Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-09-27
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II occurred on peak of the Jung
irau. which Is perhaps vague for ear
most inquirers who want to know the
exact spot, time and quality of rope;
but as am about to relate some hith-
erto unrecorded facts connected with
the incident this vagueness may not
be without its charm. If Prof. Abra.
ham h. Greystone had not slipped
while Pierre was steadying him OH
a hideously knife-like arrete and sent
US spinning across an ice.polished in.
cline, bounced on all sides by fog, it
would have happened all the same.
At the mOment.l bore no malice, and
this magnanimity was not lessened by
. sudden, significant slackening of
what threatened to become an un-
pleasantly strained relation-the rope
had parted and Pierre vanished, APP
parently guiding the professor to a
speedy solution of the boss riddle of
humanity.
Lie strictly on your side along the
outside edge OF sofa, imagine the
floor modest three or four thousand
feet away-la distance NY fait rien-
and you will comprehend my bodily
position. My mental attitude was one
OF suspended judgment. A little way
the blue. snow-iecked, fattened curve
Of Ice and rock went up. then nebu-
lous infinity. and beyond infinity, if
you allow the expression, star. 1t
was the first time mans absolute
nothingness in the face of creation
came home to me, and. although the
result was sublimity, could have
wished that the visit had been re-
served for a less crowded spoch. The
next thing that crossed the thresh-
old of my consciousness was steady
draw" on the rope from behind:
some one was dragging me upward.
seconded the humane effort.
STEADY" said Miss Greystone's voice
in my ear: Keep your eyes skinned.
Drink. Pops bound to come out right
Eide up"
After pull at the brandy as strenu-
GUS as the lady's at the rope / looked
round. Florrie and I were clinging
like woodpeckers on an angular ledge
Of twisted rock formed aeons ago, ap-
parently in sympathetic forethought
fer our plight. From Miss Grey
stones waist the cord ran tatt to a
ridge. A face showed there suddenly,
dim in the shifting fog, it was Leroy;
there was announcer at his shoulder
thinner.
After the wittiest conversation ever
held, II brevity be the soul of wit,
We found ourselves In comparative
safety again. Hans, our second guide,
examined the frayed end of rope trail
Ing from me and uttered furious
oath, then he tried the spaces between
us. When he reached that between
Miss Greystone and Leroy he appear
ed about to surpass himself, but his
voice died in a long-drawn "Ach!"
stunned by a bludgeon blow of amaze
ment. said to myself that Zimmer's
strange foreboding had been speedily
realized, and was edging near him to
restore the packet he had privately
asked me to carry on our return jour
ney when l was presented with pure.
ly personal surprise-the muzzle of a
revolver Under the most favorable
circumstances the view could not be
described as extensive, and yet there
was more than enough of it. OF
course, did the regulation thing.
Capt. Henry Dozer, l arrest you.'
said Leroy in cold, sharp English.
What do you mean, Leroy?" said.
He made statement venture to
suppress. No pastry cook ever
showed a winter face than Jones did;
thinner turned green.
If you are detective, what is the
charge?" demanded Miss Greystone.
Forgery of bank notes and caus-
ing the death of two persons by cut
ting that rope" replied Leroy.
Il don't believe it." cried Florrie;
its mean of you, Ben. The idea! He
never touched the rope. and it's got
to be proved that pop and the noun
taineer are dead"
You may put down your hands,
continued Leroy, unheeding. "Ah,
would! Hold him, gentlemen"
In moment was secured, for peo-
pie do not indulge in frantic struggles
on a mountain slope tilted at an angle
of thirty with nothing, and Leroy
quietly drew from my pocket the iden-
tical packet thinner had given me.
He felt, opened it. and laughed. Just
rs expected" he remarked, pilates
and ALL" spluttered an explanation;
he laughed. SO did the others. Too
thin" was the comment, but you can
reserve your defense. Get that rope
of him, Hans. Good! Now fasten
him between Herr thinner and Mr..
Jones. I'll bring up the rear with
Miss Greystone."
His orders were obeyed with alac-
rity, and / found myself prisoner
trudging YEARLY and warily in the
footsteps of my captors, who by their
manner evidently believed Leroy.
Hans in particular was most offensive,
and would have made no bones about
throwing me over any of the preci-
pices in which the district is so rich.
However, promised myself speedy
revenge once we reached the confines
of civilization, and cursed my folly
In accepting the comradship of chance
companions. Leroy was man whose
acquaintance made casually at Basel,
where he acted as interpreter to a
party of English tourists, of whom
made one. Oh why had not gone on
with them to Turin instead of vast
ing my time at Grindewald with Miss
Greystone! OF thinner and Jones l
had slight knowledge, being intro.
duced to them by Leroy himself only
the day before.
/ recollected now that what did
know was not to their credit. The
thought Of conspiracy did not cross