The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-15

| E4ACly1I SuiS W. -AS
merely inunehed his food and blandly
permitted rs TO interest each other as
best 10 might.
AZ last my irfer6;vith- a ely wink. set
out UPON an audacious venture
"Aiy chief disappointment 10 visiting
Norway" he grarely began. has been
in failing 70 discover multttudinous
evidences Of glacial situations"
The professor here nearly upset his
bowl OF 0roed in his excitement and in
aBahl Tut, tutl Nonsense! An alb.
surd statement from an apparently in.
tclligent traveller. Why, they are every.
where. Thick as tho leaves. Mark
eycry rock at each valley side. You
must DO dreaming, sir. BAIL"
Ny friend merely opened his eyos as
| IL in polite inquiry or definite robutlal
| Of bis observation aud calmly proceeded.
~ am clso satisfied, from most pains.
taking investigations-and this has
been q source Of perturbed anxiety 70
me in NorWay-that tho so-called 'truo
glacier Is, as a body, quiescent; that 1t
does not itsolt move; that only de-
tachcd portions Of the parent accumu'
lation-".
Hero Professor Dotrius Morainc
wruug his lips with his napkin as II in
a very agony Of impatienco. tossed 1t
from him with snRppiag fingers, and
brought his Est down upon tho table
with 90 resounding q whack that the
dishes danced jigs and Ralops Of tho
liveliest description.
"That only detached portions Of the
parent accumulation"
"The detached portion OF the parent
accumulation represented in any per-
son who will give utterance to such
idiocies, cir, is either q scolestic ruftian
! or an illimitible aSs, sir! There's my
card, sir! shall DO hero until morn
Ing. sir. Oh, Lord! what stupefaction
OF ignorance! BAIL
With this the doughty Professor
stormed out Of the room, slumming tho
door Yiciously behind him; and my In
eenious friend, after deciphering the
card and handing it to mo for iuspec.
ton with, Twenty kroners, please"
broke into as hearty laughter as ever
rang through the droniug passages Of a
smfy Norwegian inn, In which / hilari.
ously Joined, well repaid i'll the result Of
tho petty Investment.
We fully resolved TO present our
humblest apologies in the morning and
endcayor TO secure tho professors toler.
ance II not his friendship and esteem;
but we were informed by the innkeopor
that tho brave knight OF science had
paced his room until altor midnight
Awaiting como message from tho Two
dolts no had mot at supper" and, dis
appointed in this. had snatched few
hours OF rest, and departed long before
we had arisen for tho dreary Midtfeld
with happy-hearted Lars.
In relating this, the wenther'wiso
landlord shrugged his shoulders aud
shook his head forebodingly. Then,
CHANGING at tho frozen wastes OF the
Midtfield, he said gloomily:
liars will cano back. HE sister,
IIansino. will return. All tho saotor-
girls and tho herds will descend in good
time to tho valleys. But the mountain
storms arc making carly; and II we see
that forhaerist (obdurato) man again, l
fear tho folk OF Romsdal will have to
dig him out from under the MtdtGeld
enows!
II was this remark which determined
our remaining in and about Ormein un-
Ill we had set eyes on the fair Hansine
and could surely know that Professor
Detrius Nloraine had turned his back
upon the dangerous folds Of Norway.
It Is no easy task to climb to these
Norwegian saeters. Some arc from
twenty TO sixty miles from the valley
banlcts and farms. That Of Rtippehul,
or Crag-holloW, which Lars and the Pro-
fossor sought, was perhaps no more
than twelve miles distant from tho
Romsdal highway, but certainly moro
than twice that distance by the circuit
| Gus and tortuous way.
The path was plain enough TO Lars,
as TO all those Norwegian Alpine climb
ers audto tho wise ponies utilized TO car
~ supplies 10 tho saetcra and bring
back again their pack-loads Of butter
and cheese; but q stranger to those
mighty rayines and crags would have
been irretriovabiy lost atter half days
wandering.
They encountered many Of the pic
| turesoue PROFESSIONS OF cattle, sheep,
uosts, ponies laden with huge packs
with pots aud ko.tlcs swaying melodi'
ousIy beside them, grave rnountainesrs
CARRYING enormous burdens while smok-
| lug their comforting pipos, aud lissomo
saeter girls in their bright bodices,
| white caps and short skirts, each bear
| ing upon her shoulders yoke, from
which depended baskets. clothing and
all manner OF aaotcr paraphernGlia, and
each calcavade preceded by the farmer
owner, blowing unearthiy blasts from
tho lar or birch-bark trumpet; and
these reminders Of the desertion OF tho
mountains OF their summon occupants
urged Lars and tho professor forward Of
removed speed.
As It was, they were obliged to pass q
night beside q lonely tarn, shut In by
black, iorbidding walls, with snow'clad
peaks for tho only outlook beyond.
Hero Lars genius for surmounting
difficulties was aptly illustrated. Dur.
ing tho last two hours ascent, Lara had
gathered here and there overy dead
branch OF wood that came in sight, as
vol 40 punches OF juniper branches.
With his toiikniU or belt knife which
every Norwegian peasant carries, and
some bits OF strong cord possessed by
every Norwegian post-boy for mcnding
broken harness, he had arranged these
| in compact punches, bestowing them
on his head, shoulders aud body, un'
Ill ho was completely hidden from
sight
With the dry wood no built cheer
full fro. Tho juniper branches pro-
vided their bed, which was laid In o
snug anglo Of projecting rock. a
travelling rug aud a stout carrlolee
blanket formed their covering, and