The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-25
A FIGHT. IN
THE CLOUDS.
BY r. A. mitchell

tlnterlnken Is Il good central point
for tourists to make short trips visit
ing Swiss places of interest. Pcrhnl,s
the most interesting Of nil these trips
Is to tike q train ut interlaken for
Grindelwald.. thence up the steep side
of'n mountain to Scheidegg. at
When i made this trip the RAILWAY
from Scheidegg to the top e,f the Jung.
cendiug from Grindelwa1d VAS a young
American with two guides who was
intending to ascend tbs jungfrnu from
ScheIdegg.3 He WIS a quiet. inof-
fensive fellow. but the fact that he
carried nm ice ax indicated tsnt he was
n climber. A Frenchman with a wax
cd mustsche and n gontee proportion
ntely SmnlI seemed disposed to guy him.
Webster. the American. kept his tenn.
per. but. being quicker at repartee. got
the better OF him and set the cnr
laughing mt him., This mnde the
Frenchmnn. whose mime WINS Du
Pierre. angry. aud heinsulted Webster
Since they were sitting opposite encii
other Websfer reached forth his hand
and slapped tho other:s cheek.
~N'Se1 SNC 60 ps'N hC0 ~ utHt~ O0t oliSt
we werc climbing Mt nn nngle of some.
thing like forty degrees no one reIislied
the prospect OF having one. we could
not blame Webster for rrscntihg nj,
insult at the moment rather than hav,
Ing It puss into something more seri
ons. Nevertheless. the nfffir did pass
into something more serious. The
;Frenchman. hnnding Webster his card.
said:
This is no piat.. Tor nm nltercatIon."
OF course that meant II challenge.
hut when ar wiirre the end or the nf
fair would br reached iit one knew.
ana few i;r'I. Wliqn we. re,ichett
Scheidegg |, i,ping fellt W countrynnn
OF Webster's. he cnllwi upon inc. ask.
Ing me to 20 to Du Pierre and mike
IN effort to settle tile nntter. BEFORE
doing sO learned from 4 ,nnn who had
witnessed tta erncnS In the car that
the Frenchmnn WINS celebrated I'arIs
duelist l. had therefore very, little
nope of securing ain adjustment. and
TINT hope WIS extinguished ,is soon rs
met the Frrncliilinhs Representatives
He Informed HE that such nm Insult
as he had received lnnyengcd would
ruin his reputMt tim ut fl,ime. Hnicouid
not afford even To Itccert nn npD,ngy. i!
Webster turned ont To he ii sheep
raiser in the hiafrt of tlle i,i,tKy mDuil.
tnins ana used to high nltitiIies He
objected me To acccpt I'm i'ipFre's chai.
}leLge. BY the code Webster WIS 4. gu !.
II;t,.t 10 the choice dY weapons md the
terms OF the, tight He directed me. to
mn itts ees;,E Fa;iowinE i,rovisinns; Une OF
Ihe priHeipil w,,s t,I, g.is til ii ppiiiy OI
.hrpnpen. the uther iehinlhlng nj sthei,
degg, Each was 10 hp nrlned with Il 'fl. rc.
yotyer, two clialmbers iii!lded:: At an
nppolnted tiour they were to 'aavnDre
aud begin tiring whichever they chose.
TO do SO. The rond Ienvlng ScheidcEg
is not MT first Steep. and It mdde little
difference which OF the two won the.
Scheidegg end, =. 81 s u
*. 4. T1n Pierre. who supposed he ..ca:A'
fight under terms 10 which he had bects
Snc..usfomed .-wnss indignant MT such mn
ltnnoyati0n. bur 'sincet 4 assured Min
TINT Webster would only fight him ufi
: the, terms offered heswds obliged either
to go buck TO Pnris ilnving hid his face
I slapped without having wiped i ut the
Insult or nccept the. sitIntion. ri
q The matter was kept perfectly quiatA a
Thuse who had Witnessed .heV frncaA
iil the Cur were tourists und scattered
IN all directions. Conseduenuy swfien
one went out the next morning an the
sun was cnstinE its first beams: on the
surrounding irenks there wasa no tone;
present except! The principals. their Sec