The sun., 1900-11-18
5O=54 West 22d St.
WEDDING GIFTS A SPECIALLY

getting break'ast for Us fcr g Each II was
We, w." Gaq "a M J% G1n b HS M d iYa @ OF TGs tire Snd Sr
The Irio-t adj i-ed not 10 ati'mIt to climb
until We had ref aimed ~ the town ior, severH!
days and got thoroughly rested. We told
and started for TIE summit.
The cliuG was son etling fearful, and after
about three hours walking We reached heavy
snow and had light our way through il 10
the summit A. the TOP. which We reached
late in the afternoon, We found that the wind
had blown ali t'.c snow away and jeff The bar,
rock. lerc "e found III" biz sigrbcnrl mark
inr the dividing line between Argentine and
Ihih. II was cold uD on that plateau and
We Nt0ried down the other side" EXPECTING
NJ easr tine. hu, found that II wa worse than
we ver- constantly snring and were IN danger
of falling into deep gulches. How We ever
sot down ! cann't ;cll. but We made our wav
where ther" was ehghi shelter. took my
umbrella and fastened 1t down with stones.
aud We iged g. sleep under it- shelter. but
thoroughly henumh"d and could scarcely
move n"yt morning. We worked our wav
down. however, and nraIv reached a cable
station, where there was an lDglIshmar. He
invited us into lis house and gave ia refresh-
menls and bath and oNere 10 get Us q, paSs
on the railroad TO Valparaiso, but we told him
We intended to got there on our own account
and started on We were now over tho bad
part OF the trlp and found little difficulty in
aud found that We could ret along until tie
first steamer went 70 san Francisco"
SiUrsou had desired 10 do son vrO Specting,
but the rates for ever, thing oajahlc were 50 cN-
ortitGut that u" decided t' lct cut 81 ~" country
as soCn Rs possible. Assisted by m" American
Consul at VALPARAISO, whose Kindness. he says.
lie shall never b" ~ ]" "a forget, he worked his
way on a GCrr0pU ship II IN NalI prvlsD 10 san
Diego. He had intended 70 con-" t0 san Frar-
cisco. hut the sight Of r- native land after the
hard hips ahd iDhosI Italiti"- thai j" lad en-
durrd Was too much Tor him and hr lett ths
ship at san Diego. Being 81 an iudcI Iandens
turn %! mind and always anxious to earn his
way, Lp obtained 'mI lnN ncTt al hlS trade IN
san Diego. ard when he can factories closed
down Cgme 10 san francesca.
Though not n particularly religious person,
thls worn and weary an sGrE 'Ecuuh Land.
when he sav san Diego, md though lie ID
not know "A soul th"r" he iclt suddenly no
though he were a home and the very streets
seemed dear ,u him
lie sin cliup- - ne battered umbrella
which sheltered him IN the Andes and his
pockcts are fIll of the reCeirted bills Of the
rohlrr BoUilg'eS Hs has lot cent of his
sc0o left. hut hc has plenty Of eHrcricrce In
this r.PHrd he says NV uondo, jdlr was
not what | expected of II. but, thank God.
I've got back to my native country and have
had quito an C' 'crieuce. but ! would give 10
all w frS the money I sncnt for IL / saw
beautiful and strange countries hut the hard
shir- that endured were such that | do not caro-
70 undergo them again, and IL ever can get
hnCK 10 Nest NIryiuia ! shall be content TO
remain at home for u ret al NV days"
To a man who has footed II over tho Andes,
even tLc Rocky Mountains and the BLIZZARD
svert rrgiri"- in winter do not seem an in-
supcTal lr 'i~N, fCr at the other end Of the
rpllir iie- Wet Virginia.