow.
Thinking II would be novel 10 dabble IN snow
In july ne hurried out Of the path, forded a
stream. and doubling several cliffs reached
fbe snow and amused himself by throwing
snow-balls in the air and hearing them
drop away down in the cnasin below.
Wncn tired OF this ne turned back 10
ind The path, but all his notion Of Tho
way was gone. lie ma0,ged, after much
search. 10 detect II ledge 81 rock hardly q
foot wide that led straight across the face Of
the clil and over at abyss hundreds OF feet
deep, aud took It reluctantly as a venture
Ii was slippery and uneven, and often he
had 10 crawl and bold on 10 the bushc'
growing along the side. The labor was cX'
iiaugiiuc, and, a. Sir. Baker found NJ
strength going, be cried for help agaln ant
agmn. but snll pushed and crawied, and
alter half an hour, came 10 ledge perhap'
thsee feet wide. lie cried with horror
upon discovering that it was at the end o
The path.
iirie hfr. Baker tainted from exhaustion
and terror. anu rcsaining his senses lev
hours later, discovered, two feet above bin
BIT Os shrubOert growing out Of The clil
Spnuging for this, be barely caught 1t auC
kwuag himself around 20 place Of safety
thai, 10 bis delight, led down luto basin o
rock. From there he struck Crawford
ifail. reached the United STATES Signal Service
house. aBd finally Attpined the SUNNI
Hou.e. lie zen 'hc shock OF his adventure
for two or three days.