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-7 c: i - 11 - - ' 8 -. ' v ! . r t r -,, 21 m " .- --r -a '"'!" - , .- j y ', I ; . U -1 (I tr" :j: 'r. -.--i?-r-i j- , , I,,..,.;. ' , LONK 6a th summit of Mount Jffron at an altltud of 11.000 (cat. la a terriflo alec trlcal atorm, lirhtnlna; (lashlDg bout him. tbuiMUr rocklnrth cllf CD which he lay. a aala iweeptna; tha aum- mlt with a Taloclty aainat--whlch no Biaa eould aland, and cold ao lntanaa that his clothing was froatn atlff, g. 8. Moh lar of Oravon City Uvea to rslats his thrlUinc xprlnca. : ' Par below war his thrse companions, "Warren Wentworth and L. J. Hicks and on Claude, whose experiences . were "mora dangerous although not as thrill ing.. . Mohler ascended the summit Pf the mountain before the storm approached ta take soma photographs, leaving his - empaniona jieveral hundred feet below. ' The mountain was suddenly enveloped In clouds, cutting off ail communication between them. Despairing of over see ing their companion agalaw for they thought he could never survive the awful atdrm on the summit, and driven to the necessity of seeking shelter to preserve their own lives, his comrades descended the mountain, leaving Mohler ale fatai ' ' ' There were five In the party. B. S. ' Mohler, Warren Wentworth and Ernest Lelghton of Oregon City and I . Hicks and Ms son Claude, If years old, of Portland, who set out on foot with three pack horses from Oregon City August 14 for an outing In ttya Cascade moun tains in the vicinity of Mount Jeffer son. Not one of tha party had aver been In that country before. They were gone ft days, during which" time they traveled over 100 miles. L. J. Hicks tells the" story of the trip. "We started from Oregon City well prepared for our trip. We had three turdy pack horses loaded with food and camping necessities. Our first stepping place of Interest wss Table Reck mountain and fi-m there wa Jour From, the New York American. MATCHMAKERS are usually women, occasionally men, but one match, waa made by a book. ' When the engagement of Al lan Maeaaughton and Miss Myra Kelly was whispered every ' one who knew them thought of "tattle CltlsensT' 7 "Tou remember how he enjoyed It," eld one. "He told me ha had read It three times and by natchee.".,,, "I had thought :"blm an incorrigible . bachelor." -;,. "80 h would have remained had ha not fallen In lova with" . "With -Myra Kelly! 1 : . "With 'Little Citlsens.' t -I ; One year at Miss Kelly wss one f the tolling teachers In a public school on tha East Side. New Tork. Young .to be accurate, at the rosy sga of .Jl pretty. In an untbralled wild rose sort of way, snd Shy except with her dirty, .noisy little charges from -the alums snd with a nature so serene, so heslth fully amiable, that the atorles of 'the girl who smiled whatever the weather or mood or elements, made tha Irritable mothers at home mere Irritable and brought . upon their offspring, who talked Incessantly of the Krlsht teacher, many an application of slipper.' At the same time Allan liscnaufvt"', president of the Standard Coaci 1 . . : -How Te Hustancl j rzzz neyed to tha upper Clackamas springs over tha mountains br ha most direct route wa could find. At times we ctnrr to places where wa could proceed no farther and bad to turn back and make our way by some ether trail Tha coun try was extremely rough, but by careful traveling over old Indian trails ' we reached the vicinity of Mount Jefferson. "We stopped several days at Elk lake and tha hot springe, where we caught trout and killed a deer. , These 'not springs are mora wonderful than those lower down on - the Clackamas. They are known as the Brelten springs and very few people have 'visited them. Great streams of boiling sulphur water gush from tha solid rock, which is of lava formation. The springs hsve not been developed to an? extent.' Two or three bathtubs, hewn from solid logs, have been placed near the springs for the accommodation of campers. . The water la so hot that one has to allow It to cool before taking a bath. "From the springs wa Journeyed to Mlnto pass. - It Is one of the most dltfl cult points to reach in the mountains and few white man have aiei mTorredt ta cross It Indiana pave "frequently gone there, as It Is a great hunting ground. The pass is an Ideal spot. It Is a level valley nestled between Mount Jefferson and an adjacent .peek, at an elevation of ,000 or 7.000 