Show r AND THE BROTHERS BROTHERS' l 1 n 4 I B lI jl lime Tho Ha ru funicular al wa connects the time village lh gl o 0 or blauen on un L tim ill bank of or hake alic with Lime tho lw sum sum- i mil mi ol ur time the B an aim Ai Alp AI not nol great Ical III In size bw hut but 1 neve mandini iii a U most view Th Tho funicular is in tho usual suJlo iY by moans lucans of if a ropo opo one car cir descend th time other ascend Con Con- ent tho U eats cars U can an never bo be at Lime same lei minus at al once When heI the u. u line i was up opened for or 01 traffic early on one spring tw two brother called respectively Kurt JUI and Ludwig were en as con oon- dut duties WI were light Each ISach hud to stand on the platform in front control the brakes brakes- of if his ear car and and The TIme car cam was wax scheduled to lo ruif ru evry C half hal bout and the ten temm minutes oUI o o Kurl turL and Ludwig pc I twenty respite al at t C vad II i II each ti trip 1 I Iel Every el time tl they pH en on route roule at al lh the place where the i ri 11 were weme tou doubled ld I U hoy fY exchanged a n I mm d dof 1 I of oC greeting In lh time tho I evenings evening ih 11 I were vete wont to tim tl go 1 together tf t t j Iho thu lw Inn at al 1 for or a u of ot or beer ld I whenever they they obtained a holiday I i i made mad chamois l i I in II i i and amid I laid laid- each cacti others other's company uy I l Kurt ull 1 0 were CI S 11 maun tin n K gi- wit and time ll best of C friends i-I i began and awl t lh ho Time The tourist I l III two cars can nearly always 1 I 11 I full oil I of or people one 01 Jn bIng heisted UP UI from tl K lp steamer pr pier lill a nun and ni Ih Iho un other lowered II down cown l to I It H The rime tourist UI ot or were wre t tu to h bo 10 rich 4 aid they also supposed sup XUI- XUI posed tr tu lo lobe i be hr fond of uC purchasing I OC 11 10 purely im- im u l ti rand W was war K K Ll LIttle 1 china blue bice and two Ina lumu of chinn yellow pigtails hanging down her imor hf bjiek was mas font from fol Ie WI by hoi hem pa parents ments lo tu s sel Il I at- at summit of the iho funicular r Kurt UIl and und J whose thoughts l almost aLmo t who wholly centered In their theli much were funicular an and amid i Its workings Interested m in the LIme doings of Ilu Ina- Ina Shi- Shi RIl took tool up UI her imer hll po pot post t close till toi ll the lie platform of the the cur car drew rc up UI so HO that the conductor condu minutes initiates s' s eliot chat tom tor could enjoy u a 0 twenty dUl with wih her at the close or of each upward 1 On the very first 1 of if her 11 ani val both m men n discovered this fa l A Alime A- A I lime hut passed iia it I loomed e 1 1 larger Igel und and larger larel on 01 their mental horicon The rime up journey of nt time the car became n fl thing Ip Lp look Ionic forward to tl time the rpt ro- ro dreaded ordeal Foi t lurn luin Un Journey a ho lie who WOK vaz Wl travelling downward d fomInas from om tutu Inas Ina's company had hod to endure tie tho nl at 11 n- n of 01 seeing hI his j-Ival j Inexorably bly dr drawn wn upward toward the thai I pleasure livery rIV g half haIr hour huU this rIu 1 seesaw P fUW was WUK t. t and hAugh neither I of fr time the honest follows could have explained ox- ox tills this tho Ow only ln line when both and Kurt KUl t were weme really at wise ease was 6 during the t ton minutes when the cats cars wore were n in I fur for then neither of them lher might be him bp with Inu fh The rime brothers brothers' r 8 al ci th the Inn became cume more and more e and amI silent N Neither dated to lo meet the time theother's others other's gaze each ch felt fell the time w weight of ofa ofa a n sui guilty ty secret hr hoy IH al 1 ov OVi r their glasses of o if beer speaking Jh Their i h hearts alls wre were full ful of hatred It I was waK not with grief for the duys hays which weme no nomore more Inn Ina on her of chiel- chiel weiss filled the mind of each pach Love LO c had hac dethroned 10 love Perhaps Ina Inn was WN a n flirt At any Imy rate rale those chink china blue eyes and amid red mcd lips ps smiled impartially on 00 both Kurt LudwIg vl m one or ot the other brought his car cam to a 0 standstill at thetO the tho tO top tolt of tho the line Inc And nd nd aa na at Ron Ul the had mado m do their purchases and amid rushed off oc