Show A night in the alps 1 vu an cincer of our government in for many years and iii for snow fielda and led DC to spend ry vacations in alic higher alps was besides a member of alic swiss alpine club mid alili itself ivil lu many excursions in company half a dozen members of alic club rigged out heavy shoes anco breeches a knapsack fand canteen not forgetting hie alpine stick will klinl joyous spirits we left the crowded city and climbed up into alic what songs we sang ladics vie told and what ruddy shocks and tout lungs we carried home with abc wreaths of alpine docs rocs aboul our hals 1 our government sometimes requires queer work of ils consuls alic duty becomes alio llio more hen alno circumstances arc novel or unusual I 1 wa aiice directed lu learn i if possible how chac c was made some dairyman filing alic requested the of state at washington to write we oil alic noar hie proper making of tin s peculiar aej little known cheese is a secret of a few pc nants in the high awis alpi this was nn interesting coin iii nd for me nothing alian a climb above the cloud on an august I 1 set from zurich and crossing the lake took a mountain railway irain for one of abc green valleys of alic glarus alpi the little mountain village where the train stopped is two feel above sea level but before inc was a clineb of four thousand fed up the of a mountain I 1 had never seen it was still early and the sun was froia snow covered peaks in aliu neighborhood eliat were aci to inch c thousand feet in ali nr was perfect anil it would not lie ank lieford t ir 0 0 clock afsar abic about i alln ilist ili gt wiio r log ii orrs nerr in bolor of ill liin loil ligins lii ins I 1 found the hoina bic n guide A good guide would lie a necessity lion very unfortunate I 1 thought on hearing from alc little woman ft ho opened the door for iiii that lier husband was not at lionia aliat liat was 1 lu do it would be dangerous lu attempt alic climb alone why camini ma mini ill gc willi alic gentleman I 1 aicard a pleasant voice lay ive been hundred times you know and jail then a pretty coquet lib li looking girl feitli coal black eyes and n sweet laugh came to alic door 1 said why cula why not im a climber than the gentleman is replied the bright faced girl who must hac been sixteen of her diminutive size good I 1 said very ucal and alic he franc feu ahall be voura was in fuella good a mountain climber ia I 1 and 1 had myself on not being an un luc of alie alpine club for the iral half hour we guily along up smoot li slopes covered alic greenest grass ind hacic hundreds of entile known as alic brown beautiful cattle aliey were loo with their great eyes they arc as good as kittens and arc usually fat it was an acano to see as wu up i hii lie hillside call to hilr dos cn innusa clial us come itani come cherry don t you know niini lundly and alic household pets sprang amr a little and came to her like a hock of doves alic sicco ascent began and became steeper and steeper soon ahe little brown seemed far below us and the green pastures and pel heffers heifers hei fers tin nearer llie fool of alic forral mountain of highl once to fest and on a ledge of ruck aliat overhung a precipice two thousand foft in height we could lucli alif lillic blown illanes for forty anilus up down he valley and could trace alic ditc roads that looked almost like chalk lines stretching now on one side of alic rapid river and now on alie hiir path ay iy by anany a rugged ami dangerous spot here aifong chillers of heavy berth tree among rock and gnirke pinc lliel clung lo 10 alie edge or alays s As we were all alic anuw lin though r DO vt till thu hiir ciul as llie day ws in alic aia bracing anil it ya in dimply t open alic boulli wide and id ahe delicious blow in in fim lie 11 led as M rounded a very bleed bleep in alic path that liall ilni ol our knees and hicl up ofir our little of it couple of 1 l acu ciul we on a I 1 inn u i if ill ov cred kiili anis i anile lung binl i aalf i anile niilo ciul lili cuiry inca ilow linit aanon alic loud alii n ivling hie buas cill aai aix 1 alic 1 alkin tl kin of alir alp lo 10 lillic green inc ali clo got glicr froni a eliom sliu knew nud who to like glicr I 1 boiu uc alic eliud alic live franc itu fur a new and 1111 american s bin in ln sliu aa a roi doar allu sides of alif alie fad aliat liat I 1 was of hie alpine toon my snguon abu liala doen dairymen or sanin sc nin a luuy call ilcin in alje alp sixty of alic beautiful brown switzer cows on alc tlc little nip and six lo 10 liard milk aul aci said one of the senna 