The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-02
WENT THROUGH
TRYING ORDEAL


! The heroic records of ancient Greece
contain no tale of bravery or en1ur-
ance more worthy of remembrance than
the act of a modern Grecian maiden
Mile. Hadjilazaro.
/ On Saturday M. Hadjilazaro. mem
Der of the Genevian section of the AL
pine Club, set out, with his two sisters
from FINAL for the mountains. Rely
ing upon his experiences as a climber
and great knowledge of that part of
| the range he did not ta!6e a guide.
/ For five or six hours ali went we'll
/ with the intrepid three. Roped to-
! gether, they successfully scaled the
! Grand CORNER. The last difficult piece
felt sure of themselves. The girls were
irnocent of thought of danger, so COM
pletely did they rely upon their brother,
who was first on the rope.
They looked forward to the descent of
| the Glacier de Moiry. 1t is not regarded
as difficult, but all glaciers have one
| spice of danger-a concealed crevasse.
! At the height of $4,000 feet, or less, they
had some hours of mountaineering be T..
fore them before they were down again
at FINAL.
M Hadjilazaro, anxious for his sis
| ters' safety and feeling the heavy re-
sponsibility upon him, took extra care,
but he lacked that instinct that guides
| have. He could not be quite sure.
4 Suddenly ba called halt hada
the girls look out. He feared a con-
/ cealed crevasse. He bent forward to
test the foothold. Scarcely was he on
| his hands and knees before the treach-
erous snow gave way beneath him. His
| sister next on the rope had but a few
/ seconds to think and act. Her nerve
! never left her. Swinging, partly pulled
/ by his fall, over the crevasse, she brac-
| ed herself with one leg on each side
and bore her brothers weight upon her
hips.
! What could be done?
NJ. Hadjilazaro called that he could
not climb up. He did not even try, lest
I his sisters strength should give out
as he tugged at her in the effort
! Rapidly the sisters made up their
| minds. The one at the end of the rope
; united herself and went off to FINAL
alone for help.
Would she get there safely? The
brother in danger, the sister supporting
him upon her hips as she stood astride
ting crevasse in an attitude only 'tom-
an could have kept for long, did not
know.
AS the minutes one by one made way
for the other and heightened into hours
the noble girl felt as if the strain would
send her mad. The rope cut into her
hips and the pain was excruciatsng.
Her brother tried to ease her by cut
ting steps in the side Of the crevasse
and holding on to them, but he dare
not attempt TO climb slip would
mean death for both in the depths. As
he looked and called encouraging words
To her the icy water fell drop by drop
upon his forehead. in imitation of the
greatest torture known to the Spanish |
Inquisftion. To add to the horror dark |
ness came down on the mountain.
For twelve awful hours they held out |
Then, when they felt that human ma |
ture could withstand the awful strain
no longer. a welcome cry rang out
Lights shone over the glacier Their
sister had brought help.
So as not to alarm the rest of the
family she had descended by the Col
do FAIlee and arrived at the village in
two hours and a half. at $50 in the
evening.
Frantically she sought guides. But
things are slow in FINAL. 1t was hours
before she could collect the five men
she needed. with lanterns and Alpine
apparatus.
Not till in the morning-and she
started for succor at the night before
did the rescue party reach the cour-
? geous girl and release her from her
trying ordeaL-London Mirror.