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Show LOST OX A .MOU.NTAIX TOl'. UJ ADVENlUItOlM YJUXOSTKU AXU A MAIUEX CAMl' OUT WITHOUT liUIPMSiTS. Tiie 17-ye-ar-okl son of the Itev. II. T. Viuceiil, of Ure-eley, and the daughter of ex-liovernor ICaton underwent an exiieriein e one night which will l rememlieri-d to the eud of their days. They had climbed climb-ed upon the mountains the day lie-fon-, and Idle walking up lkiulder canyon conceived tile lde of cllml-ing cllml-ing to the top of the foothills to the south, andfromlhereseethe sunset. Another lady was with them, but, being L-oiisunirtivc, shesoongave out. and young Vincent took her down to thu road again mid then climbed up after his jarlucr in the tramp. Tho place op;jsilc the Maxwell Max-well tunnel, where the chmit was undertaken, is crhas the rockiest and hardest to climb, u's well as the must dange-rous in tho ueiglilxir-hocd. ueiglilxir-hocd. There is no gradual ascent, but it is a climb from the very start over the lou.-lutti f jire-cip!ctf,iilaces w he-re, If once reached, 11 Would be dillicult to turn lac-kand retrace the-ste-j or the climbing. Vi.uiiit Vincent ami Miss Kalon. U-nt uim seeing the sun set, limbed n, awl did nut notli-e that itwaaln-ady getting dark in the valleys. Overhead all was b'ighL Long l-efiitu they reached the top however, the sun lis 1 set, and the two wen- suddenly confronted with the fact that the night was drawing on, that they could not jiossibly retrace re-trace their steis, aii.l that they knew ot no way to get down the hill. There was a good trail and wrgnn n,.id on the other side of the lull, but it was thnc-Hjuarters of a mile from the lost v.anden-rs and they kr.ew not of Hi existence. Ht-idcs this they had not resell'-,! the top. In the Iwli.ght they crawled on Itandsaiid kueer, m :nctimc-s needing need-ing all their strength to enable them to get ahead. It wasa hard climb, resulting in the I. Seeding and torn luuiu and torn clothe. U lit ii the toi of the hlil was finally risilu-d the- couple git their -eatings au'l rcuhl see- in whnt 1'-lectiuii 1'-lectiuii ltouldcr lay. They o.uld see the ritlecli'jns of the Aruo smelling works on the clouds: they could seethe e-k-ctrie lights ot I)t-r-ver; tiny could iatercinsietheout-limsi'f iatercinsietheout-limsi'f l'uhitr and her eieviric lights, lut they could not get down, hxicpt on the trail the descent is. even in ilayiiiue, not the safest, mill at night al sidtili ly dangeious. The iav:iiesaiid g.rges are i';i, nnel ineipiees oxe-ihaiiging ami steii. At many j laces the rocks j recent a icrjeiriliitilar height of 1ml feet, Siiiie of the gorges and pilfslls an-se-hlom Men by the human eye. Thu two people were unused to mountain moun-tain cliuibiiig and knew not the way down, and were hence im-jirisene-d on the heights. Meantime the father of young Vincent, beriming alarmed "at I lie aUence ot the two, had succeeded in getting a number of people out to hunt the lo-t onus. He feared they hail ln-c-u inurde-reil or had fallen into the cne-k, and it was carefully M-.irchcil, as well as could be at niglit, for dead liedies. Tiie crowd called out, Uil nceived no auswer. Tliose on the hill made several attempts to come down. Uit each time thu dangerous nature of the descent warned them to go tio further, ami it was lucky they stopjicd. Hut with this constant cliuiiiing around, anxious to tind seme trail which would take them to ltouldcr, they liccanio worn out. At the first streak of tiayllght they again attempted the descent, and a liille after . cr'clwk arrived in this city footsore, liungry, weary and liliei'.iug from many scratches. ljiu'(kr ljr. Vcnrcr JUpuLUcan. |