1 I have been on this alp all for seventeen acara and one of my comrades lias been nine summers the oilier youns fellows nrc here for their first season we will get the cows iu and milked and ufler supper I 1 ft ill toll on about the cheese it is no great secret llian atler all I 1 thought if I 1 iiii to learn it to easily alc tlc chief slopped up on a great boulder eliat served as a wind bercuk for the little ciul and gave a swiss jodel hint and dili cull bong of ho albil bo alli lio alii lio bai hualli ho none but the strong practiced practised voice of the mountaineer and ihen only in the air of the ghigli alps can safely on iho weird melody which aliu rocks take up and reverberate and shepherds licar and answer back cow of lie drove though liili a mile away knew alic icons and slowly marched into alic low stone alicd to be milked one side of abc but was olt and stood n dozen of alio llio soft eyed mouse colored cows lied all in a row heads lo oling over alic manager toward u angly listening to we buciu say ais while hells uri hiis 11 n later and one of alic brongil in an enormous armful of dried alpine lores what a romantic oil of lire that was vc in dig up by I 1 lie ians of wagon loads aid ilc tann or they our meadows and spoil them it seemed wasteful to be burning lucli and beautiful things and I 1 recalled clial down in alic valleys and in llie cities a single lillic boil tonnice of them sold for n quarter and clial a line bouquet of alpine docs rocs aas two dolli irs when quite fresh il is ln alime 0 o ial u in fa 1 e for u arc up alln morning at four 0 clock wu lait oie bifi fur rvin iiii n it nas made of a number of nide poles hijii side lr side a corduroy lindic our bedding mas buy pulverized to fineness from lucli use our covering it heavy canvas tarpaulin II on poka sleeping under tarpaulin As I 1 irice and tried to sleep that highl hie cow bells thai had to linic so the night before became a great annoyance would they never stop their rattle in spite of them I 1 iliin ut last a lilt ie and other things conspired to wake inc one was alic deep snoring of my ix comrad cy under alic tarpaulin another was an army cf what mark 1 wain once as alic aniss chamois in fact simply fleas but most superior in siu and in aran lily alil kiili the snoie alic alic liard poles and the cow balli real sleep cian acil became iiii ii alic question it was after midnight and fill moon was up without taking the trouble to make n toilet I 1 went out of ahe cabin woisil a sight never in my life had I 1 teen cueli perfect lucli glorious moonlight it was like stepping suddenly into a brighter the perfect atmosphere mado alic shining of the a light almast beyond description great anil ice gorges 1 ing on oilier slopes far acro s the valley alic light with a marcellous marvellous marv ellous beauty lar up to alic right and left blond snow H biks daz daaling ling lian ilie minarets mina of oriental pal ices aid ihori i grey bald of snow lold up its gr iii ilL breast like some cathedral alie stars shone attilli a perfect splendor every constellation every group ciary star stood in startling detail it was a only possible in seasons in lie higher tilli londei and perfect atmosphere of alic alps could sic far down into alic milley of feet below me and I 1 nl throes in bic stillness I 1 ln ard alic hotting of alio llio rapid river I 1 soon forgot alic annoyances of I 1 ic cabin alic cow bells and lie liard poles in admiration 0 a scene lucli as I 1 may never sec agahi at four alic herdsmen rose aliu stone bill containing hie dairy was opened and by daiy diy light 1 had liean into alii iny drici af cledic clee ic li was not lif froin ali il bied in aiss 11 differed in defail bul alic bic use of a ferlain ghe hie alln esc e sc it delicious and peculiar olur aliis licia blocs nut grow in america nur h it lo 10 be found anywhere of alic little of en liy alic glarus alp alpi i it ii called or sire litile biti of i alc of tua cupa ami alliry arc from as to migny of ijar cerili hiir lar glicr i it an lini alic loiuis iliac ain auml luicir of cows ull 0 o blonn alic for alic alic nian ill acar wi callis of alpine rosta uirl tlc alc lr arlly lly oni still leave of ruxi rux i luicir lionia ami all aliu ill leini out to n kiili iain anil 1 l ii alic l of aiu jaily n u cows ilo nol belong to alic six on alic u ily alc property of ill alic and abc cow aliat ii as baring anro hie most milk while on alic alpi will lie ivits a new liall ind atvill bu alic cow of alio village for a S 11 sl ih aki in youths comano Co camano mano |