Evening star., 1926-05-23

did not notice me. She does no, fiirt
With ordinary seamen.
hamburg WAS 10y no means prear
ranged destinati tiOn. our adventures
would have hpcun Al Lisbon or
Manila had tho Ipswich happened t"
dock at these places. The point uf
| embarkatiun up our road To romance
! was entirely uniinportant. We had
! hoisted our sail to catch whatever
winds might blow and the winds from
the west had blown us into Germany.
! \ ND how whittier? once more we
disnterIed our map and east
] about f"r a new destination Half
furtiNely half intuitively. my own
! eyes slipped south tn Switzerland,
! aud To The mountain on the Italian
! border marked in tiny letters: Mat
/ trrhUrn." Here nay heart lay. had lain
, ever since a picture Of the regal peak
/ had been hung in my schoulhuN study
! a IaWrenceVille I" d"minate and
! stimulate every one who entered the
! Dom.
/ y consuming desire rose within me
, Ia plant my fo"t upon this most no
t"iously nIurdernus mountain in
Europe What If it had killed more
;
leaSon t" climb, Youth. Youth.
Here was magnificent chance to
realize il. However. if the adventure
was {" he considered seriously Irvine
must he won over and mbued with
my own Matterhorn madness.
Before | could decide on the most
strategic method nf attack he spoke
10 me. Dick. Id like to make q suG-
Gestinu. ! suppose it's uut of the
,,.,, ,tyh -iN+1A
/ dangerous. and All that-but it's some.
thing I've wanted 10 do ever since YOU
hung that picture in our room. It's
to-Wtll climb The Matterhurn.
To the astoniShment Of every one
in the hotel lobby. not excepting
irvine. gave him a furiouS hug. az
companied 10y three wild cheers.
It WAS by now the 2"th Of Sep
tenher and We knew that the Matter
horn climbing season would be Very
shortly closed. If, indeed, it had MOI
been already There was no time IT,
lose. So. upon our arrival nj Cologne
soon afterWard we turned without de
laN up the Rhine.
our race against tnClen"nj weather
i'm the Alps left lis little time To enjoy
the river journey. hut even then. in an
effort to get into training for the
MalttlhOrn assault we IHtrIed few
DAYS along the way to climb he
tov et@ uf Cologne and Sjra sShurg
catheGIa,s. he soaring fortress "T
t.hi-unrei: stein. overlooking 'uhlenf.
the famous l.ore!ei ritfs. tie steep
pains that led 70 half Il dozen CtaG,
topping Rhineland castles and, as
final exercise. a number ot pine-clad
mountains in The Alsatian NOsges.
through which range We ramped
during hundredmiie ramhle from
StraSSburg 10 the Swiss bnide'.
.\nd go. when we finally arrived .
Zelina,t the village Al the base Of otli-
mountain we were prepared FOR the
great conquest. at least 10 the extent
of bliStprei heels and eXCrUCiatinClN
nainfu! muscles But neither Irvine
nor | WAS in the least disheartened.
Guides were found and negotiations
hecun.
''Of course yuu-haVe climbed other
Mountains" said Adolph. one of the
prospective pilots. who spoke excel !
lent English.
We did not dare tell him that a
flight Of steps was our only recon !
mendation to the Alpine Club. for II |
was two weeks past the end 0f the !
season and we were afraid he would !
not take us
on many" we admitted mndestlN. ,
and enumerated vanqushed pinnacles |
all the way from the Palisades To 7
roporatepetl
While they had never heard Of the .
Palisades. this sounded VerH difficult !
and being duly impressed. they agreed ,
20 make the ascent as soon as the toG /,
and SHOWS ormS Cn the heights above
permitted They despaired Of us. how
ever. when they learned that our /
equipment conSisted ~ one toothbrush ,
le;,rnt and a safety razor.
But you must have cheated noun |
tain shoes. and socks. and leggns. /
and nittens and wool helmet, and .
an Ice axe. etc, etc. etc. You are not !
climbing the Mount of Olives. YOU /
know. 1t will he bitter cold. and. !
since YOU have come out of season, |
IL struggle all the way"
X #
IRVINE, and ! ln0ker At each other ,
in utter detection " we had to |
huv all these articles We would |
have nothing left with which to pay
the guides. When we explained our /
predicament they responded with i'm