The daily Alaskan., 1905-04-25
THE GUIDE AND
 THE TOURIST


 was rather young for a guide, being only twenty-two. and many people be lleved that he did not take sufficient care In crossing dangerous places, but all admitted that he was brave and that his impulses were noble. Jean lived at Chamounix, right in among tl.e mountains. and loved Clochette, the daughter of Antoine Defour, who kep; a little inn in the valley below. Clo. chette, as soon as she saw Jean, lived only for him. They were 10 be mar ricd as soon as Jean could accumulate a.OOO francs. IL could not be sooner because Defour would give his daugh' ter to no one who possessed less, and Jean had only S,O0O francs.
 One day an Englishman came to Chamounix and asked for guide, There are many guides" said the per. son ot whom he inquired, having diff. ferent requirements. lf you wish ono who will give his own life for yours In case of necessity | would recommend Jean Carrier" This was enough. Jean was engaged, and ,he two started tc climb one of the smaller peaks.
 The next day the stranger came back without Jean and reported that when they were passing an almost perpcr dicular point Jesu had slipped, the ruy.S had broken and Jean had fallen into the crevasSe. The tourist showed tho rope which had evidently been broker midway between him and his guide There was no doubt that it had broken for the edge vas frayed
 That was just like Jean every on said. "to 60 out with an imperfect ropC He was always careless. Then. too, h did not stop Co cut his steps properly Rut he was a good fellow, brave fci low. and if either he or another wa, to % into the crevasse he would prcfeI to be the one Co CO.'
 From the moment the Enclishmar returned without Jean. Clochctte was changed. He said he was rich and of. fcred her pension But Clcchctt' would not have it Her father cudcav orcd to persuade her to accept it. hu. she still declined. and when hcr father asked her to give her reasons she told him that she did not believe the Eng WShman's story. That Is a woman, r,ason." replied her father, What oh feet would he have in lying And does not thc rraycd end or the rp'c plainly show that it was hrokcnE To this C,ochettc bad no reply, but she would 9, ,t accept the pension.
 On more than one occasion tourists anne Co the valley who talked ahoui thc case of the Euglishman who had lost his guide and spoke of him as bc coming a marked man iu his country He was a lor,i though hc had not trav eled as such, and had married th, daughter of a duke Ile was honorcd for his talents, but since his mishol I'm inc Ans he had worn a melancholy u,lcn. and no one could induce him Cd sneak of the adventure Letters came from him from time to time Co old lS fcur asking If Clcchette had not re tented and would accept a handsome rension. the amount of which grew with every letter. StiR she declined,
 Years rolled by. Clochette never mar. ricd. She had other suitors, but hei answer to them an was "l am waiung for Jean" But you can never haN' lean in this world. He Is dead "H, will come Co me to tell me how he me' his death" At this they would think the noor girls brain had been turned bv her sorrow and press her no tur thcr. And so ClcChCttc grew Co miuul' ago. and wrcu her father died she kcr' the inn.
 Ono spring she hcarl that ot a po,n down the valley thc glacier had broker and rcvcalod a dead body, pcriccl a. when It bad b,cn trOzcn in ihc iN twenty years bcf0UN She tbrlW doWl toastjug fork she he'd in her hand md started Go see this hC,ly. Nuci Inc arrived. lying on block ot ic ,par where hc was found, sGc saw lh' ,St Joan. Therc was the same lih, frurc. tho sswH G1rk wavy hair, th' 'raturCS or a young man oi twenty
 vo. And jhcrc, tcN, was somcthinr non which CloglCtte kept her cycs fxci. seemingly without the power Co withdraw thcm. Around thc waist was inc climbers r0Yc. and but twelve inches from the ucdy thc end showed plainly that J had been cut
 Those who stood about had not known loan and were not awarc whose body ,,c a,,eor, tl,cfo an ClochCttc told