The St. Louis Republic., 1903-06-25

| $50 stiff with cold and had to be lifteI
| from our saddles rolled in blankets anC
| rubbed down like race horses after reaching
| the goal. Here We left our horses. for tn
| rest of the climb must be made on foot
| Cold, faint, sick at the stomach. gasplng io
| the little atmosphere there was. it certainly
did look discouraging as we looked up. up
| up. and saw nothing but snow for miles.
| FELL SICK AND FAINT
! ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE.
Each person was bound about the wais'
to his guide the first guide cutting every
! step OF the way with his pick. and each o.
tracks ira ' ali Of the IVA way. Soon. however, ouI
! party divided Our Mexican manager. WIT
| his guide. led the way: then followed MT
Miss Chicago and last Of ali MI. Carolina
and Miss Missouri-each person with his
| own guide. OF the three American couples
| one person out of each reached the top
Mrs. Onderdonk was the first to fall by the
| way: too faint to 20 another step. she de;
| cerded with her guide. while her husband
! p::odded on. Then our Chicago lady dr9ppeu
! like a corpse to the ground. and. after lying
/ for an hour almost unconscious, she, too,
descended with her, guide. Finally. even
| prostrated himself on the snow and propped
! his feet against his climbing staff. | threw
his serape over him, bade him and his guide
| aGios and toiled on with my faithful old
My Carolina friend waited there one and
half hours. expecting every moment that
L.
but finding me determined to reach the
summit he. also. descended with his guide
| and went into camp. The three gentlemen
ing 50 long. concluded that 1 had given up
the fight, so they went on and left me all
alone in my misery. But | was not to be
be reached He encouraged me all he
could. but l am sure that he never dreamed
that l would make It. About every eight
on the snow and give up. almost losing con-
seriousness. but after few moments rest
would revive a little and take few more
up. strapped me on his back and carried
me quite distance. He would have taken
me to the crater. but it was almost as un-
comfortable for me as for him.. Within
about an hour Of the top We met the others
They were thunderstruck when they saw
me still at It. l had just taken a little
Juice from an orange which my guide had
brought for me. and this, with the almost
no atmosphere and exhaustion. made me
deathly sick. l WIS praying this little mite
of an inward contribution to Popo, vigorous
ly. when the others reached me. 1t must
have. been q ridiculous sight to see me
pointing TO the crater between my contribu
tons, and longing. oh. SO longing to make
the balance of the trip. l just couldn't
make it. and I Just couldn't give 1t up. 1
was carried back in memory. TO a similar
occasion TWO years before in the Bay of
Naples. when 200 people were on board n
steamer bound for the Blue Grotto under
as lifting his deathlyr white face over the
railing OF the deck ard pointing with tremb-
ling finger to the wonderful grotto said: I
would not go in that hole for s59.'
SHE STOOD ON LEDGE
OF THE SETTING CRATER.
Gallant Mr.. Blake of Boston-bless his
soul. shall never forget him for this
exhausted and sick as he was. took pity
on me and returned with me toward the
crater. l felt better after being relieved of
the orange and finding company in my
misery. l rallied all Of my remaining cour-
age and strength for one final. desperate ef
fort and for about three-quarters of an
hour longer / struggled on, making about
four steps at time. Then, bravo. gioria!!
excelsior!!. all of sudden we stood on the
rim of the crater. and We looked down into
the green lakes of sulphur and saw the 200
or more blow-holes. or little wells Of sui
the crater. which is l.575 feet in diameter
and 1,31 feet deep. The first 300 feet Is a
sheer sheer PrecipSe e6I of lava in
point down the debris that has rolled in
from the rim during the ages has filled
the crater up to a funnel shape. leaving its
sides at about an angle OF forty-five degrees.
Inc snow OF years has frozen there and the
Indians get down from the ledge by cutting
tie snow crust.
of course the kodak came into play. san
dais. sacking. boomers, serape. six-shooter.
guide and all standing on the very edge OF
the crater. 17,7s feet above sea level. 4. 900
feet higher than Pixies Peak and far above
any peak of the Alps or any mountain in
Europe
The view surpasses in masnificence and
grandeur anything have ever seen; a sea
OF mountains with the valleys dotted here
and there. the most beautiful lakes and
forests and cities. with occasionally a wave
of beautiful clouds floating far beneath ore.
Mexico CITY, sixty miles away. could be
easily seen. also Pueblo and many other
cities: ard away over to the East Orizaba,
rising in all her grandeur.
ToBoGGAN SLIDE
DOWN POPCCATEPETn
"one feels that one was in another world,
His thoughts and ambitions are higher and
he almost wishes that the time would not
come when he were obliged to go down TO
the common world ard people and things
as lie left them. But how shall / describe
our descent? Talk about sick folks! Not
one bite for sixteen hours: not one wink
climb above the clouds with nothing to
BREATHE gave uD completely. threw my
sell on the snow and asked my friend 10
please finish the work with his sx-shooter,
l surely did think my hour had come l
did not know how long l had lain in this
condition. when my, friend and the guide
were coming for US with the petals. lit
tie square pieces OF mating used for to-
logan slides ,Thank goodness l said.
them No irreverence was meant, but I
had to break into laugh when my friend
looked at the old raggerty mats and ex-
Claimed: Perhaps the Good Man sent them
selection
Down We sat on the little squares. one
behind each guide, our feet around his waist
and our arms around his neck; the signal
was given and away we went shooting over
the ice coat like bullet. Dangerous? Per
haps so; but we forgot all danger in our .ex-
citernent and joy, forgot all sickness and
l1lntness and weakness. all the miseries of
the past few hours. Like schooIboys coast
ing down the hill near their district school,
yelling. shouting. hurrahing: thus We To-
bcgganed down grand old PcpocatepetI and
capped the climax of the whole adventure
our return to the hut. the second night in
the camp splendid supper cooked over the
Goals. the deep sleep of four hours the
moonlight ride again the next morning and
the hnal cowboy gallop of several miles to
eaten the train at Amecdmecca only mildly
tapered off the trip. l am at this moment
rolled I'D in bed. with nv limbs too stiff To
move and my face looking like a blooming
red rose covered with cold cream R,,t I
say through II all. 1t was the trim of nv
life. Seguramente,''
One Of the married men of the party wrote
thus of Miss Hinde soon after the ascent.
"A will like hers turned loose In a kitchen
would make Partisan chef disown his nro-
fession. and every irregularity of frnme
would move into order at her touch Blessed
Is the man who shall eat bread in her king
DOM" "tis
Vincennes excursion Sunday. June asth. r
a .. S-W.. and to intermediate points
Tickets Olive and Sixth.
EDLEY M'C00LE ACQUITTED.
Jury Found He Killed William Nc.
Nier in Self-Defense.