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Show b Wanderings in Tyrol rt I Hard Fare and Labor Compensated by Meal and Reit on Mountain's Summit (Special Correspondi in c ) "lly Ihe rnil of December I1IIJ Peter anil I had grown ihnrniighl) tlreat of Munich ami tin fug, and con - tltt-ted to try the effect of a Hill pan 'oral almoaphcre We spent about W beiiire, on bleak day riteciuelng 'arte plum for an nutlng, onl) lo five I hem alt up a being beyond lb teSpe eef our pocket buuka When a IMn'i allowance lomea on Ih nf trtnlti n( the nmnlh. and bills hat lo , W paid, the twenty nlnlh la a very Vail tine to talk of a vacation; but we Mt lit need ot a change of climate, ' to em-eluded to try the effect o( a .vnlklruj umr on imr lagging spirits V left our quartets at I o'clock on Die morning ot the twuit) ninth, hh to -mere Idea of mir ultimate tlrailna-Hen tlrailna-Hen than had Columbine when hi- flrel jallest iml In discover a new world We finally eiriick the Ostbahnhof, However, and after studying the time card, bought iwo third claaa tickets 'o Innsbruck and return No persons unacquainted wiili third alas travel of the continmt ran ap pterin I e lli various emotions that aa wiled Ha aa thv countless scents aria Ing from a hundred Innih baskets t struck our nostrils, and bin fur our pipe w niiiat have Im. n smnihcred before! the end of the first half hour W attracted hut llltlo attention ilur Ing tht flrat ataxia, for the Mu.ni liner -' 'a comopollle and taken i unt not Ire it anr one, bin by the tun,. He reached the Austrian bnrdi r i had )Rtin to feci Ilk clrrim fn aka Hard Fare at Innibruck. At ll, alter lounilciw changing of !are, we reached Innsbruck ami al onee began a eyslcmatlr hum for ndglng, I'etera had vlsidd the place wee before, but an his aniu ilmann , llli Ibe timna hoHti,rlia wai llm ileil In the Kumpali-rhi i llnf (rales . bjn crimes a day ami un lu ,n, not 'I prove to be of much alaiam, We ... finally landed In the (lt,,ii. Ium -, (toldcneii Sonne when' fur lln tutu )t 40 tenia, we were ii)Iiiwi,I to rmi our bona In Ihe inot abominably barcl bed mortal ever struck Daybreak, the iicxi murnlng aaw ua on our way and afti r fourteen hmira nf hard tramping we lamlul at the Oaethoff aunt l.itu In tin Stub-tlthal Stub-tlthal the qticorcsl laniblnailoii of paraille and pig wn II ha rer been my fortune lo dlaroier A stone tali let over the denr annimnced thai In Iho year eighteen hundred and aomo thing I'rlnce Olio of llavarla and Queen Sumebudy of Somewhere, to-gether to-gether villi thilr rospettlvo tultea, had apent the night there The exterior waa far from prepo-" prepo-" seaslng. but v concliideil dial If ro- ally had lieen able to aland It, e muld, ao we waded through I lie mud puddlo that unrounded the entrance ami naked for lied. With many fore-bodlnaa fore-bodlnaa e climbed Iho rickety atalr eaao, vllh thrughl of Ihoae dreadful . Inntbruek beda iipierniot In our , mlnjle. We ere moal pleaaantly aup . irlaen, theicfore, when Iho "wlrtln" uilirreil ua Into a large chamber of Immaculate appearonco, In the corner of which timid to anowy bedt piled high with downy "belldecken." Four-teen Four-teen hotira of atead) walking oter rough Alpine Iraila la n lilt wearying, and 'we were tery glad lo havo our ', dlnnnri, which conalated of Wiener Hnllliel and "eln (llaae I lei la." aerted .v to'ua In bed. Up the Mountains. Tho neat day we aenl reeling. Peter giving up moat of hla time lo making aVelcliea uf the Inhabllanla. l-'our o'clock New Yeut'a Inurnlug aaw ua on our way Alpine climbing had alwnja been a bit Iimi' alrenuoiu a , pastime to appeal to elthir 1 'el era or myaelf, but the bracing air of the v T)rol had II red our lagged