The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-11-17
CARL|NI'S PASS.

Assist Is a small town in the duchy ~ | Spoleto, within the States of the Church and situated at the foot of the Apennines. Among the inhabitants of Assist was a clothier named Andrea Carlini, who was known to have accumulated much prop erty. Early in the summer, after the mountain torrents had subsided, he had occasion to go 10 Nocera. The distance by the mountain route was not great, but the way was beset by dangers. and the good wife Marie begged that her hus- band would take the longer and safer route by way of the southern valley.
 "No, mo-" he said That would cost me four days journey"
 But" urged Marie, think of the ter rible death track on the wild mountain. You will not go over the mountain, An irea?"
 You are overunNious Marie" And he look his way over the mountain despite the entrcaties of his wife.
 Andrea set forth with six mules laden with clothing, and, without harm, he crossed the Apennines, reaching the city of Nocera long before night, where he disposed of his entire stock at excellent prices Besides the stuffs he had pur- chased, be had over 1. 1.000 crowns in gold, which he carefully secured in q stout leather bag beneath his vest. One thing Andrea particularly noticed while trading. ana that was the persist ent presence of two monks. They seemed to hang upon his steps and were near at hand when he received money. At first he wondered what this meant. but ere long he was brought to the quieting as surance that they only sought to beg.
 Andrea felt grateful for the success of his mission, and he was thankful thus to | be convinced that the monks only sought 10 beg; so he opened his vest and drew l from the leather belt piece of gold worth C crowns, which he gave to the supplcants, who in return muttered q benediction and then went their way. As early as possible on the second day the clothier started on his return home, | hoping to cross the mountain before nightfall. Only one difficult passage re- mained and this was only difficult on account of the wild terrors of the place.
 And this passage was known as the Death Track Not over a month pre- vious to Andrea's passage a party of F merchants, on their way from Nocera to | Perugia, had fallen from this pass. The bodies had been found in the vale, shock l ingly mangled.
 | Andrea had led one of his mules over the shelf and was on his way after the other when two men, habtcd in black frocks and hose, with black masks drawn over their faces sprang upon him from behind a projecting mass of rock and feled him to the earth. The blow rendered him nearly powerloss, but it did not deprive him of his senses.
 of with his money belt" said one,
 "No, mo-" responded the other; lets rip it open where it is Give me your knife"
 The clother knew those voices. The disguised robbers were the self same seeming monks who had hung upon his steps at Nocerhl
 | Be careful and not cut the fleshn' commanded third speaker, who at that moment came upon the scene with q dozen companions.
 Andrea Carlini heard it all-he heard the voice of the Count Marco Pisani, and he saw the counts face--but he made nc sign. He felt his money belt ripped open and felt the weight of gold taken from him, and then he heard the order given for throwing him over the precipice. This caused him to start and struggle, but ere he could offer effectual resistance he was lifted from the rocky shelf and | hurled over into the deep chasm. A sharp cry of horror burst from his lips when he found himself suspended in mid air, with the roaring, hissing torrent dashing over its awful bed of jagged rocks far below him. but in little while he discovered that his body was held by q strong support, and he took courage and hope and set about Investigating. | His stout money belt had been not only greatly loosened by the abstraction of the gold, but it had been pulled out by the robbers into a sort of loop upon the left side, and this loop had caught upon the stump of a stout limb or shrub, which had probably been broken off by the fall | ing of some other victim.
 At length he struggled, and, by follow ing the shrubbery that found root in the ascending Assures, he finally reached the | level rock at the end of the pass. | Andrea's mules were gone and his rich merchandise had been taken with them, and he had also been robbed of his gold yet he thanked God for his life, and the | thought of once more seeing his dear wife gave him more joy than could have come from recovered gold. He reached his home in safety, where the joy of Marie was equal to his own upon beholding hin alive and well
 The clothier made known the facts oi his discovery to the authorities, taking care that knowledge thereof was spread among the people. A strong body of sol diers went to the castle and arrested tn, wicked count and his associates and lodg ed them in prison. They were tried, con victed and executed.
 Andrea Carlini not only regained th' money and the merchandise of which ht had been robbed, but he received thu benedictions and blessings of a gratefu people. The mountain passage so long known as the Death Track ceased to be a scene of terror to travellers, and new name was bestowed upon it-a namt which it bears to this day-"Carlini's Pass. New York News.
 
 Carnegie's First Investment.