The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05

my Matterhorn suit-a serge shirt
waist, knickerbockers of canvas duck,
and my hobnailed shoes. 1 had lin
en- skirt, but as no one was up at the
hotel, 1 simply rolled the skirt into a
bundle and hung it from my belt. On
the other side I hung a small chate-
laine bag containing sandwich, some
pieces of chocolate, few raisins and
a small bottle of brandy. I carried no
wrap, though I would have been glad
to have one. Every ounce of weight
counts. My skirt weighed about two
pounds, and really made quite good
deal of difference. In my hands 1 had
only my alpenstock.
II had hoped that some one would
make the trip with me- but no one
semed willing to go, so I had to do it
all alone or not at all. The only thing
1 feared were bears and accidents.
Bears have been seen in the woods
there, but verybody assured me that
the bear would run first if 1 would
give it the chance, so I tried
not to be disturbed. A young
lady did see a bear a few years ago
to sketch. The bear was in the path
ahead of her, but. luckily, was going
away from her. She followed cautious
" until the bear branched off and then
she went ahead and made her sketches
She said that the only thing that troub-
led her was the fact that she would be
UP on the mountain all day and couldn't
tell anybody about it until she got back
at night.
CAS- for accidents, there is always
danger ofmaking a misstep, of slipping
or stepping on rolling stones. The re-
suit may be anything from a sprain to
fall of hundreds of feet. Being en-
tirely alone, any accident would have
been much more serious in it's cOnSe-
quences. Hence 1 went much more
carefully and somewhat less rapidly
than l should have done had 1 been
with some one else. However, 1 got to
the summit of Madison in two hours
and twenty minutes. Some men have
made it in two hours, but my time was
very good, indeed, especially with the
work I-had ahead of me. I stopped
only once going up, for about two min
utes at Salmacis brook. / rested few
minutes, about ten, on top of Madison
and ate a piece of chocolate.
1T was cold and windy. The air
was good for the going, but the wind
was so keen and cold that, even when
l was exercising, it sometimes seemed
to strike clear through me. When
started from Madison to Adams 1 made
a mistake which cost me three-quarters
of an hour in time and a great eX-
penditure of strength. l attempted to
take the route which L had tried to
find the week before. The regular path
runs around the north side of John
Quincy, the little peak between Madi-
son and Jefferson. 1 had been told by
one man to go around the south side
instead. He said it was shorter. Very
foolishly 1 tried to do this There was
no trail, the rocks were very large and
rough, and [ finally got into lot of
scrub which was hopeless. At last
1 concluded to strike right straight up
to the col or neck of the mountain, and
right there than I did on the Matter
born.
II got up there all right, though, and
reached the summit of Adams one hour
and twenty minutes from the time l
left Madison. 1 have done it by the
old trail in three-quarters of an hour
less, so that little experiment was a
costly one in time and energy. I think
that, without doubt, it was on this part
of the range that the violinist who
disappeared from the Summit house
several years ago, was lost. I thought
of him and hoped 1 wouldn't run across
his remains. L also hoped l shouldn't
leave my own remains around there,
but sometimes L didn't feel sure. l
would have to Slide twenty feet down
a rock, for instance, but if 1 hadn't stop
ped at the right place the twenty feet
| would have become several hundred
| feet. The precipices were not so high
as those of the Matterhorn, but they
were high enough to make a fall over
| them fatal,
'I think I ate sandwich while
| rested on top of Mount Adams. l was
/ UP in the clouds now, but 1 went on
] over Jefferson and Clay After I had
| gone over Clay, 1 struck the railroad
about mile from the summit of Mount
| Washington, and I finished that climb
on the ties. At first it seemed a great
| relief to walk on anything so smooth
| but after while it became almost I'M
| endurable. 1 was obliged to take steps
which were too short and to keep con-
! slant watch lest 1 overstep. 1t was
| the most nervous, wearing feature OF
| the whole day. and when 1 reached the
| Summit house, l felt good deal like
| collapsing.
ut was 1915 when I got there, and
| that was three-quarters of an hour
later than I had planned and than
| would have been there if [ had not
| tried the new route-which was nc
route at ALL I felt pretty we'll used up
| and it was largely owing to worry
over my being late. The days were