Show the professors adventure between eight arid and ten tell ysais ag ago I 1 engaged 0 0 in a long ion vacation campain campaign among the alps of savoy I 1 was alone my object wag waa not amusement but study I 1 occupy a krofl essers chair and I 1 was en engaged gagged in in the collection of materials for a on oil the flora of the higher alps and to this end and traveled e hickly on oil foot my illy route lay away from the beaten paths and passes p isacs I 1 often journeyed fl lor or d days 1 atys through 11 regions where tacio a wel ocic c neither no illier inns nor vii villages lages I 1 often wandered dered from dawn to dusk among sterile stoops sleeps oven even to the herdsmen of the upper pasturage past mage and save by the chamois and the hunter I 1 thought 0 myself foite nate at these times if dowald evening everlin 0 I 1 succeeded in steering my way down to the chalet whole in iii company with a half savage mountaineer and a hold hoid of goats I 1 might find tile shelter of a rafter roof and a supper of black bread and whey on tnie bye particular evening I 1 llad had t gone rolla farther than usual in pursuit of the bonocio un floris a rare plant which I 1 had hitherto believed indigenous to the southe son thoin iii valleys of monte rose but of which I 1 alicto licto succeeded in finding one or two indifferent specimens it was a wild and barren district difficult to distinguish with any deice de an ice of precision on oil the map but lying among tile the upper defiles of the pal fal do bagnes between the mount and the grand ca comba abin on the kliick 11 ahad v there alier f as no sight of human 0 mo in clay lay the ilic great ice fields of sui st mounted amounted by the silver suf the Graffan ierG and to my left the sun was going down vapidly between a forest ol of smaller peaks the iii highest 0 hest of which as well as I 1 could judge from balds map was the mont blanc do de in ili ten minutes moio these peaks would be crimson in one choit half hour it would bo be ni night lit to be benighted on an alpine plateau towards the latter end and of september is not a desirable position I 1 knew it by lecont experience and had no wish to lefeat the experiment I 1 began agan i ic tracing my I 1 loute ZIS as rapidly as I 1 could descending in ill a north westerly direction and keeping a lookout look out for illy any chalet that might 1 9 lit offer a shelter for the night wa pushing 1 shing forwald thus I 1 found myself presently V at the head of a i little verdant ravine channeled as it wore were in ill the face of the plat plateau pau I 1 hesitated it seemed through the gathering 0 dai dankness kness as if I 1 vo could bidd di disc cine traces of a path tiam trampled pled here and theto in the deep grass it also seemed to me as it if the lavine trended treaded down towards ds the upper pastures which berc were my destination by following it I 1 could scarcely go go giong where is grass there are arc generally cattle anda and a chalet and I 1 might possibly find a nealer resting 6 place thaul than I 1 had anticipated at all clente I 1 ersol resolved ved to try it tile the lavine lavina proved shorter than I 1 had ex expected and instead of leading immediately 1 l downward opened upon a second plateau through D a well woin footway foott vay struck off abruptly P aly io to the loft pursuing the footway with what speed 1 I might I 1 came in the course of a few minutes to a sudden slope at the bottom of which is a basin almost sul am rounded by gigantic limestone cliffs lay ay a small dai daik k lake a few fields and a chalet the lose tints had by tins tills time come and gone and tile the snow had put on that gli gray which precedes the daik belbin I 1 could descend the slope that skilled the lake and mount the little eminence on oil which the house stood sheltered by its backgrounds of rocks it was already alread read y night and the stars wore were in ill tile the sky I 1 went up to the door and knocked no one answered I 1 opened the booi ill all was dalk daik I 1 paused held my breath listened fancied I 1 could distinguish a low sound as of some one breathing bie bic athing 0 I 1 knocked again my ally second secand knock was followed by a quick noise liko like the pushing of a chair and a t mans mails voice said hoarsely who is a A traveler 11 1 I replied seeking she shelter ter for the night 0 A heavy footstep crossed the floor a flash shot through the daik noss ness and I 1 saw by the of tinder a mans face bending over a lanstein lant lan tein cui having lighted it lio lie said N with ith scarce a glance towal ds the door enter traveler and went back to his seat scat beside the empty heal health th I 1 ente entered led the chalet was of a better than those usually found at so gaoat i cat an altitude consisting of a dairy arid and house place with a loft overhead a table with three or four stools occupied the centro centre of the loom dooni the litin hung with brandies ot of dried hol bs and long strini strings 0 s of indian turffa tUrf fi n A in in a corner a edw at T ip 1 ti P on i Ns agod 4 1 diw avi R y in I 1 ne c t 1 a ad through tigh a i lattice dt fife oil end I 1 could hear bedr the c cows N V s eding feeding 0 in tile alio outhouse beyond somewhat perplexed byrbe by the manner of my illy deception I 1 1113 m knapsack arid