feet; It varies from one to one and a half miles in width and Is five miles long. It con tains three small lakes of clear, cold water,-on the borders of which are meadows covered with a luxuriant growth of grate. "Wa spent three days' In the valley hunting and fishing. On the fourth we explored the glaciers, which are more extensive then those on any other mountain I have ever visited. On the north side of tha mountain there are three large lea fields. They lie be tween ridges running up the side of the eompany, formerly director of tha Wood Exchange and one time concerned In tha management of the Tradesmen's Na tional bank, a man of large fortune and colossal ambition, member of many clubs, sought after by the mskera-up of cotillions, oppressed by his multitude of oarea, ordered his man to pack up a faw things and "go out to the place." His man required no mora explicit In struction. . -"The place" waa Mr, Mao naughton's perfectly appointed training farm, the too acre, bought from the William Walter Phelps estate. When Mr.' Mnenaughtoar had brain fag, ha did not take pasaaga on tha flrat steamer for Europe. A trip to the place at Tea neck, a mute conversation with tha ahlnlng thoroughbreds In the stables, a romp with the white and gold Scotch oolites, and quiet drowsy even ings on ths wide vsranda In tha pine scented dusk, served the purpose aa well, and on the morning when he awoke, rested and equal once more to tha diverse Interests of Broadway and the street, ba was within a half .hour of It. On one of these Journeys he bought "Little Citlsens" snd read this deecrlp tlon of "Teecher"! , , "Pt orrls Ieelesy. whose love for 1 . r v.i .r t ter thsn the ' 1 vii f t"3 vie"-' c'.'J ti) tin l j , w. czzzzu 'cu:;say journal. rciiTLAiiD, suijday mountain and are very broken. : Great chasms yawn for hundreda of feet and several of them were so deep wo could not Me' the bottom. We - frequently found places where tha chasms were bridged over - which ' wa could safely cross. On our fifth day In the pass we decided to ascend the mountain. It was Sunday and tha same day on which Profeaaor Lyons of the Smithsonian In stitution and wife and Guide Weigandt nearly lost their lives on Mount Hood. "Tha morning was beautiful. . There wes not a cloud In sight and tha air was calm. ' Tha aun rose and ahone brightly on tha mountain peake, but there waa a strange blood-red color about It. that attracted the attention of Ernest Lelgh ton and ha refused to accompany - us, stating that there would be a great storm during the day, as ha had seen Just such mornings In Alaska snd they never failed to herald an approaching storm. "Laughlngjaftt what we believed to be a superstitions Idea wa started from camp at 1 o'clock for our elimb. The blood-red sun, thojbeiintlful letiiurejnd. lb erispnetmosp pnere stemeaio pucie lntous and we climbed the slope of tha mountain, which gradually became steeper aa we ascended higher. "Instead of crossing tha snow fields we journeyed over an expanse of crum bling lava and reached the center of the three rtdgee which are on tha north aids of the mountain and between whloh He the glaciers. We had been told that othera had attempted to reach tha Sum mit of 1 tha mountain by going up the east and weat rid sea ' and that tha climbers had found tha ascent very difficult We thought wa might find a better trail on the center, ridge. "Tha formation waa of lavs, which crumbled beneath our- feet with every step and otien we were In danger of i Ing precipitated down the mountain's aide as tha loose rocks slipped with us. The knowledge saddened all hi hours, and waa tha mora maddening because It coal&JitMvwlae be shared by Teacher, who" noticed Vhla altered bearing and tried with all sorts of artful beguile ments to make him happy and at ease. But her efforts served only to Increaae his unhspplness and his love. And he loved her. Oh, -how tie loved her t Since first his dreading eyes had clung for a breath's apace to her like, man's shoes' and had then crept timidly upward past a black skirt, a from silk apron, a rod 'Jumper,' snd from gold' chain to her light face,' ehe had been mistress of hla heart of hearts. ' - "That was mora than three moeithe ago. And well ha remembered the day. His 'mother had waahed him horribly and taken him Into tha big red school house, so familiar from tha outslda but so full of unknown terrors within. After his dusty little shoes had stumbled over the 'threshold be had passed from ordesl to ordeal, until at laat he wea torn In mute and white-faced despair from hla mother's skirts. "The sunshine smoe his timid eyee. tha laughter smote his timid heart, snd hs turned to flee. But tha door was shut the largs boy gone, and despslt took him for Its own.