The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-11-11
AN ENGLISH TOURIST.
He HEARS 4 sTosY or HOW HER
NIT MOUNTAIN WAS MINED.

An American ComnereIaI Traveller Tells
a Strange Yarn About the Lonely
Lovesiek Miner Of the seikirks-Th.
Mountain Was Named for Him.
The train had STOPPED near the hear:
Of the Selkirls. under the shadow OF :
great bare crSz. which the guide bool
said was the Hermit mountain. Tbs
rock rose almost precipitously, culminat
ing IN a crest extending tor hundreds oi
feet to the north. and the top Of the crest
xeined almost as shzrp as a razor. With
arms akinbo on the rail Of ths observs-
ton car vas an English tourist. who
wore a nor ocis and = stare, and seemed
very much bored by the scenery. Near
him stood a commercial traveller Of To
rontO, who was explaining how the
mountain got It's name.
Follow the edge Of the mountain
from its front 70 the rear ne said.
'.Risht where the edge breaks of YOU
see solitary pyramid From here II
seems 10 be only about SIX feet tail.
thoIgh IN reality IL is about thirty feet
high Don't you Sc it bears some re-
senblance 70 man: That Is the hermit.
and it Is this solitary pillar that gave
name 10 the mountain
Tie English tourist suddenly showed
indisations of interest BE edged little
nsarr. and remarked:
''beg pardon. did hear you say some
thin; about hermit
Tn commercial traveller gave his CON-
rade dig In the rihs. Why, yes.= ne
said 0 the tourist; didn't you ever hear
the rmarkable faGs about the hermit
here
No said the tourist
DRCNNER's STORY.
"W.u, II tell yoI the story, said the
drummer. its arenarkable one. and
every Eaveler ought TO know II You
see, aIout the tine Of the gold excite
ment II the Fraze river country way
back il lsJ6 a mar came here to make
his futune. One Of the miners had
brOugls into this Wild region his little
family. and aInone them was his daugh-
ter, very pretty girl. with whom this
other fellow fell mdly IN love. He had
a hated rival. Of curse. and IN a few
months this rival armed of the prize.
and hfe became blow mOcke-y TO the
disappointed lover. he became not only
a woman hater. on hater Of his kind,
and he made up hisnind he would spend
the rest OF his life a hermit.
$50 ne came tothis mountain. and
ha clamberei up int brish that You see
alongside. and be built him a hut Of
stones ard branches and there he BEGAN
MS new life. He had a IN and lived on
what ne could shoot. q lFie -four he got
from the settlement and ae berries and
roots he gathered. He ired that way a
good many years. brinsig down from
the mountain an occasioal fur OF bear
skin. which ne sold for rsvisi0ns. For
years now ne has beels q and unable 70
huut wei. bat nothing 5 ever induced
Him 70 give up his gnesife-
By this tine the Enssh tourist was
al eyes and ears. ". don't mean 70
tel me be said ss3v on earth does |
be live now
well. once a veekhe people who |
live in this little hamlsyou see here MI |
4 basket with provisional one OF them
takes II I'D 70 the TOP the mountain
When the hermit hearany body coming
he leaves his hat and streats into the 1
woods. The man VII the supplies
leaves the basket ar ie door. and the /
next fellow who eomelp with prOvis-
ions leaves another Lsket and takes
back the empty one
TKE TOURIST BIEvED II.
The hermit never eaks 70 anybody.
Early in the winter. ore there Is dan
ger Of a big fall otnow, a lot Of pro
visions Is taken up ton, for fear that
a heavy snowfall wiprevent any one
froTn reaching the {
Why. doesn't he sick and need
doctor soInetimesg ed the tourist
Nobody knows AZ be ever had
sick DAY. De Is oldut he's we'll You
see the air up there magnificent, and
there's no reason should be sick.
There he Is now Ctinued the drum
mer, in a state wild excitement.
There he Is; nears edge Of that rock
Don't yon see him
The EnglishmaIoked. but could see
nothing. He BORED a field glass and
was adjusting thecus when the man
exclaimed:
There, he's z. I Just caught a
glimpse Of himIe's up 50 high he
didn't look biggea speck, any way
Remarkable, ID the Englishman.
as he lapsed intoeat. BE rolled II al
over IN his mind a couple OF hours.
Meanwhile the s. Of the Englishman's
interest in the hdt had been told 10 a
number Of choic1irits, and there had
been much hilsy. One Of the men
who shared the was standing near
the Toronto Gruier. when the English
tourist sided NJ him again
Now. look a.. he said. ''honest, is I
that really all tabout the hermit
Certainly. itrle,- sid the com
nercial travel, Most ali tourists
know II, and aIne who lives in this I
country can ts'ou al about il. Ask
this man here.
The English turned 10 the other !
man. who rolds story OF the hermit a
over again. wione graphic and cir !
cumstantial ad5ns- The Englishman :
VIII probably Tare an account OF the
wonderful herfor the British press
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