and specimen box took scission offlie of alie stool and asked if I 1 have supper my host looked up with the air of a man intent on other thin thins things a s I 1 repeated the inquiry yes lie he said wearily you can eat cat traveler with this lie crossed to the otiler other side of the li hearth carth oer a dal daik k object which until now I 1 had not ob sc ived crouched in the coiner and a woid oi 01 two of ble patois T the 0 object moaned lifted up womans comans white face tild and rose slowly flom tile the floor tho the hord herdsman sinan pointed to the table and went back to his stool and his feimer attitude the woman after pausing helpless as if the effort t to remember something went out into the dairy came back with a brown loaf and a pan of milk and set them beaole me on oil the table As ion longas 0 I 1 live I 1 shall never forgot tile the expression of that womans comans face slie she was young and very pretty but liar her beauty seemed guined to storie stone E eveia deiv feature boie boic the seal heal of unspeakable ton or emoiy gesture was mechanical in tho lines that furrowed Fiu fut rowed hor her biow was a haggard noss more than lia of age in ili tile locking ot at lier liar lips there ther c was an anguish beyond the utterance of words thou though h she served me I 1 do not think bic sli saw me thale was no recognition in liar her eyes no apparent consciousness of illy any object of 01 circumstances external to the secret of hol own despain despa ii all this I 1 noticed durin during 7 the brief bricf moments in which sin she bio bioux uh unitt me ino my supper T that i done she sq t I 1 away exactly exa atly into the same dark cairy MI I 1 and sank down apin again 0 a more mere hu hudd culled heap of clothing As for lier her lius and was SUMP sum thing tinnanur tin unnatural 1 al in ii tho the singular 11 immobility of liis his attroe rheao chec rhe jo lio lie sat his body bent forwald forlai for waid d his chin 1 1 on oil ins his palms his eyes staring starin g fixed nt A the blackened hearth and not even the involuntary quiver of a iier nerve 0 to shuw show that lie lived and breathed I 1 could not determine his age age n analyse and observe liis his features as I 1 might ID looked old enough to be fifty aill young enough to be doity foi ty and was a tino iino muscular mountaineer with that grave cast of countenance winch which is peculiar p peculiar to the balasian Va lasian peasant I 1 could not cat the hebness of my mountain appetite was gone I 1 sit as if fascinated in the presence of tins strat strange loe pair pai ok observing arvino both and up p pa I 1 or i t ly by both Y as much for forgotten 9 otten as if I 1 ill lead ad never cross cd their ethics hold we remained thus by the dim light lio lit of the lantern arid and the monotonous ou s ticking of the clock for sonic some fm fa ty tv minutes 0 or r more as profoundly sile ir sometimes the woman stifled sti faed tied as is if in pain sometimes the cows struck tin ir horns against the manger in cheout house the herdsman alone sat motionless moti ti like a man cast in bronze at length 0 the clock struck nine I 1 had by this time became so ile ivons that 1 I almost to hear my illy own 0 a voice interi apt the silence ho hoin en c i r I 1 pushed my plate noisily aside awl and said with as ag much show of ease case as I 1 1 any y place friend in hi winder can Caw sleep sloop to libit 14 hei shifted fiig iiii e cisily and without looking round replied in tho samo same form of wolds is as yes you can call sleep trave traveled lei elicie Wl icie e in ili the loft above lie ile nodded affirmatively took ali tho lantern aiom the table and J d toward the dairy As wo we passed tl a light streamed for a moment over the touching douching dou ching ciguto in the corner Is your wife ill 11 1 I asked pausing ind and looking 9 back b i liis his eyes mot met mine illine for the alist and a shudder passed over liis his body yes ho he said with an effort he is ill I 1 was about to ask what ailed her but something in his face ari ariestea ested the question on oil my lips I 1 know knew not to this bour hour what was I 1 could iio lichen describe it now but I 1 hope I 1 may inay never see it in a living face again I 1 followed him to tile foot of a ladder it at the further end of the dairy up welo lie ho said placed ili the lanstein in my illy hand and strode hew ily back into the darkness I 1 went up and found myself in a long granary stored with corn sacka sack hay onions onions rock salt chooses cheeses and farming implements in one coiner ocic the unusual luxuries of a mattress a iii nig 0 and a three log legged 1 ed stool mv fust filst care was avas to make a systematic inspection of the loft and all that it t contained my next to open a ahti 1 unglazed lattice witha with a sliding shiu just a opposite to my bed the night was brilliant anda and a stream of fresh air and inow moonlight light ca bourd poured in oppressed by a strange a rl c und unde liin A I 1 sense of trouble I 1 extinguished t 11 I 1 lantern and stood bokin looking 0 out v i ui a fant inac I 1 tat ro it tyl fi ila baj tile the solemn peaks and glaciers their solitude seemed to be more ill than in usually awful I 1 could not help associating bliem in some vague way with tile mystery in the house I 1 perplexed