- ' - "Down upon tha floor he dropped and walled and wept and kicked. It was t.ien ha heard for the irt time the vc:ce whloh now ha loved. A hand waa . ... ,- After three hours climbing we reached a auceesslon of cllf fa, which we acaled with great difficulty. We finally found ourselves at the base of a ateep rock elide which terminated tn a high cliff of -jagged rock hundreds of feet high' and which appeared to '.rise al most perpendicular. , Wa scanned, the face of the cliff but were unable to dlecover the eerablanne of an avenue by which we could reach tha aummtt Although near the aummlt of tha moun tain wo were on the point of giving up hope of reaching tha height when Mohler stated that he would make the attempt. ' Taking a long rope and hie camera with htm he started the aacent He had but little difficulty In working his - way ovsr tha broken rock to the face of the cliff, where tha real task began. ' . .. "Step by stsp he groped up tha face of the cliff, chopping a step here and another there, and clinging to the ahelv- Ing rocks he slowly worked his way. Kwery- aent we expected to-aeott body plunge upon the rocks and It waa a great relief when he finally gained a firm foothold on tha topmost ledge and turning around waved his hand to us. . - "Just as hs reached tha summit of the cliff .wa heard a deep rumbling eound which seemed to jar the earth. We were ofthe opinion that It waa caused by an avalanche on tha other side of the mountain. While wa were speaking of the occurrence wo heard a similar but louder noise and looking around wa saw clouds gathering. In a moment the wind sprang up and the air grew '-decidedly cooler.-- We knew Immediately that a storm was brewing and railed to Mohler to come from the cliff. 'but he replied that ha waa on tha cliff and Intended taking some photo graphs before returning. "Every moment tha peals of thunder forced between hla schlnt body and the floor, and a voice said: ' "Why, my little chap," you mustn't cry like that What's the matter r "The hand was gentle and the ques tion kind, and these, combined with a faint perfume, suggestive of drug stores and barber-shops but nicer than either made him uncover his hot little fsce. Khaelfng beside htm was a lady, and he forced hla ayes to that perilous aacent; from shoes to skirt from skirt to jumper, from jumper to face they trailed In dread uncertainty, but at the face they stopped. - They bed v found rest" In the chapter, "The Land of Heart's Desire, ' ho read: " "Central Park Is awfully pretty,' Sadie soliloquised, aa she ley on ' her back and watched 'the waving branches and blue aky far above. 'Awful pretty. I likes .wa should live here all tha time.' ; - r ; . . - " "Well," began Ignatius Aloyslus Dla msntsteln, In slight disparagement of his rival's powers as a cicerone, well. I ain't eeen no Hone, nor no rubber-neck boatblrda. t'nd X ain't had no rides on nothings. -Und I ain't heard no holler, neither.' . ........ "Aa if la answer to this criticism, there aroee upon tha road beyond the tree a snorting, panting noise, growing momentarily louder, and culminating. Just 41s esst side nerves were strained to breeklng point Into a long, hoarse and terrifying yell. . There waa a flash of red. .a cloud of dust, three other toots of sgony, snd the thing wss gone. Gone, too, were the explorers, and gons their peaceful rest To tha distant enI nowiNO, zzpttzizzzi n, grew louder and more frequent, tha flashes of lightning more vivid, tha wind rose higher and the clouds gath ered Over the eun. It grew very dark. It alao grew intenaely cold and the fine mist which. filled the atr eeemed to penetrate to our bones. The flashes of lightning became blinding and tha claps of thunder mora deafening and wa nought a means of escape. We did hot know what had become of our compan ion on the cliff and It would ba ueeless for ua to attempt ta rescue him In such a storm. We decided to seek our own safety and trust that he might aurvlve tha storm. . Tha mist In the atmosphere cauaed a thin coating of lea to form over .everything and we knew