Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

motion; its pressure on my body Upsa SO stxnng
that I thought should be crushed to death.
This tremendous pressure lasted but q short
time, and ceased rs suddenly IS it had begun.
II was then covered up by snow coming
from behind me. My first impulse was to try
to uncover my head--but this / couad not
do; the avalanche had frozen by pressure the
moment it stopped, and was frozen In. Whilst
trying vainly to move my arms, suddenly be-
came aware that the hands as far as the wrist
had the faculty Of motion. The conclusion
was easy, they must be above the snow. I set
to work as well as 1 could; it was time. Cor
I could not have held out much longer.
s. A T last saw q faint glimmer Of light.
The crust above my head was getting
thinner, and it let q little air pass, but could
not reach it any more with my hand; tine idea
struck me that I might pierce it with my
breath. After several efforts / succeeded In
doing so. and felt suddenly a rush Of air to-
wards my mouth; saw the sky again through
q little round hole
"a dead silence reigned around me- / was
so surprised to be still alive, and so persuaded
at the frst moment that none of my fellow
sufferers had survived, that did not even
think of shouting for them. / then made vain
efforts TO extricate nay arms, but found It Inn
possible, the most could do was to join the
ends of my fingers, but they could not reach
u
heard a man shouting: what a relief it was "a
know that was not the sole survivmi Z
answered; the voice approached, but seemed
uncertain where to go. A sudden exclama-
ton Of surprised Robot had seen my hands
He cleared my head in an instant and was
about 10 try TO cut me out completely when
saw q foot above the snow and so near TO
me that could touch it with my arEns az
though they were not quite free yet
Il at once tried to move the foot; it was my
poor friends. A pang of agony shot through
me as saw that the foot did not move. r0ur
Boissonet had lost sensation, and was perhaps
already dead. Robot did his best; after some
time he wished me to help him, so he freed
nay arms little more, 50 that could make
use OF them. could do but little, for Robot
had torn the Ak from my shoulder as soon as
he had cleared my head. Before coming 20
me, Robot had helped Nance out of the snow:
he was lying nearly horizontally, and was
not much covered over. Nance found Bevard,
who was upright in the snow, but covered
up to the head After about 20 minutes the
two Iast-named guides came I'M was -
length taken out; the snow had to be cut with
the AK down to my feet before could be pulled
out
"A few minutes after 1 O'Clock nm we came
to my poor friends face +. I wished the body
to be taken out completely, but nothing could
induce the three guides to work any longer from
the moment they saw that it was too late to
save him. acknowledge that they were near
ly as incapable Of doing anything as was.
When was taken out of the snow the cord
had to be cut We tried the end going towards
Bennen, but could not move it; it was nearly
straight down and showed us that there was
the grave of the bravest guide the valats ever
had, and ever win have"
tcopyrisht, 1880