lo to inspect tho time view with wih lh time the aid of or the guide books book's sketch map Inn Ina came caine and ll talked ed till tl 1 it Jl was 18 91 Lh Um car 01 to ll t laIH its 11 lUt L H. H Hin u V f r t Ih the ho tu other them ctt car eal r lo to ul ulab I mum Ii ilp II p Oll m 1 1 u 1 h I 0 J l i t j THe ill HU Jrr II In- In ii ici fn II t. t behind 11 time Iho v v u L tho lake lmke 3 was II hidden I IThe The The- hl two cams H era crawled 1 tl 11 like phantoms IH up Iii 11 mid 1 11 1 time the gloaming lal rail nell ach dl other Kurt aia ton 1001 wit vili ax oyos qi had abandoned thiu friendly grouting long Ions before OIO time the summer was ov jr jit Vl t hl last l tl lime Iho end Ine come Silling al at their table In ium II the Inn I Iud ud lg wig suddenly salt FalO alc Which h h of oJ us UR I Is 15 to have her he His voice vibrated with wih Ila passion llor Whom du 1 you mean Ilan Kurt KUIt feigning surprise I ion loaned forward with lm Ii his is elbows bow I on oiL 01 time the table You w well wl ll whom I 1 mean he tie le growled Kurt Kuit laughed Perhaps I do 10 he ime mocked Theres no o about It IL I. I I I mean Ila Ina Tuma Oh Ohm rca Ina Lou Ina Is going going- to my may wife vIe Liam kiar thour l leaping LI lo his mis fc feet t Liar I J will wl kill 11 you Ol ie rushed from flom th time the hoW For Fou FOI a i while b he tie hurried away awny he ito knew klow not whitney I But lila his Ils thoughts crystallized e lie Ho turned and aud furtively look the time road to time the funicular funicular funi tutu cular terminus All li that lint nl night ht he worked d hammering and amid loosening and unscrewing unscrewing-at l at something on 01 Kurt Kurta c. c car I ft it was vas early dawn when he lie crept guiltily home I Next day ruy was again cloud cloudy The hc lUl oth limo llio of or lUo be UI fog COF One One- I two two our four passed Time Tho ho wheels hecl hiked d on oum lime pointy ut J. J cn- cn I U. U tu to llio tho Into Ju H IU I. I io u tl a bluer visible of ol or kurt urt nw now Inow Is tho thu t 11 Q I hit IK- he cau caught ht up 11 hiM liln rIla Ho ito 10 Ial tl I U I t lu to Ills und amid aimed at ut lh tIme llio funicular iop l was Wi champlon cham- cham plon shut of oC the canton tomm and amid tho time rope lay 10 not Iut si sh ala fuel feet flet distance There was no mao lo to miss Even E cn as is ho hue looked along tin the tl buiel lio in hI simm smiled I led Ho lie pulled tIme llio trigger cl There Thore was alash u a flash fush lash in the time fug fog Tim Tho ropo quivered violently The Time bullet hind had hat passed hl through h It I. I The lime penetrating power of oC a u sporting rifle IHle bull bail hal traveling at t full ruB velocity s g enormous A clean ceal hole holc hued hud been drilled In II tIme the wire Iran strands t of oC the tue mope rOlle though this mis still ll remained 11 dropped his lila pun gumm IUn And Ant now muon wr tr or Kurt lie he cried exultingly I lie e seized tho limo brake brako timid and Ull whirled U It J around Time The brake clamps gripped time rails limo Tho car cur stopped slopped dead la I iou f an al Instant time Iho became as asi 8 i maut laut an I as at a wire und amid ant groaned under un un- der PI I be hue strain I ben It I snapped at al the lie bullet bulot hole bole hole There lucre was us a report repot I like a u pistol shot shut an timid and time the frayed fn end d up the time mountain moun moun- tOOl tain tail out of sight I ht Into huito Illo lh time the mist miNt Al l I lime Ilu he samo instant a ti a toni roar rOiI lose rose on out llio Ihl ah 11 It it- I was the time II descending descending- car cur of course was cast casl louse loose LutIe Lut- Lut Lud- Lud Ie lied hud har foreseen cn that Kurt Kull would woul be lie for rOI ui time the catastrophe and tn to apply tho tIme brakes in lime As Asfor Asfor Asfor for time the automatic u brake lue hc he hind had lam lam- pried vl thu I Us Ht Ls mechanism last night ht It was I Kurt Kuil was even O more than titan I 1 expected for lie he had hatI persuaded Ina IlIn lo to come down own with him hilll and Ids his band III of oe being ready on time the bits k wheel was WUI round h her Imer waist 1 Like a a. tornado time car cor swept down the EmiC Incline For FIlm a U fraction of oe a a second caught a a. glimpse of oC It Il as It whirled past paNt lie