Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-02-28

Thts, be mid, marked the spot where
la6y, growing faint, hsd fallen from 7hel
h01ue, 70 be crushed II the bottom 81 ths
cJi6. Since thar accident descent b,
horseback had been prohibited. Thr
recital was not resssuring. and !, a. least
chung clossly to the inside wall and cas-
app extensive lglsnces At the yawnine
ch&sm. We were nov ascending Ca
ri0us Alpine path hewn in the reck otter
resembling spiral stairway, the nppei
parta0tuAIly projecting at places beyond
the lower. On the one side Of this mar
row path rises Perpendicular or over.
hanging wall OF rock. on the afhes Is
q sheer precipice over sixteen
hundred feet In depth, down which .
single false step might hurl us We
walked leaning toward the wall and far
enough apart 50 TINT the stumbling oi
one would not enslanger the others. Dear
Grsbill repeatedly cautioned ms moi 70
hook over into the gorge but 10 keep oar
eyes upon the path Suddenly. ~ we
turned sharp angle, we saw The wei
come lights OF the Hotel Wildgtruhel
This proved to be comfortable, though
somewhat primitive establishment, and
before many minutes ] was sleeping
soundly under an enormous feather bed
l have looked hack 10 thai ascent Of
Gemmi Pass with q half shame ~ my
fears, hut the other day stumbled upon
. passage in Stoddard that was balm 10
my wounded pride In describing his
own ascent oil the Gemmi he says: In
the pame space Of time | think I never
repented at SO many sins as during that
passage of the Gemmi AT length, how
ever, the climax seemed reached; for at.
the brink Of one abyss the path appeared
TO end. cautiously advanced 70 the
edge and innked over. iIwas q fearful
sight, for here the mountain falls away
10 sheer depth 0fsixteen hundred feet
and pl,imbIine might drop 10 that
depth without encounieriHg any obstacle.
When Alexander Dumas came tothis
place and lacked down from the brink
Of this stnpendous precipice, he fell
back unconscious; and afterward. while
Masking the descent, his teeth sornal
tered with nervousness thai itr placed
his folded handkerchief between them.
Yet when ON reaching the valley he re
moved II, he found 1t cut through and
through as II with razor. certainly
cauaot lay claim TO nervousness like that,
butd could sympathize with one Of our
fellow-countrymen. against whose name
on Ne hotel register next day saw these
w0slla: Thank Gai. We don't raise
sucA hills as these In the sfate Of New
York 4
AUGUST g.
Alter breakfast In the sun, for the air
was very chilly, we climbed farther up
the mountain and chained q magnifi
cent view Of the Alps OF the Naials. Be
Tore tis was succession of snow capped |
peaks. among them the mighty pyramid
Of the Matteehorn, and 70 the
right the glistening Laemmern glacier, a
panorama thai has suppressed itself in
sielihly on my memory.
We hired another traeger ~ carry our
haGwage down 70 Kandersteg. This
traaBer lnewa little English which he
was anxious to test ur.,n me, while 1 was
equally anxious 10 psactice my German
upon him Ii WAS beautiful morning
md the view beneEth and around ms
WAS grand in the extFeme. We passed |
DAuben lake and within few yards of |
The Bchwarz glacier. Our path lay
thrp1sh pasture which was entirely
levnstated III September, 1896, By ~
nv11snche tt5ht broke from the glacier
aua nwept down the slope of the Altols.
Hcre We ~ . salast cnmmemorating |
the nix t0slrists who lost their lives
q tlaAt 0ocaaion. The traeger pointed
out ne sp0t ii onr path where they
were standing when the avalanche
rr11lned them IApngh the glacier
sea a1atianary easonah. I did not feel
inGli1sSl - liuer II NJ path. We passed
fhuhgh me f0sesf III the beautiful
G1I1svasnhaph Alley ana the still more
~ ilnl Gustern xslley. About two
1lpg11 s11nse KanG1 oEntee The path, thuuch /