that we would have to hasten -down tha mountain If wo made tha deaosnt , In safety. ' ' "Instead of returning tha way we came we decided to deecend by another ridge. We had proceeded but a abort dletanoa when we cam a to an abrupt 1 Cllfftmwaaabont feet-to tha bottom. With my rope Z lowered Claude and Wentworth over the aide and I cau tiously followed. We tied ourselves to gether so we would not get separated. After traveling for 1.000 feet over a loose lava bed wa came to the edge of a glacier. There were great cracks everywhere In the Ice and we had much difficulty In making progreea over .1 In tha blinding storm and with the wind nearly carrying ua off our feet at every step. I cut steps tn the ice at first but that was too slow work and then kicked steps wlthvthe creepers tn my shoes. We came to a sort of ditch which .appeared to have ben hollowed out by eome great body sliding over the glacier. It waa two feet feet wide and three feet deep arid very slippery In attempting to cross It I slipped and fell Into It, dragging the . other : men of the field they flew, led by tha panic stricken chaperon t chaperon In the large and reassuring person of Becky Zalmonowsky. tha class idiot "For Becky, poor child, though 11 year old. and of an aspect eminently calculated to Inspire trust In those who had never held speech with . her, was a member of tha first reader class only until such time aa room could ba found for her In noma of the - institutions where such unfortunates are bestowed. In a secluded corner near the restaurant the chaperon waa run to earth by her breathleea charges. - " 'I seen tha lion,' ehe panted over and over. ' 1 seen the fierce, big. red Hon, und I don't know where la my mamma.' ' Mr. Maenaughton read until he . had flnlahed the book, and saw dream feces of gentle Eva Gonoroweky and her cou sin Sadlei of plaintive little Morris Mo gelesky end doughty Isaac Borrachaobn. He entertained largely at his piece In the country, Ha wssan-tndulgent host, and on tha occasion-of, his giving a horse show dance there, when a friend began saying. ."If you don't mind, old chap, my wife would Ilka to bring a friend, with her, a charming girl" - "Certainly, old man. Glad to see her. Just have my secretary send her sn in vitation, won't your he replied. "What did you think of that drop In wooir ' 80 It befell that on tha night when the host btiay about his hospitality, waa presented to hie friend's - wife's friend, he noted thst hewae a wild rose sort of a girl, wthan engaging smile and a sweetly shy manner, but he did not bear her nam. Ho danced with with me -as wa were tied together. - All three shot down the ditch. We were In tha slide about two minutea .-but It seemed an age for wa did not know what second wo would ba dashed ta death. Tha elide ended abruptly on tha glacier and we were plied together tn a heap. Fortunately no one waa Injured and we began to grope eur way across tha glacier In tha direction of tha ridge. ' 'It began to snow and sleet and grew so dark ws eould not aee a dosen feet ahead of uV but we finally reached the top of tha ridge.' Many times wa came to places whloh seemed to be bottomless pits and had to retrace our stsps ana take some other route. ' -( "It was 0 o'clock when we reached camp. Wa ware mora dead than alive. Our clothing waa f rosea atlff and we were numbed from the cold and so fa tigued we could scarcely stand. ' r,"We were made comfortable after changing our clothes and warmed our aelvea by the eampflre. Wa eoula n. rest, however, for we were thinking our companion wo had lert on the moun taln We smwss eaaeeted to aee him atlva again. 'We were sit of the opinion that he could never, survive tha storm and If he did. he would surely be frosen to death In the Intcnea cold If he re mained out all night. We retired at 1:10 o'clock after planning a Journey up the mountain tha next morning to search for him. "Imagine our surprise when Mohler appeared at 0 o'clock tn the best of spirits. We eould not realise that ha had escaped the storm until ha related to. us his remarkable experiences gone through that afternoon above the clouds. "After ho reached the top of the cliff ha saw that he waa only a short dis tance below the summit of the mountain. Ha had made the ascent and did not Ilka to return before he bad secured some photographs and decided to bravo the storm. The lightning .played about him. The clouds