The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-14

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BIS guide. zurbrlggen. and NJ u,r'
per- were surprised By darkness N
position where Il was Impossible ~,
them TO advance. A. Il was EQUALS
impossible for them 10 spend the MIN,
where they were. hanging 10 narrow
lodges Of rock covered with thin ia
they were obliged 70 retrace their Zen,
"a slow and painful process Al M
they reached a spot that might answer
their purpose ledge some fourteen
feet long and eighteen inches broad II.
which the three men could just map(e.
to sil
Il seemed 10 us a. sheltered a plse.
a. any upon the slope. bat should thers
be any great fall Of stones In the nlsh,
| feared that ue should have but 4
small chsnee OF escape. No soons,
had We seated ourselves than we
heard the omnibus whlr OF IAN.
lng stones This was Bot The
commencement Of clnnonade that
vas kept up a Intervals through.
iui the night The rocks Jew past d,
20 close that a. times We could almost
EEL the wind on our faces We never
iared 10 much ~ 20 close an eye an
alghi Tor fear Of slipping into the abyn
below
The cold became intense. the ther.
nomeier dropping twenty-five DEGREES
and AZ most Of our garments had been
soaked In wadlng through the melting
nov. they frofe hard
Harper took on bis boots and placed
he feet 10 his knapsack. 40 that. had
he fallen. h. could not possibly have
recovered himself zurbrigEen also
took on his boots and sat upon them 10
keep them warm Cor the morning. lefi
they should BE- frozen. and he should
End himself unable 10 get Into then
again.
We did our best 20 keep up our
spirits by singing songs. the most ap.
propr.aie Of which seemed 20 BE-. we
Won't Go Home TIN Morning
There was no moon. and the night
was intensely dark. though the
weather vas clear. while the slight
breezes from the southwest seemed 70
chill us 20 the bone. Amer midnight
Fe gradually zen silent. and ava not
even talk. while Harper doled for 4
moment CT two and nearly iumbled %.
had 20 catch hold of him and retain
nay grip till be could regain hls b
ance u then occurred 10 o. that n Il
spread one Of the pieces Of macklnl
iosh sheeilng Over 6df ftlsisard light.
cd some Vandiel beneath q. W loud
Do warmer.
We found the plan successful naa
tepi on lifhfIng candiea. 40 thar Ne
'ouii warm our nngers az them ana
'illl remain seated On our cfamped DO.
hiion. Luckily uo bad an ample sap.
a'y. and could continue 20 burn then
ill The dawn bsgan TO appear n seem.
] - N ~ NAN NNNN N|II|I Tor
seeks on this ridge. and when a la,
u became ight enough for us 20 move.
We were 20 stln that 4 was with am.
Guilty that Ee gained our feet We
now began making preparations for
departure The rope was llke an iron
bar. and our frorsn clothes would not
give 70 our motion Harpers boots
we're frozen 20 stin that Ne was OBLIGED
70 cut them open and burn lnuumsr.
aole eandle-ends inside Of them before
ne succeeded In setting them on. I
had Kept mine on an night. a. ! knew
how much trouble should have IN
putting them on again In the morning
took them on znrbrlrrsn how.
ever. vas The very best Of M an fof
ha scheme Of sitting on hls boots and
warming them had worked most "A.
m'raoly' though during the nlrh, he
complained several times that the
rails 10 them were rather hard
We were extremely stln. All Of o.
nd Tor some distance literally iimpsa
hong However. whcr the sun rose Il
Fadually ihawed us. and We were able
10 make better time