CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-08-22
Where Shall I Spend Etes-
nitya Was Her Favoftte
Song, and as the Maiden's
Sweet Voice Raised the
QuerY, an Inscrutable
Providence Called Her to
: Her Long Home.

- Her Long Home.
Fate answered q questioning hymn
on the crest OF the Sangre de Cristo
mountains when Miss Eugenia Goold,
q trained nurse and q we'll known
young lady Of South Canon was huri-
Cd down TO death In an avalanch Of
rocks Saturday morning.
Eternity! Eternity!
Where shall l spend Eternity?"
80 she sang, and her lover. Adol-
phus Latham. who was with her on
the great height, Joined in the sing
Ing. Then the answer came with a
rumble and q roar of rocks as the
young lady plunged over the frightful
precipice. That she was crushed to
death before she reached the bottom
Of o 300-foot descent Is almost GER
tain. Her sudden taking away and
the narrowing experiences Of her COM
panion make a sad chapter In the
death-book OF the mountains. It is a
tale OF heroic devotion in the time Of
sorrow: . story where one. in the
taken. and another. whose life was
clObely Anhcu WIN ucT ., lelt III ptti-
able grief. ..
Principals In the happening were
members OF little camping party
from Howard that had gone to the
mountains for a short stay. William
Stout. so years old and in rather fee
bio health. was being cared for by
Z l1iss Eugenie Goold. who. as 4
<Runerer from hay fever. likes to
hve in high altitude during the sum-
mer. She took with her a sister. Miss
0enevieve. Adolphus Latham. II Is
currently rumored. was engaged to
Be married to Miss Goold. He 10 a
young rnnchman. living at Howard. a
Christian gentleman and highly res
pscted In his home community. The
location OF the camp was 20 hard OF
access that II could be reached only
By horses. and the little party carried
their camping outft on packs. The
camp was some IL miles from Howard.
north Of the Twin Sisters" peaks,
In q cove on a side spur OF the range.
Early Saturday morning Latham
and EugeniA Goold went for a walk.
They carried small 20 calibre rifles.
hoping to see some small game. They
reached the summit OF the range,
where II Ia possible. at an altitude
Of perhaps $4,000 feet. to look over
into the San Luis valley. They walk
ed along the towering ridges, with
stosp drops on each side. 1t was q
dangerous walk. % near the edge OF
the cli6.
How easy II would be for me to
send you into eternityi" erlsd Miss
Coold % her companioa. The grand
enr Of ~ scsae Impressed her and
she sa1G In clear voios. her faSorite
hymn. where shAll sDsad Btsrnity?"
The two rolled several rocks over the
stsep SLOPE. Then Miss Goold sat
down on q Jagged stone. She was
still asking the mystic question when
the rock on which she sat began to
turn. She. In an effort to save her
self, grabbed tho stone. fell below 1t,
and then plunged down with the gath
ering avalanche. One long cry she
gave, "Adolphus!" It was her death
cry, for the Nnoxt instant she was lost
from view over the precipice.
Then came I, time for Lantham that
would try the \stoutest heart. He
could not see below to where the body
had fallen, and started around by the
valley In quest OF the missing girl. It
was more than an hour before he
could make his way to the place Of
death. There he found the body.
bruised and broken and quite dead.
Tenderly he carried It to . nearby,
snowbank. There he wrapped the.
form In all the clothing he could
spare. dug. with his hands, sepul-
chse in the cold snow and covered
over his aance's remsinA
TRAVELLING over the sane laborious
route, hs renehed the camp. and dsss'
patched Nuss 10snsyisve to Howard
for help. eAe rods the only Aaxss at
the camp, leaving shortly after naoa
for Howard. sNeAnwhile LanthAm
went back 10 kesp yisfi By the corrs
wild animals are numerous In that
region. and the young man watched
until the rescuing party from Howard
found him. IL
This party. composed OF seven men
from Howard. started out Saturday
afternoon ct O'Clock. Their Journey
was . hard one because Tie party had
only indirect knowlsdgs concerning