New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

may visit St. Moritz while l remain here, and
shall Try TO find you
Christian Stampa,' he SAID, using five long
drawn-out and euph0nlous syiiables. He
seemed 70 be on the point Of adding something.
but checked himself. " Christian Stampa he
repeated, after a pause. Everybody knows
old Stampa the guide If am not there, and
YOU go TO Zernatt some day-wcll, Just ask Tor
Stampa. They VIII tel you what has become
Of me
She found il hard 10 reconcile this broken,
care worn old man with her CHEEKY companion
Of the previous afternoon What did he mean z
She understood ms queer largon Cf ItalIarized
German quite clearly. but there was q sinister
ing IN his words that blanchcd her face She
could not leave HIM in ms present mood. She
was more alarmed now than when She saw hIm
rising ghostlike from behind the screen OF grass
and weeds.
Please walk with me TO the village She
said An this beautiful land Is strange To me.
II Will divert your thoughts from mourniuI
topic If YOU tell me something about Its Won
ders.'
He looked At her for an instant. Then has
ewes fell on the church in the neIghborIng hol-
low and he crossed himself. murmuring few
words IN Italian. She guessed their meaning
He was thanking the Virgin for having sent u
his rescue q girl who reminded hlm 81 ms lost
Eta.
q. Yes" ." he said. i VIII come. If | were re-
naming in the Maloggia. irGhleIH, l should beg
,-C11 TO let me take you 10 the Fornor and per
hans To one OF the peaks beyond Old as am,
and lame you would be safe with me tor your
guide
IIFTEN breathed sreclv again. She felt that
II she. had been WITHIN measurable distance
Of a tragedy. Nor was there any call on her
wits to devise fresh means OF drawing ms InIhd
away from the madness that possessed nm 4
few minutes earlier. As he hmped unevcnly by
her SIDE his talk was Of the mountains. Did
She intend 10 climb Well, slow and sure was
,be Golden rule Do little or nothing during
fo1,r or five DAYS TIL she had grown accustomed
to the thin ana keen Alpine AR Then 90 70
I IL. Iunghino-that would suffice Tor the
f--t re.I EXCURSION Next day, she ought to
start early and climb the mountain that over
Looked the same lake.-up there, on the othtr
side Of the hotel.-all rock and not dIitlcuit-
IL the weather was clear, she would nave
grand view OF the Bernina range \eAI [t.,io SIio
might try the Fcrno glacier 1t was a siInpie
thing. She could 60 to and from the caoln IN
+cr, hours. Afterward. the Gina dl RoSSo Oh
fered an easy climb; but that meant sleeping
a the hut All Of which was most excellent
advice. =, - . .t.,
The Gina III Rosso was IN iull view at th't
instant Helen stopped
.tDo YOU really mean to tell me that II "lsh
IN reach the TOP Of that mountain, must ue-
vote two days to it, she crled.
Stampa. though bothered with troubles pc
,,,,,I h. ken. forgot them sufficiently to laugh
I-;r,1y 1T IS farther away than you seem 70
tb;nt iyff,Eeis. but the real difficulty Is the
- Irnr,.ss van cross some OF the crevaSscs III
the the eariv morning, before the sun has had time
70 undo the work accomplished by the night 5
frost yo1, run a great risk. And that IS why
YOU must be ready to start from the CABIN d.
dawn. Moreover at tins time OF year you get
the. finest view about SIX CLOCK
THE mention Of crcvasscs was somewhat ,'. awe
L e,,,,,, Is It necessary 10 be Toped when
or,,. trics that climb" she asked
- II ny, a,,ide ever tells YOU that you need
- l. - ,vf,il,. crossing zee or climbing rock
Turn tl- back at once. tranlein. Wait for another
dav law and 90 with man who knows his business,
py Fst IS how the Alps get bad name for accl-
dents Look at mel have climbed the Mat
terhorn forty times, and the Jungirau tlIIleS ouc
= INT and never did ! or anyone IN my care