gathered about hla her. as was his duty, but It waa hot un til ther were at the 'table that a bab bling neighbor Interested him. That pretty young thing tn pink ta Myra Kelly." . ' "Myra Kelly? A namesaka of tha au thor of -Little Citlsens.' Tha friend stared snd smiled, answer ing at last craftily: , , ' ' ; "Her granddaughter." , " When next be saw her alono Miss Kelly's host hastsned to bar side. "I am glsd to have the honor of your pres ence. Miss Kelly," he said. "I under stand that you are the granddaughter and namesake of that wonderful woman who wrote Utile Citlsens.' - ; A suppressed titter from the girt at Miss Kelly's elbow. Mlse Kenya hot blueh and embarrassed smile and a mas eullne interruption! ; "I say. old man. some one s neea noaxing you," bewll defed the boat It required a long tete-a-tete on the Veranda and much ascribing to himself of sslntne qualities before Mr. Mao naughton e loat dignity waa restored. It wes noticed thst from that moment he made very effort to remove tha Impres sion of stupidity ha feared his blunder mignt navs caused. . At every society assemblage at ths country house Miss Kelly waa at least an invitee, guest Frequently he wee tha host of boa partlea st the theatres or opera. In which tnvarlsbly Miss Kelly waa on. , f . .. . As acquaintance progressed to friend ship snd friendship waxed more Inti mate. Mr. Maenaughton repeated, the, word of Or. Ingraham, "I cannot tmag- feet, "while from above tha sua ahone on him. The wind blew such a gala that be could not retain hla feet. Tha air became filled with frost, which gathered on the rocks and his clothing, forming fine tcloles several Inches la length, which waved about la tha wind. "The atmosphere was charged with electricity. At exery flaah of lightnla tha air would ba filled with a whirring sound and ha could feel tha current passing through his' body. Several of the severe shocks fairly doubled him upw "Mottler knew It would be ueeless to attempt to descend tha cUff tn tha storm and found shelter from tha wind la a cave, where he remained for two hour until the atorm had subsided. - "Scaling tha cliff with tha assistance of bis rope ho found our tracks and traced his way back to camp. . When he reached camp lons Icicles were hang ing from his . mustache and eyebrows and hla clothing." Claude Hicks remained tn camp, tha day tha other four members of the certv went to explore the glaciers. While they wara gone Claiida went-JtQ explore a small laks In the pass, and saw a Jarge animal stealthily crawling? through the grace. Ha hastened back to camp, grabbed a gun, tied hla big dog securely to a tree, and climbed th tree aa high aa he could go, where ha sat for two hours until the party re- -turned. He explained that somebody had told him that a person would have a better opportunity to kill a panther , If he were In a tree and thinking the animal he had seen waa a panther de cided to take precauttona against an attack. The party went to Investigate ' the tracks and found them to be thosf of a very large panther. They put tha dog on the scent and tracked the animal to a deep canyon,-wbere they abandoned the chaae. . ' One of the horses became sick at Mid dle pass and before reaching home went blind....,.. , .. : .' ins why you go to that ptace,"The7 Ora' an ungrateful lot of brutes." "They are fond of me." And Mr. Maenaughton had only to ; say for he had visited her school la the slums In the words of Dr, Ingra ham:.' .,;,.';..':: ,. -j, ( "That proves the contagion ef mental states." .... One evening while driving In tha parK behind the finest patr of bays from the training farm, ha said: "In one respect 'your book disap pointed ma." .-; """And thatr ', "Why didn't you make Teacher marry kDr. Ingrahamf" a And the author smiled soruy, rer hape she wliu She waa reedy to resign at tha snd of tha book." "And are you ready to realgar ' But proposals ars never impereonsl. aor are answers, snd Mr. Macnsught and Mlsa Kslly returned from the drive supremely eatlsfied with t world and each other. . Flats a aTie ew piaeeaay. Lander, Wyoming. Dispatch in f Tork Sun. 1 Profeeeer Wllllston of tha fnf of Chicago has uncovered a rare ' mea of ths dlnossur on Wll! aear here. The remains will t m hAM n4 ahlDBed te "t " eral csrs will be reqnlre4 the bone rroressor ws. la ana of the oldrat Bit! I youngest parts of the end that within II r be found every i science. V.
