Show Continued from yesterday Ee that as It may we were again before a vast land or of snow and stones and we began to climb down slowly Night had lon long since fallen and the moon w was s set when we saw several fires Ires and reached the vicinIty vicinity vicin- vicin Ity ot of an encampment or of cowmen I consulted with about the I question ot of or not to the tents to fo beg hospItality for the night We Ve hesitated The best way of course was to proceed without being seen but after a difficult march of nearly eighteen hours the tremendous tremendous tre- tre effort ve had made to cross the snow wall we were exhausted ex- ex hausted ann with fever r. r No fuel could be collected under the snow and to spend the night without without with with- out fire although We had reached a lower seemed level rather hard FIGHT WITH SAVAGE DOGS DOGS I SO we turned towards the tents when one of those big fierce dogs which always ays watch around a Tibetan camp smelt us and began to bark Immediately other dogs answered and presently a number ran toward us We shouted at themen the themen men who Were In the tents to callback can call back the dangerous beasts telling them that we were not thieves thle l but ut two honest pilgrims who had nearly died In the snows and asked only to be allowed to spend the night near their tire fire As We shouted we had at the same time to defend ourselves against the dogs There w were re six or seven enormous black animals hardly to be seen ih If the night but Lut for tor their phosphorescent eyes anti and their long white teeth We Ve had strong sticks and at Intervals a sudden howling told us that we had seriously hit one or of our canine enemies Hope gave us new strength th when we discerned two tall black human forms proceedIng in our dl- dl n. n We Ve shouted louder convinced con con- vinced that the cowmen were comIng corn com con I tag Ing to help us when I saw a a. flash of light and then a report was heard and something flew buzzing next my left arm I felt as It if somebody some some- body ha had shaken the large sleeve or of my thick dress All that happened In less th than thana n. n a a. second Then another flash of light and something knocked a I us They shoot at atus atus us cried ried my my servant senant Let us run tot for our life The advice was sound but most to follow First d darkness prevented us seeing the ground before us we were stumbling on the stones hurting ourselves against sharp rocks and the dogs were after us more alarmed d and ferocious sinco their masters had begun to tire fire One or of them had already taken advantage ot of the of al when he heard the first shot and ceased for tor an Instant to use his stick to toj j jump mp at him and the poor man had he not been clad In a thick sheep sheep- skip ot of which the animal tore a Irge piece would have been cruelly bitten We Va endeavored to get away as quickly as possible from rom that Inhospitable inhospitable in- in hospitable spot time seemed long longas as We were compelled to continue the fighting with tho dogs till we Were at some distance from the camp and then the men sun still fired Ired a. a dozen shots A PLUNGE IN ICY WATER The following days did not bring bringan an any event really worth mentioning ng We Ve met two rivers the upper Mekong and tributary that we did not expect to find so large and so high When fording the second one I with water to the waist we missed I Ithe the right place of the ford I I. I being short lost my footing and the swift swiftCurrent swiftcurrent current would have carried me away Had I not held at that moment the hand or of my servant lie He vaa a very good swimmer and as' as I can enn at also o swim s a lIttle I helped the efforts he made to take me out after two or three minutes we felt our feet again resting on the ground and we rapidly reached the bank or of the river We Ve were wet to th the skin our thIck dresses and our loads were ere dripping The They dId not do so 80 soing ing very soon they stiffened be- be j c ing hard bard frozen on us and we Ke d. d t J B stone one Images wIth I faceS aceS Z X S 'S t- t Madame Ned David l Is a and a French scholar WhO also knows English well enough to write this article as it Much of 01 the flavor of 01 her Own telling would have hav been lost b by trans and the story would lose considerably by professional Jo journalIstic handling Her shot reserved somewhat staccato way of recounting the terrible hardships through which she passed helps to give the reader a atrue atrue true pIcture of this courageous and Indomitable little woman n y Tibetan Tibetan permIts those extraordinary nary mystics who dwell on the snowy summits know the strange secret of developing the internal heat In their body ody so that they are able to bear the lowest temperatures temperatures tempera tempera- tures without endangering theIr health and to to dr dr on them any ny piece ot of cloth just as If it was placed on a heated stove For or longI tong long r I had remained incredulous ul s about the stories I had heard on that matter but having become really interested In the Subject I had succeeded after a long time ot or rather hard probation In lag Ing- Inga a a great mediator an ascetic who lives In solitude to Initiate me Into that secret So although owIng to lack lackor or of perseverance and practice I