The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-07
THE GUIDE AND
 THE TOURIST
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lievcd that he did not take sufficient care in crossing dangerous places. but uH admitted that be was brave and that his Impulses were noble Jean lived at Clamom'X, right in among theuomu.us. and loved Clochette the daueltcr of Antoine De.our who kep; a little inn In the valley below Cio- chette. as soon as she saw Jean. lived only for him. They were to be mar. u.d as soou as Jean could accumulate 5.UOl frames. It uould hot be sooner because Defour would give his doush' ter Go no one who possessed less, and Jean had only 5000 frames
 One day au EnsAshman came Go Chamounix and asked for a guide. "Tuere are many guides said the per- son oi whom he Inquired "mvins dit. fercut requirements lt you wish one who vIlI give his own life for yours ln case of necessity ! would recommend 1ean Carrier" This was enough. Jean was engaged. and ue two started to climb one of tho smaller peaks.
 The next day the stranger came back without Jean and reported that when they were passing an almost perpen- dicular point Jean had slipped, the rope had broken aud Jean had fallen into tbe creyasse. The tourist showed the rope which had evidently been broken midway between him and bis guide. There was mo doubt that it had broken gor the edge was trayed
 "That was just like Jean' every one said. "to go out with an Imperfect rope. He was always careless. Then. too. he did not stop to cut his steps properly. But he was a good fellow brave Tel low. and 1T either he or another was to go into the crevasse be would preier to be the one to go.
 From the moment thc Lug.ishmah returned without Jean, Clochette was changed He said he was rich and ot- fored her pension But Clochette wouId not have lt Her father endeav- orcd to persuade her to accept It. but she sdl declined. and when her father asked her to give her reasons she told him that she did not believe the Eng usnman's story. "That is woman reason. replied her father. What oo- feet would Ic have in Iyiu-t And does not the fraycd end of ihc rope plainly show that 1t was broken: To ihls Clochettc had DO reply but she would not accept tle pension
 On more than oac occasion ,ouf.S'- came To the valley who talked auoo, the case of Che Eugli-lmau who had lost his guide and spoke of h.m as ne- coming a marked man in his country. He was lord. though he had not trov- eled as such. and had married the 58urbtar of a duke lie was honored for his talents. but since his mshap in thc Alps he had worn a melancholy mien. and no one could induce him to sna1E of the adventure Letters came from him from time Co time to old De four asking 1T Clochette had not re- Ieutcd and would accept a handsome nausfop. the amount ol which grew with every letter Still she declined.
 Years rolled hy. Clogho.tenev mar r.ed She had other sui,ors. but her answer Co them an was "l am wa'ln2 for Iesn" "But you can never have Joan in this world. He is dead' He will come to me to tel me how be me, his death" At this they would think tbe poor girls brain had been turned by her sorrow and press her mo fur ther And SO C.ocuc,te grew to middle are. and when bcr father died she kept the inn.
 One spring she heard that at a point down he valley the glacier had broken and revealed dead body, perfect as when it had been frozen in the lee twenty years before She threw down o togstlng fork she held n Der hand and started to see this body. When she arrived. lying on block of lee near where be was found, she saw the lost Jean. There was the same iihe figure. the same dark wavy hair the features Of a young man of twenty two. And there too, was something upon which Cl1chruo kept her eyes fixed. seemingly w.rhou, the power to withdraw them. Around the whist was the climbers roas and but twelve Inches from tle l.dy the end showed plainly chat lt bad been cut.
 Those who ah1u, had no, known Jeuu and were uot aware whose body Iav before l.m uu Clochette told them. The Irs, tl'ug she did was to take the rope from the waist which she kept in her own possession. The body was laid away, and as there were very few people near by who had known Jean it's finding attracted little attention.
 A week later the tourist who had been with Jean twenty years before received a package by express. Open ing it. Inc took ont a rope. tied as it would be abou. a mans body, one end of which had been cut with a sharp knife
 Prem that day the man. who had been long rising in the governmental affairs of his country and who was looked upon as one s0an 10 become his party's leader. withdrew from public life and went into d retirement from which he vas never 1fterward drawn.