myself with all kinds of wild as to what the nature of that mystery might bo be the womans comans face haunted roo me like an ail evil dream again and again I 1 went flom tile the lattice vainly listening for any sound round in tile looms below A long time went by thus until at lon length etli overpowered by the alie faddies 0 of the day I 1 stretched sti etched illy myself f on oil the mattress mattics s took rny my knapsack for br a pillow and fell fast asleep I 1 can guess neither how lonc long my sleep lasted nor from what cause I 1 awoke I 1 only know that my sleep was dreamless and profound found and that I 1 started from it suddenly unaccountably trembling 0 in every nerve and possessed by an overwhelming sense of dan danger 0 cr danger I 1 danger 0 of what kind what aiom whence I 1 looked hooked louled I 1 was alone and the quiet maon n nv s sliming shining in as as when efell I 1 fell asleep I 1 got up lip walked to and flo fio I 1 with myself all in vain I 1 could not stay the beatings of my illy heart I 1 could not master the honor that my brain afelt I 1 felt that I 1 dated daice not lie down again that I 1 must get out of the house sonic some liow how and at once that to stay would bo be death that the instinct by which I 1 was gd governed verned must at all costs be bc obeyed I 1 could sot bear it resolved to escape or at all events to sell life dearly I 1 strapped on my knapsack aimed myself with my aion non headed al penstock pens jock took my lily largo large 0 clasp knife between illy my tooth and began cautiously to descend the ladder Aill when icil I 1 was about halfway half way down tile alie penstock alpenstock which I 1 was studiously keeping clear of the illo ladder encountered some ol 01 dairy airy vessel and sent it clattering to the ground caution after this was useless I 1 sprang forwald for waid i cached the lutei loom at a bound and found it to my amazement deserted with the door wide vido open and the moonlight sti caming in suspecting a anat f list impulse was sanu still with my back against alie evall pie prepared pared for a desperate defense all w was as silent ait f could only licar hear the ticking of tile clock and the heavy beating of my own horii the pallet was empty the bicad and a nd milk were still standing where I 1 had left them on the table the stool still occupied the alic same spot by the desolate li hearth carth liis his wife wele gone golle gone golle intha dead of night leaving me a stranger li ili til the sole occupation of ille their ir home WHiM was yet ille solute ial 0 aber to fa 11 go 0 or str stay ty and while I 1 was won dering VS at aljo strangeness of my lily position clr oll I 1 lioard or fancied I 1 isome thir that might have been eon tile the cirild save that there was no an air ring something that anig might lil h have ave been tile the wailing of a 4 I 1 held my ll 11 y breath headd it again 0 girill followed it as it died away i 4 far to go A lin line 1 e of limia figu gleaming under the door dook of a s shed I 1 I 1 c d at t of tile tho chalet aud and a my bit ate egand r 1 more illan any 1 had yeii lie aal guided me direct to all alie spot looked blocked in decoi recoiled aled with horror went back as if fascinated andio and so sto stood for edmo moments unable to move to think to do anything but stare helplessly upon the scene Tb this day I 1 cannot recall it Y soi something nothing bf the same sicken illg j b bethe te 1 k s i 1 1 the hut but by the light of 01 a P ill 1 t to 1 1 cli inta a an 1 iron i ron SC sconce cs ts I 1 baw saw the linds c moll klic kit ditth t th of lv elvife ife 4 I 1 grieving iri eving over her like another othello hilsin kissing her whito white lips wiping bipin tile the blood lains stains from her yellow vellow hairl i avs ing out inarticulate mies of passion down all the ate and calling 0 culles of heaven upon poll his own head and that of some other man m ail who had brought brou glit this clime upon him I 1 I 1 un der stood it all now all the mystery had all the tenor all the di despair she had sinned sh ined against him and lie he had slain her slip she was quite dead tile the very knife with its hideous to testimony stimon y fresh upon the blade lay near the door I 1 turned and fled blindly wildly like a man mail with bloodhounds on liis his track now stumbling over stones now torn by briars now pausing a moment to take birath now iti lushing shing forwald faster than before now battling aling uphill up hill with straining strained lungs langsand lun gsand band ti embling Z limbs now staggering across a level space now making for the higher ground again and casting 0 never a glance behind I 1 at length I 1 readied reached a bear plateau abaye flie he line of vegetation where I 1 dropper dropped exhausted hole I 1 lay for a long time beaten and stupefied until tile intense cold of approaching dawn foi cod upon me the necessity of action I 1 rose and looked around on oil the scene no feature of which was fau fan mar to me inc the snow peaks though I 1 know knew they must bo be the same looked unlike the peaks of the deiy gla ei cacis als seen from a diff different elent point V of view view assumed new boinis as if to baffle me mc thus perplexed I 1 had no ic source but to climb the nearest height flom which it was probable that a |