Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1922-10-18
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P1lll!ous I TRAIL
Each Tine nlfs Mountain sIuie
0uN,ps4 and Il Bumped
Often Slbe Lost One.
FIRST Wo|l IN 10 CROSS ANDES


New Ysfk.--A lire of bone hair
plns. the Hind that sells for 10 cel,is
half dosan. msris t,.s first traii
across the Asdes inpQ rs ever at
tempted ~ sswhsss AxiaGss-s-.a z-s.
Miss Ksfhsrine MaeGfAKo- Of wau-
paca. Wis, lesk them trn her ssoltei
hair every aIaAe beg rauses&lipped oa
the narrow m No; 30 straight paths
along the 49, of sseei preeipices-
Miss Msc(sssgur does not ioog like
an intrepid sipaor=s. Size is below
middle helsAt u pleasing s.i.nDess.
with bloo1e A1s that e,uts AT tire rear.
Her age. u a1DuSh estimate. is soiEae-
where hstNxen tserty-tiye ard
forty.
There was xe reason an ;hA world.
as she sees ~ why size sheaid ,ARe
10 exploring ~ mountain and langles
Of South An6sGifa. iiea father. Mai
colin MacGrxr. Ss OF sssotcl,-ta!uaker
descent Ahe until seven months age,
was asxtStaz4 ~ the general manager
in New Ystk utilities o.'ice. TIE
Gully trzveiiaS the had siesse previous
~ had been h1ates to Puliynans Aad
coacheA ss ..
Il guess 4 ~ t,ecsuse wished II
write stcries ~ sdyeniures mostly,
In the be~t eArlsna.son she can give Of
the impulse that dared SeF 70 face si'-'
esse. kidnapiag, isi,dsiltes tigers and
snakes. Even the American cnasai In
Peru refused tn have anything more
to do With her wlasn Sire tod aiIn NJ
the trail she fn;esat,ef 40 follow. As
for her father, hs Kissed her -ofa4-bY
once ard for all when SIZE had fully
determined 10 start OF S.sf ,rip.
Tried 70 kienap Fer
1T was Only aftfsl rcacjsesi laa''os,
a fairly lars. South Asaeriean Sawp,
that heard frcm ,wsp E0gilShmea IN
sno,her exsior.nAsfsarls ahst had
missed Miss Msss;re@"r r~noun'ei
.sThe two n,sn Aasi hr.p ise,l py caas-
tsss indian chiefs. who had leeu told
by their int<aralssi rgssners that s
white wusnnn wss ps~sirg in y ssar1y.
The cki<ftafns have q ys'snt Tasasss~ss
for wbife aumrp, and RinSoss iaysr-
iably succ.sd In kidnsrns the'Ts- II
~.s o;1.ss~ after ,puch torture that The
corlish,usn finally Convinced the c'aief
,t., was not In ,h"ir parry. ]
n.sx.a two or three days socs3eT than
/ WAS expected only reasts'' "hs
they din't get me,
Once or twice. os perhaps II"
t,mes more. the American giri w3s
frightened. ON cns occasion, hsG il
not been for sosne fallen 'sa-"s, sae
might have dropped 10 dusty o'at"
along the mountain side,
II, was Jus, after a 'sndsi!de and
the pa,h--it couldn't have been even A
foct siae--was siipi~ry. -" sa'0.
~Thr fu,ss park mules rlAr' i1s~' On
ahead hut ms assae .@Ss ia f'a'5ne ~
the debris and plunged rt5-tit '"S.l 'hs
side. An urrcc'ef tree saved oS.
climbed ny again while tl~ mt'F was
bo,xi~d up with a rri-e, e@tsS !
must have hcvn pre'i, scared 'Sa'
time"
Hp,el Recommendations were poor rs
Miss Mssiypc,r n.~-slls ''srln. Tam
hos. merely ssug,q' rAn'us s3ta"R'
hsths and the nnly rsaHfi1.s "Sf"'
that which leaked through is's
matched roofs o~erei the ns1ly siis'i'
Ter s,ons the way. The ns,'se pre'
trations variety WEIR s-''3s4tiu'c-
s,rrtct,ra wnh cow,idc hut nn"fr
often n ,a,nt.s consisted of fcar I',.,sS
with dried gras. tee . eoSer
Caek.ps VAS done o$.. r7b0ei
heat. II ~as imperative to ha'i IN.
vst~r. unless aae Wished Ia ~ar'' 81
malaria and other fe,crs with aU!niflr,
Miss Martsr.cr beasts that In all 'f-f
trim she taes enis TIVE eralaS OF
opinlne, and iist iaN>auS~ S'se cid n"'
wish 10 offend sn ncasstseRhee
She was accompanied ~ ass i-s-s 81
guide hired In Perm eisca Tive ai'tos
Of friends. and hs ,wo ttaletevr> An
ln,,aa guide wea!3 have ssri "oi o:
the Question, for the 'ris wogl3 have
h~en through, to an an,ifaely ,-tid 50
far ~ she MAS csWceruss,, Miss Mao
Gregcr believed.
o>oelesnea Are Se.s;merss'