The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-12-16
A GIRLS BRAVERY
BY EMMA siLvERs.

travelling abroad. was making a !.
destrian tour of the Alps. One evsn.
ing while stopping at an inn on n.
road leading yer the Fraele mas.
man and n girl of eighteen. carryinr
variety of bundles. came and sat doe,
at a table near him. The girl wa.
very pretty. and Bertram kept rIapr.
ing at her repeatedly. After suppe,
the man who was with her smoked n,
pipe on the porch of the inn. ana
Bertram fell to talking with him. IA
said that the girl was his daughtsr
and they were going over the pass ths
next day.
The height of the Fraele pass Is over
1000 feet and the distance the two
proposed to go perhaps ten miles
Bertram wondered why they sboub
attempt II. The man was past dftv
and the girl. though strong. was, after
all. but n girl. There is no danger.
said the man. 1--WE have done II no.
fore. or course we have some had
places to cross. but we tie ourselves IA
a rope like other climbers. and Il one
slips the other stands fast"
The man went into the taproom
where he INDUCED In n bottle Of wine
and a game of dominos with the land.
lord. This left Bertram and the girl
together. He chatted with her some
time and won her confidence. 'Tell
me-" he said. "why you attempt this
pass when there are easier ones. And
why do you not cross the mountains
by conveyance? You seem to be vep
pie who are able to pay" Then the
girl confessed that they were snug
glers and by crossing the Fraele pass
on foot could get the goods they were
carrying into Italy without paying any
duty.
The next morning when Bertram had
finished his breakfast he stood on the
porch of the inn looking up the road
that led over the pass. Far up the
mountain side he saw two figures, q
man and n woman. trudging slowly
onward. He always carried q pair Of
glasses with him, and. bringing them to
bear on the figures, he saw that they
were the smugglers. He watched them
for an hour. They were tied together,
the father leading. At last a cloud
enveloped them. and he saw them no
more.
To the smugglers the cloud was q
mist. through which they could see
nothing. They toiled on as best they
could, but despite the fathers efforts
to keep on the road he lost his way.
Then suddenly there wete a quick slide
and a jerk on the rope. The girl caught
a projection with her Ice Ak. and II
held. Then she knew that her father
had slipped and was dangling over q
~preclplce.
There was no way by which be could
gain n foothoid TO save himself or less
en- the strain on the rope. which, as bis
daughter lost strength. would inevi
tabIy pull her over, and the two would
together fall thousands of feet into the
abyss below.
"Cut the rope.,' he called.
"No:'
"Cut it. One Of US may live. Boil
cannot"
Nor
Repeatedly he called upon her to d
that which would send him into tn
abyss. She always answered NO,
but gave no reason why she should 20
do his bidding. They were alone ia
up In the mountains; there was no on
near to help. and for the mist the
could not be e e IL there were thos'
to see them.
An hour p~assed-an hour. sixty min
utes Of sixty seconds each. n eael
second a frightful strain! There eoul
be no change Of position either for I'd
father or the daughter. Any motio'
on his part would increase the strain
and the daughter must lie fiat bot
hands clinging to the ak handle nov
long would her strength endure! AN
why should ii endure?
Thirty more of these dreadful MIN
utes passed. each IN eternity OF agou,
Then a zephyr carried away the ms
and the girl clearly saw down 'h
mountain n man approaching. He wa
CHANGING about him as II he were zoos
Ing for some one. With all the nus
strength she had left she cried asail
and again till at last he raised Oh
head and looked straight at where Sd
lay. Then he bounded up the noun
tain like a goat.
The girl did not know who reileVe
her, at least not then. She feit u
strain on the rope disappear u kne'
that her father was saved. linen u
was a blank. Her father and the TO-
cuer carried her down the mountai
into Italy. stopping at the first Inn tne
reached.
i In the evening. after she had con
| to herself. she asked to see the man
whom she was indebted for her al
: her fathers life. When he came
and stood before her she recognlz'
the young American with whom 81
] had spent the previous evening.
Bertram, after seeing the cloud e