Ih saw Kurt wildly struggling ll I with the Lime Ineffective brako He I saw sam too ton an un agonized pair of uC chinar china china- r if lh ie j 08 opened wide In imi horror Ludwig I. stood on omm his lila little platform or I-or In iii III visible invisible depths him he lie board the time dreadful cra crash h of tIme the other othmer cars carH Impact with the station terminus al ul time the bottom hOLlom Still sun ho stood motionless Present be lie spoke In III a u. curiously low lots even voice Vuie Sh Siu She was VILS on I th hue tho car Site Sho was on ou tho timo car I have hate killed loa Ins Quito and anil calmly lie III lo to his hula brake brako o wheel anti and unchecked un atm- checked c U. U Tho Thu grips off ore tie Iho rails And Amid Ludwigs Ludwig's tar car loosened from Crom Its hold flashed Clashed down the Iho lino and broke Itself to lo atoms 14 on 1111 iii wreck of uC time the theone one omme which preceded 1 11 IL 1 I Had hero been Lec any on nit Ito tho railway at tho Limo tune time time the disaster would have l worldwide world wide wid attention A As Am it was wag iS a few pw short horl all that Limit In imm Inthe para paragraphs wore oro appeared the time papers to tell lell of oC the hue tragic accident acci acci- dent on nn time llio funicular Nobody guessed th tIme tho story tolY of oC Kurt Kurl and amid Ludwig and amid eyed blue Jima Inn I steamers brought no rio ni tourists but the time funicular run maim punctually all al time the same ale Th The me brothers did tild not hot lot speak peal lo mo c each ch I other oilier nIl lund 1 boon been n th hue first Ort at n the top til of lIe I the im c line lne and found ott I Ina Inu ito as me usual lieu lo toward arl ilm dm appeared I pl lie II cunningly IY tried to make mako makeI I her hem speak plak of oC Kurl hut bul site she hp Jav gavi no fO fOI sign I n of or J I ud 1 wigs wig's hopes S ro rove c I hl h. h I 11 I t was WiS agony lo to him to 10 leave heave h her herand r and descend to BaucH that thal hi his I was smas ascending at nl flue II be imi- imi Il- Il fluent ment Still he hue II started stalled ly to lo time nil nu to Thu fh trust was stas limn lhnn ever ami I tI L Ludwig as S h he lie stood on orm hl his bis Iob sliding fill cit a as mia though lit be II Ir wore were sinking I u a sea of oC while smoke loke half Hulf j Wi down Ids his II car S am Inlo 1110 view Ie And a tt I U It I passed Kurt aI We waved hula his hand a arid and laughed For Foran Forni an nut ni J nl fingers finders clutched the HID brake brako wheel i Ho IlI JO waa seized with wih an aim II overpowering over over- O I powering desire to 10 stop time the ear car RIll leall n at al Ills his rivals rival's hut Hill Bil tin the hull of or mechanical to 10 t the lie company's compans Miles CO him hlin and lie he glided I lly iy ll 1 Tho wr wrapped him in round I He II Ic I d 11 d not lul see Bel them now Ills Ils face fau rose Ioe his tY eyes es and amid Alt blotted holet out ull mill all ul else The thought that Ihal I hi hum II at 1 few m K KUit ll would I I tolk t lo 10 o I II tin tua ovon her caress lashe lashed him into Inlo lad lad- mad I ness I 55 When io d Il al sit L lie Hie term termInus Inns at U the lie of or Umu UI 11 of if walling in iii I. I iso llio station aa was Wal ii hl Ids ii general custom ran maim homo home and fetched I his rha ll x ting jh II fir I He Jo loaded l It I I I iv and ammil hll ugh mug I It I t ha hack back ek placed it i on un time of or hi huts his car The Time light I of 01 III In hl hh iiii eyes I Time The clock lo to Iho ho half hOI hour boom I it I was lt WS vas time to start taL on on time Journey JOUr hel hell boil ln lang time the electric signal Th Thou Thou- Ic was wait no response o from the time lop rung r SUM Still miA HII no reply He Ito gnashed his bis l I leoth In III h ra rage e J I He Ic h Knit ll 1 t at the Olau dally daily Ilal- Ilal I il ing imig with wih Ina Ilia Ills Ils slow Swiss blood began to boll holi wih fur fury It Wl v five itc minutes past liast tho time half hal bumm r. r I JI Ho ii Ial once Ilor moie Tills Ilmis 1110 lh time tho i The 1 rie rue quivered d dand and 1011 Ild t llio iu car cam ell ted At Al last List t Inlo hl his bis Ill big lie he has lias bade a c her met goodby goodby good good- I by at la t. t Y yes 1 Kurt lr In is rondy fun Tho rr far upward |