The record-union., 1896-06-21
AN AVALANCHE STORY.
Some of the Wonders of This Resist
less Power of Nature.

IT see they have had a terrible avail
anche in Switzerland, said the man
with the yaller whiskers; "and that re-
minds me of an adventure my brother
had in wyoming a few years ago. Were
| any of you gentlemen ever on Bald
headed Mountain out there?" runs a
story in the Detroit Free Press.
None of the group had ever had that
honor. and, when informed of this, the
man continued:
My brother was prospecting and
hunting and had a rude cabin on the
side of the mountain. He was a
good man, my brother was. I've known
him to stick to the truth when he could
have made $500 by lying 1 wouldn't
do that of course, but 1 want you to
| understand what sort of a man my
brother was. L used to talk to him by
the hour, but he would insist upon tell
ing the truth"
PITY that more of the family didn't
| stick to that policy" sneered the man
with the blossom on his nose.
Yes, perhaps, but, then, all of us
do what we thing is for the best. My
brother had occupied the cabin for
about month, when it came on a
Had he known anything about avail
anches he would have been on the
| lockout; but, as he didn't, he smoked
his pipe and waited for the weather
to clear up. One night he was aroused
by a trembling and quivering of the
| earth, and just as he rolled out of his
blankets his cabin began to move down
hill, carried along on the breast of an
2VaIan6ha =
the valley, and ten miles across the
valley to Grizzly mountain"
Ten and three are thirteen milesl"
said the hardware drummer as he
sharpened his knife.
Exactly" replied the man with the
yaller whiskers. LAS my brother found
the cabin going and realized what was
| taking place, he out with his watch
and caught the time. 1 claim that he
Is the only man in the world who ever
tl1Iieu an avalanche. In exactly four
minutes to a second he was across the
Valley' and in exactly twenty eight
seconds more he was mile up Grizzly
mountain Then the avalanche had
spent its force and the cabin rested
his report on the speed of the ava
lanche has been accepted by the Royal
by all other societies."
And he wasn't hurt?" demanded tbe
man VINO could raise his scalp by work
ing his ears.
"A few trifiing scratches, sir, but he
vas greatly inconvenienced. At the
old location he had a spring close nj
hand. AT the new he had to walk half
a mile after fuel and water. He was
also a a n ioJa ola
trouble to breathe
But he hung on didn't hep" asked
the hardware drummer.
''Oh, yes
He hung on and waited for another
dEalanche TO carry him back to the
| old location?'
Exactly, sir! Yes, sir, at the end of
two weeks there was an avalanche
which carried him back to BaIdbeaded
Mountain. 1t also gives me pleasure to
inform you that this second avalanche
made the trip in five seconds less time
tnan the first. On this occasion NV
brother did not get out of bed at all.
and met with no accident except get
ting some dirt in his eye"
Its an awful pity that your brother
is dead!' said the man with a blossom.
Yes, it was a great loss to the coun-
| try at large
Because he would have made such
champion liar in a few years."
What" exclaimed the man with the
the yaller whiskers, as he rose up. DO
you think hny tt'other prevaricated
| about the avalanche?"
Worse than that. I think he lied
like a trooper."
Gentlemen, l trust you will excuse
my emotion-I know you will. None of
you may know what it is to hear a
dead brother vilified. I promised him
on his dying bed that 1 would never
strike a 21an in anger and L am there
fore helpless in this case except to
Withdraw | therefore withdraw. Good
evening, gentlemen-good EVENING"