The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-24
A FIGHT IN
THE CLOUDS
By F. A. MICHEL

the most interesting of all these trips
IS to take train ut interlaken for
Grindelwald. thence up the steep side
af mountain TO Scheidegg.
When ] made this trip the railway
Prom Scheidegg TO the top of the Jung.
frau was just begun. In the car Ms
eending from Grindelwald --as young
American with two guides who was
intending to ascend tho Jungfrau from
Scheidegg. lie was n quiet. Inof.
fensive fellow. hut the fact TINT hc
carried an ice aX indicated TINT he was
a climber. A Frenchman with wax.
cd mustache and n gontee proportion.
ately small seemed disposed to guy him
Webster. the American. kept his tern
per. but. being quicker at reparteo. got
the better of him and set the car
laughing at him. This made the
Frenchman. whose nnme was Du
Pierre. angry, and he insulted Webster
Since they were sitting opposite each
other Webster reached forth his hand
and slapped the others cheek.
Every one expected n tisht. but since
we were climbing at an angle or some
thing Ike forty degrees no one rpllslietl
file prospect of having one. We could
not blame Webster for resenting an
| insult at the moment rather than har
ing 1t pass into something uDre seri
Gus. Nevertheless. the uffair did pass
Into something n,ore serious, The
Frenchmac;. hunding Webster his card
said:
This Is no place fur an altercation."
or course thut meant q ebullenge
but when or where the end OF the NJ
fair would br reached no one knew
{; and few cared. M'lien we reached
Seheidegg I. tieinG felIaw countrymnr
tof Websters. he called upon me. nsi
stg me to t-D 10 Du iirrfe dnd make
an effort to. settle the matter Rpfor,
doing 30 learned from man who had
witnessed the fracas in the eur that
the Frepchmnn was n celebrated Paris
dneliRt | had therefore very little
hope Of securing an adjustment. and
that hope WAS rxtingliished ns so0n ns
| < met the FNnehnmn's representative
he Informed nie that such I'm Insult
/ as he had received iin,iveiiged wnuld
ruin his reputation ut home lie could
not afford even to accept an apology.
tWebsfer turned Dut 10 he II sheep
xniser in the .heart of the I,ocky ,nuun
4 tafns and used TO high attitudes He
/ directed me t3 accept Bn i'ierfe's chal
5e1ige. BY the code Webster was an
/ dtied TO tine choice OF weaf,om and the
4 3eyms OF the t6ght. He directed me tc
| make the following provisions: One 0i
| tiie principals was 10 go t0 a point OH
4 the roa6 q mile down toward Lanter
bRpnnen. the other remaining Mt Schei
degg. Each was to be armed with re
| Yoiver, two chambers loaded Al ,tr
| appointed hour they Were TO advance
] and begin 1ring whenever they chose
to do so. The road leaving Scheidegs
fAsn not ut first steep. and it made little
difference which oil the two won the
Scheidegg end.
/ Eu Pierre. who supposed iie wouit
| light under terms to which he hud beer
accustomed. was indignant ut such ar
innovation. but since assured him
that Webster would only fight him OF
tho terms offered he was Obliged either
i TO 90 buck to Paris having had his fac.
slapped without having wip I out tht
Insult or accept the situation.
The matter was kept perfectly quiet
Those who had witnessed the ffaca.
lin the car were tourists ana scattered
J. u al directions. Consequently whef
one went out the next morning as thi
sun was casting it's first beams on tht
surrounding peaks there was no on,
present except the principals. their sec
onds uiid a surgeon who was stoppinl
at one OF the. hotels. Du .'ierre woI
the toss and chose TO mo, out from
ScheidegE. Two shots were given eaci
mnn, and Webster and 4 went dowl
4 the incline for a mile, waiting thert
for the time for the d1Alists 60 Start
il3isf ! started hfnc on the minute. and h,
advanced slowly up. the road. Th,
~ the whole distance. When the!
were q, quarter of o nile apart tn,
BranchmaE. balting, scok deiiberat,
uinl and dred, Ihe tEiii feii on rhi
road some distance from the American
| now. saw the meaning OF webster
tactics. Having lived IN mountain
oas country. he realized how muei
nearer objects appeared through tn,
air than they were. Du Pierre hat
supposed he had his enemy within
range when he was not. could sa,
that be was SURPRISED that his shot hat
4 not taken efsecS but ! doubt II b,
I anew. tie season.
j Webster now had two shots to bii
! enemy's one. but showed no sign o
firing, They continued TO advance 10
Il perhaps hundred feet when Webste
eaddenly raised his weapon: Du pjefI,
at once raised tbs sTs5. asisses. .gss.; y ss
sters lowered his nistol A spent bal
struck him 10 me -. but old no Sc
rioGs damage.
| Tsss..s ended the light. FOR the French
man hnd ussa hath his shots wbi.e III,