Iwas was far from being an adept of that art previous tests made me confident that I had nothing noth- noth nothing ing to fear from the present acci- acci dent Very happily w we found not far from the river a grotto rotto which w was s used as habitation by the men cow during the flummer A large quantity quantity quan- quan ot of dry remained on the ground we kindled n a big fire I took tok oft off my sheepskin coat and gave It to the care of al to dry dry dry-as as best he could Then leaving him alone so that he might undress warm himself and dry his own I went vent out in my wet undergarment undergarment under under- garment and sat lii III the open to practice the lessons lesson that already alread long ago had been taught to me atthe at atthe the foot or of the everlasting snows on the occult power of generating Internal heat Two hours later I went back to the cave Busy around a gowing brasler brasier yal who had dried himself cooked for m dinner a kind of soup whose recipe I omit to give here doubting that any of my readers readers' dogs would care to taste it it but for us It was n. n relish Owing to tiredness we had not been able to travel us as quickly as we had expected our or of food was nearly exhausted a and d ot of the the I little that remaIned a part had been spoiled when we took an unwanted un un- wanted bath In the Mekong We Ve did not see any prospect or of buying or begging anything In the solitudes we were crossing so that we were most anxious see In Ing with the luggage and provIsions al was specially haunted by the remembrance ot of a a. ba bag of dry meat lie He spoke about It It a hundred I times a J day and by the v desire that the lama larna who carried the coveted dry meat with him would soon overtake us he slackened slackened slack slack- ened the pace proceeding as a snail sitting after every mile for a long longtime time as It if exhausted I understood his ruse but aside from admonitions that had little effect on him I had no way or of Infusing energy In him lie He was vas a good timid young man a member of the lower lama larna- 1st clergy brought UI In a monas- monas ten tery Our lonely marches across snowy wilderness where silence was only broken at times Umes by the roaring of the avalanches or or of a torrent run run- ning invisible under a thick layer laer ot of otIce Ice had troubled his mind f fear ar led him to strange acts he began to tos s speak ak aoud In an IncoHerent way I His mental condition greatly ad added ed I to my preoccupation The of the poor I greedy gleedy fellow had perforce to turnout turn turnout out true One evening we were ready to camp when we saw far faraway away and his servant coming down from the crest of a hill Doubt was not possible we counted the number of animals recognized recognized rec- rec the size of the men Yong- Yong den short and Dawa tall Our friends were there Overcome O by joy thinking ot of the dry meat and other good food proposed to go to meet our friends and to lead them behind the little hillock where w had decided do- do to camp It was as nearly dark darle sIgnaling from far was impossible so I let him go Half an hour later latr I saw him coming back back- carrying dr dry In the lap flap of his coal lIe He looked terrified There are spies Or enemies after them or alter after us I do donot do not know he sal said hurriedly In a subdued tone Dawa wears his rosary around his neck When I saw Jt it r I threw myself my- my self on the ground behind the tho corner cor- cor ncr ner ot of a hill They were busy Lusy lookIng look look- big Ing at a load whose ropes had become be- be como come loose and they dId not notice me The news Was as serious I spent the night ponderIng about the matter mat mat- ter and we started only when the sun had risen In order to avoid It if we were seen the appearance ot of beIng being be- be Ing acquainted with the other party WARNING SIGNS GIVE ALARM We e had settled that and L 1 would meet beyond the frontier at a place northward of the upper course ot of the 11 he was certainly far from thinking that we were hUll lingering In Chinese Tibet and would continue to pro pro- It would 1 not be easy to joIn rIders who had several hours hours' advance ad ad- vance on us Still SUlI as they were compelled to ride on account of the pack animals and to camp In the day to let the beasts graze we we expected to meet them before long After a a. long march we saw saw at night a fire burning In a a. sheltered spot Travelers are few In these regions especially during the cold season and we at once that our frIends were there ComIng Corning Corn Com Ing nearer wo we saw that wo we had not made a mistake Like hungry wolves that covet a veIl weIl guarded prey we advanced ad cautiously toward the camp i I did not see Lama who was In the tent but near the fIre Dawa Dava was cooking the meal chanting some pious invocation to Dolma Doima The flame Iamo lighted him up and to out our We saw the long rosary hung to 0 his neck RepressIng Repress Repress- Ing our exclamation ot of bitter disappointment disappointment dis- dis appointment we retreated In the dark This time I told my my servant we will continue e ahead and camp near their road If fC we can fInd a suitable place where we vIlI be hIdden and where they will pass by Tomorrow I shall shaH try to get an ex- ex k j Con t j i |