Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-12
Fell Into Excavation and Waa
Unable to Climb Out--.ReS.
cued by Peasant.
BLACK HAIR TURNS GRAY
Mime. Schopfer Could See Top q
Church From Her Place Of Cap.
tivity-Fearful Hunger
Panes.

London Sept. 6.-Nn,e. Schopfer. the
intrepid Swiss lady, who a remarks
able experience, surviving twenty-ona
DAVIS Imprisonment in an Alpine gorge
is now recovering.
Thirty-seven years old. in excellent
health and spirits, she left her hotel III,
the village OF Loech-les-Bains FOR =
stroll into the mountains. For ful.
three weeks she was lost to her friends
and narrowly escaped death. When she
had recovered somewhat from the ef-
fects of the strain she had undergone.
she described her experience as follows:
ION the morning of August 1 !
walked along the bank of the River
Dala, intending to return to the hotel
to luncheon. The beautiful weather
and scenery seemed to fascinate mo
and l penetrated further up the gorge
OF the Dala and lost my a
Falls Into a Cave.
while %retracing my steps fell
don't know how many feet-into a
cave and was horrifed to find that
owing to it's steep slippery sides
1 was unable to climb out. shouted
all that day and night for help until
my voice gave out and my throat was
so inflamed that l was unable TO eat
my last two pieces of chocolate. !
continually drank water. which trlcKled
through the rocks. Another day came
and went and yet another forget
how many, because l must have be-
come deliriouS.
.'Thc village church. the top of the
stecple of which l could see from my
living tomb, seemed my only nope.
PRAYED daily to the stecple's cross for
d~eliverance. On Sundays, especially. l
suffered terrible mental tortue when l
heard the bells pealing n The choir
singing, practically within a stones
throw of the spot where all the while,
as it seemed to me, l lay dying by
inches.
Dreams About Biscuits.
II cannot describe my hunger. !
often dreamed about bread and bis
cults. which some times seemed to be
dancing in the air before my eyes
ate grass, moss and my leather shoes
Gradually / became n skeleton and my
clothes fell from me. had plenty
of money in my purse which l would
willingly exchanged for a piece OF
bread. ON two nights rain soaked me
and on several days the heat was SO
great that I was glad TO wet my head
and sprinkle my clothes. My voice be-
q to return Sfauually ana L LOON
much care of it. crying softly at in
tervals during the day when 1 thought
people might be passing my tomb:
SLOWLY my strength failed until
was unable to stand without resting
my hands on the rock. Toward the
enc l became desperate and wanted
to cash my head against the rock. My
mind was willin~ but my flesh was too
weak. Then God sent darkness. re.
member no more"
In the meantime the missing WON.
ans husband and guides We're search.
ing the overlooking mountains. in.
curing in every village. On Angus
90 a peasant named Adolphe Crane
heard grooming. while he was walk
ing on the bank of the Dala river
He rescued Nine. Schopfer. whom HI
carried like "a baby. insensible. to TIN
hospital. Nine. S%chopfer recovered he
senses thirty hours later. During he
ordeal her hair turne from black t.
gray.
Records kept here show that sine
the middle of January last. the Alp
claimed s~eventy-four victims. some o
whom were women.