Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

ding cost. but I've you get the Marmola and
| not some cheap substitute.
stop little farther on. and all hands
piled out. I had read something about
| landslides. but this was the first l ever
beheld. The mountains came right down
to the track on the left side and went
| down about 400 feet on the other. There
wasn't any track there at all. 1t was
covered about twenty feet deep 1t had
been raining all the afternoon, and That
was the cause OF the slides: We all
stood around in awed silence. when an
other side occurred a little farther on
which made roar that almost deafen9d
| a fellow. Mother Nature had dumped a
couple of millions of tons of rock and
junk into the valley below. You may
imagine it going over the cliff and strik-
ing the bottom
Had to Turn Back.
well. we couldn't get any farther,
that was certain; so We had to turn back
and talk about a lot of disguised fell
| lows! We went back to our last stopping
place. to find. to our horror. that there
had been another landslide below us: SO
Their We were. like rats in trap: couldn't
get either way. We further learned that
between US and the officers train ahead
there were no less than three more slides.
so they, too. were up against 1t. Then
they took our train to see If they couldn't
meet the officers. thus cutting eff our last
hope of return. We bumnled around
until in the evening. To pass the time
we Sot a rot of pennies and candy and
distributed them to the little kids. We
nickranled their streets Broadway,
Market street. Lovers Lane. Herald
Square'-why. we felt as If we were right
back in the states. "t,<s~.
Il happened to notice a pretty young
maid from Lima standing in doorway
/
hand L offered her candy. No go. Then
some pennies. Nothing doing. A white
rose 1 had: sure, she wanted that, and
soon we were all O. X: SO TO speak. only
we couldn't speak to each other. l then
paid her compliments and made love TO
copied and returned the same. | bet
that dictionary was shocked. The end of
it an was that she gave me bunch Of
lovely flowers. and l went on my way
rejoicing. l have some of those flowers
yet. Please remember that all the time
was talking to that lass ! was standing
In the drenching rain. She couldn't in
vite me in on account OF ma. as she eX-
pla:ned through the dictionary.
White Clothes in Driving Rain. .
Il wore a suit of white. wet TO the skin.
There was an inch of mud in all the
streets, and through the middle, of the
main street ran gutter a foot deep.
into which l frequently stepped, in the
dark. Getting freezing cold and chilled
to the bone, ! at last sought shelter. We
had supper at the expense of the rail-
road company, retaining some OF the ia
bic service as souvenirs. With no ac-
commodation at the so-called hotel we
took refuge in the station. but woke up
about O'Clock In the morning almost
frozen. l tried to warm up with a walk
in Lovers lane; but it was dreary str,i-
Ing. so back to the station again went |.
There some of our fellows were huddIed
up around a kerosene lamp. on the oper-
ators table. trying TO keep warm. Feel
ing nasty and utterly Disguised. | felt
like cussing Peru and all it contained
on some baled hay, already occupied by
some unfortunates like myself. l piled
in; but that hay wasn't like any, other
hay ever slept In. II was stiff as wire
and actually took the skin off me. l tar
ried there till morning. wedg2d in be-
tween two bales; and l had TO wait till
the other fellows got off the top before
could get out.
Sore and stiff, We started out after
something to eat. We nearly battered
down the door of that hotel: but they
wouldn't open up and serve US till after
& O'Clock: and then. to our increasing
disgust only the usual Spanish coffee and
biscuits. until 10 O'Clock. when breakfast
is served.
Officers Take Train.
lin the meantime the train was up on
the landslide trying to extricate our Off
GERS. who. after a tramp Of some miles
finally landed at our refuge-'Phili' was
its name-where they took our train, leav-
ing us to return on the freight car; al
| though the train mad cost US poor devils
500. and no thanks: although l heard
| one of them say 1t was fortunate to have
had that train, otherwise they would have
had to remain cooped up for a week
We went down the mountains at IA
| thirtymile clip, over bridges. through
tunnels. under rivers and along the edges
of cliffs with only few feet to the edge
The rain came off all right, and then
everything was beautiful. l would love
to read an artists description of that re-
turn trip. We finally came to a bridge
that was busted in the middle That de-
| layed US couple of hours. Then we
| came to the other slide. 1t wasn't ex-
actly slide. \ slide had gone into the
| river. blocking il completely. and. OF
course. the water had to go somewhere.
so it broke over the bank by the track
| bringing tons of rock along and burying
the tracks for a hundred yards or more
Walking around. we boarded another train
| waiting for us. ard So at last. We got
back to Lima The street cars took us
to Callao, and | soon got aboard ship.
| You can imagine what the white suit
looked like after all that experience
From riding in the cab my face was
black with ashes and my pockets were
stuffed with films and ore rock
! When l stepped aboard the officer of
the deck asked where the deuce | had
| been. Mountains was all / could saw:
and he grunted. Oh. AS for me l shall
never forget the Peruvian Andes as long
as l live"