Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

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Wei we started -Siepel and Ioa.
ing an The provisions exccpt a few sand
"iches with Franz and Gottino
weary walk brought us to the noaa
"hefe' according to Gotting. we v,oro 80
zee inc snow field. But there was moth.
ing OF the sort there peak Rose unan
pcak' out there was no great. level sno,s
,ieii stretching away at our feet srch ~
he had described = '''oii as
We looked at each Other in dia,..
/ 10 add toour distress the vyo.tIas 10,
l'ad hitherto been beautiful, began to ~,
overcast Light wreaths of mist wore
settiing on the higher summit of H.
mountain. sure signs Of a coming storm
however, there was no use IN o,i,a
oack We should perhaps not be abla to
una franz and Gotting again If bewil.
dered as we now were. we ATTEMPTED IN
get BACK to them. Our only chance was
! forward. " 40
ilred and dispirited we walked on
turning round only to look at the gath.
ering clouds which were now Mir,
themselves dark and threatening behind
US The wind, too, began to rise We
determined TO 90 downward. indeed we
were too much exhausted to 90 any
hiSher or waste any more time in look.
ing for the chalet.
Inc ground seemed to get more rough
the lower we went, and the tremendous
gusts Of wind which whistled round ns
made the descent most dangerous
treat scattering raindrops now began to
iaii and we halted on a ledge of rock
utterly worn out.
The storm increased and in a short
Time was at lis height. The rain came
down IN torrents, completely drencbiDp
US. The lightning with binding flashes
played all round, kissing and illumiDinp
Tor an instant the awful grandeur Of the
scene, while the thunder pealed and
crashed overhead, each crag and wall Of
rock echoing the sound and increasing
1t an hundred fold
/ We had thrown our rites away. afraid
that the lightning would strike them
and stood waiting for the storm TO abate
When we resumed our descent we were
trembling with cold in every limb. The
ar, which was warm enough before
was now piercingly cold and the wind
drove snow and bits of ice against our
faces with binding force.
went first, and for a long time neither
of us spoke, Only when a particularly
dangerous place was crossed gave the
warning, Look to the rightr' or ITO the
| left! as the case might be.
Siegel led the way when was tired,
and thus we proceeded with the greatest
caution, as a false step would have been
almost certain death. till we got to more
level ground
Here we again encountered thickets of
/ knieholz. We were already congratu-
latmg ourselves on having got the worst
over when we were suddenly stopped bv
a precipice OF Wand" down which il
would have been impossible for a goat tc
| 60 1t was a sheer descent Of at least
eighty feet
This was dreadful disappointment
/ We walked along the edge for some way
but as far as we could see the Wand ex-
tended for miles. had already thrown
myself on the ground and had given az
all hopes of life, when shout from
Sicgel, who had gone on little way
made me once more spring to my feet
fastened to him He was standing
over a narrow hole in the rock almost
hidden by bushes of the knieholz
We are saved! we are saved" he
cried He explained to me how, when
/ had given up in despair he suddenly
thought that he remembered the place
we were in and had remembered, too
that if it were indeed the part Of the
mountain he supposedly to be, there wss
a circular hole in the rock forming the
Wand by which the chamois hunters
scaled the otherwise inaccessible place
He had gone on, had found the opening,
and fearful OF losing the spot had stood
over it and called till came
We slid safely down this chimney like
hole, which is not much more than
twenty feet in depth, and easily descend
ing the lower part of the Wand, which
is here much broken, arrived famished
and half frozen. at 10 O'Clock al night, at
a woodman's hut Sisgel knew Of in the
valley below Here we obtained warmth
and shelter
Three of the woodmen Immediately
started up the mountain and returned in
a few hours with poor Franz who was
very much exhausted. not so much from
cold-as Gotting had contriyed to light g
fire. and they had provisions-as from
loss of blood.
| once asked Siagel what be would
have done if he had not found that open
ing I'VE should, he said, "have struck
our alpenstacks into the ground and have
walked round them all the night TO keep
Off sleep. which if it conquered us would
of course. have been fatal If we lived
till dav broke we should have tried to
find our way back to the Others,
Whether we were likely TO succeed IN
50 doing. cold. hungry and exhausted as
we were. the reader may judge.
As for Franz, he completely recovered
from his wound and have hunted many
time with him since that memorial Die
day. The Marquis Of Lorne in Youth
Com"1nion.
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