The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-11
By F. A. MICHEL

Herman Beck was q guide In the
Swiss Alps. Old Gotlieb Swingler, the
cheesemaker, had very pretty daugh-
ter. Anna. whom Herman wished to
marry. but her father would not con-
sent. Il have nothing but u few
cheese presses" he said to her, "a
dozen goats and the chalet over our
heads can consequently give You
no dowry. Herman has nothing ex-
cept what he can earn guiding tourists.
Instead OF having a son-in-law to re-
lieve me OF providing for one OF my
children shall likely in time have
grandchildren on my hands. for Her
man Is liable at any time to slide
down to his death with an avalanche
or fall over'a precipice.r
Anna gave this reply OF her father
to Herman. who cast his eyes thought
fully up the mountain side. then said;
TEL your father that whether
marry you or do not marry you will
provide for you
When Anna told her father that he
/ exclaimed: Herman is a fool He
/ dreams dreams as high up in the
clouds as the peaks he climbs, How
| could he provide for your"
The girl made no reply to this, for
she did not know what Herman meant.
/ She knew that he was full Of strange
/ Ideas aud she was impressed with thu
I sad but resolute expression on his face
when be spoke the words that she has
repeated to her father However
there was nothing to be done in thl
matter. for she had no idea OF disobey
Ing her father BY marrying Herman,
4 Oue day IN English gentleman gu,
\ gagged Herman to make an ascent with
and when they got up to where the
cliMhing was dangerous Herman unit
ed them By a. rope. While moving
along over narrow path win preci-
pice On one side the tourist slipped
and fell on side Of the divide which
was but some twenty feet above i
ledge. The shock. however. caused
Herman to lose his balance. and be
fell on the other side and hung over tbs
hands. and he heard 1t strike far below
Fortunately. the rope held. but Herman
knew that would not long bear ths
strain and any rubbing against thu
sharp rocks on the edge Of the divide
would surely cause. II to break. Fo
this reason he could not use 1t t,
climb up on, and. having no ak. h,
could not cut steps In the Ice. He call
> ed out to the tourist:
/. I'VE cannot remain long in this posi-
ton. for as soon as night comes ana
. the temperature falls we will freeze
: IL cut the rope you will fall on til,
ledge and can descead the mountain
would like to sell you my life 70
money. 1t will enable you to live"
The Englishman would not at frs
consent to any such plan. asserting
) that he would blame himself and b.
blamed for accepting his life on sue
0 terms. But Herman told him that tn
n small strands that composed the rop
) were gradually giving way and it wou
n soon break. SO the tourist finally sal
that he would accede to Herman
terms. though he could not see hoy
the latter could be benefited by none
y after his death. Then Herman toll
him it was to be paid to Anna. tn
daughter OF old Gotlieb. the cheese
= maker in the valley.
" Il will give her." said the touris
. half OF what possess. or 10000"
"She will not know what to do wit
so much" said Herman. but you ca
Il settle that with her father"
The tourist heard nothing more froI
II Herman Some minutes passed, awft
e minutes. during which the Englishma
r knew that soul was preparing fc
W death. The surrounding mountain
! seemed part of eternity, the silenc
: that of infinite space. Then suddenl
=" ne dropped. landing on the ledge below
10 For awhile his mind was so file
with the terrible fate OF his guide this
he could think of nothing else. Thel
IS realizing that he must save himself /
s order to keep his part of the contrat
= he had made, he got up and, walkin
along the ledge, found place son
distance below where he could regal
> the path by which he and his guid
l
s lost his way. He would have sun
down in the snow and permitted tt
A cold to end his life had he not bee
buoyed by a desire to pay the none
= be had promised. Indeed. when |
= thought that he must live under Il
4 cloud of his guides death and his oN
safety he would have preferred to di
y He stopped to rest and was gettir
drowsy when he saw light In a CHI
let window some distance below. Ri
u ing. he struggled on and when a do
~ was opened to him fell on the tio
insensible.
ed The next day he descended into Il
valley and appered at the Gotlit
home When Anna saw him come
alone and looking haggard she kne
a her lover had persisted and swooned.
The tourist told them that Hernia