aplrlte, and at n forced our way along the mow colored pallia we laid elaborate plana for an aaaault on the Matlerhorn tho following milliner , My outfit conalated of n hoary tweed aull, mountain boote, a bright red awenler whhh attracted the envy of all the penannta wo met. an old tlouch hat and tin Alpenetocji l'cter'a rla waa much Iho aame Wo had ' Inkrn 111 precaution lo allp n couple of roll! Into our pockcta. and theafl reaihid ihe uinmlt. and proceeded to (haw out our feet (the only membera I thai had aulfereri from Uie cold I In from of a rounlng fire which we bull! I In one of Ihe Prancn-Auatrlan Alpine Aaaoclatlon ahelter huta. After melt I Ing a little anow In I'eler a hat. the only receptacle thai we ronld find, we . proceeded to make a meal of our rolla No lenconrae dinner ever aeried laated half ao good a did thoae two ! half awir lumiM of eoarae bread, and when, at Ibe ronclualnn of our frugal I repeat , we filled our plpea and lay down In the doorway to enjoy our all 1 er-dlnner amoke ae both felt more like monarcha than we mr hoped lo again Although our mum leu telielted al Ihe thought of gelling batk to work we both knew Ihe dangera nf Alpine climbing after dark ao, binding hand fnla of atraw onto our ihoe to keep Ibe anow from caking on them, we mailed on our homeward way II) Ihe lime we had reached the out-aklrte out-aklrte of Ihe wood tin ami waa al Church In Tyroltta Alps, ready low an I Die illalant howl ot ihi Umber wolf ac'i I an a wonderful stimulant lo ourtlitd inuaclca Wo had no dcalri' to try our hands with ihvse dcnlsiim of the forr.t and for a iiumbei of nillo we hit only Iho high plaiea trimtlng to rrntlilinco to keep the wo!n oicupled elav where and paying ream heed to Ihe dangera of Ihe Ice coaled path lly 10 o'clock we had reached the settle- 1 menl, and after eallng n prndlgloiu quanllly of fifed aauaagea we rllmhed aloft lo our welcome rouchea and rapidly ased Into Ihe realm of , dreania i MAD FAITH IN CHOATE'S POWER. I Sailor's Peculiar Reason for Joining I In Robbery. When Unfile Choale waa United Klalea rilalrlet attorney In lloalnn J Ihree aallora were before his court i fur the robbery from their ship of a j bag of specie, and one ot llicm turned slatu'a etldtnre, Uon the aland Ihla wltneaa, to n i fllml qiieetlon by Mr Choate aa lo what Inducement (he others held out to him lo Join them, with ahanttfaced limitation made aubelantlally the following fol-lowing reply: "Well, air, arler feelln' round a bit, I hey sea lo me. aea they: 'Com or, j Jack, an' Jlne ua. U'a dead easy, an' It'll make us all rich: an aa If we do ; get ketehed we can hire Choale, an' I he II clear ua If Ihey find Ihe money In ' our boote ' " One could never forget the seriocomic serio-comic ejtpreealon on that naturally grave fare, aa .Mr Choale, amid bud-preaaed bud-preaaed laughter. In which both court and Jury had to Join, busied himself with iho papera upon his table and, turning to the defending rouueel, with as much dignity a ibe situation permitted, per-mitted, aald "lie's your wlliiesa." ; Statue of Tell at Altdof, furnished th imjua of HUbsUtcnco J, during the day ' j5 Our progress was somewhat tctati)- ' 13 rit by Ihe underbrush at drat (Ibe f 'path! had been turned Into lung; runs 'IN and were to slippery tljat we vere tja Jnal.lo lo obtain a fnnllioldl. but aa fc wo ueaVad. lie Iselerf Ihe country P J jrew. mqie open, till only a olltar) fjj pln,Otftyte raised Its .nnttlirou head ' tL bpr( ani' 'hare- 'Onee, nul of Ihe shade j&T aTt.lie trees ihe sua bfaair lo g'ow n tJu'"Jortn.oi wgrni. and we began to 1HillJeJpVtivU' vaU our thin union !fltWOTMPl'fltWrej"-rWi- only atUre ffiWnSbJir . .ipon who knowa iBthlni of the atmospheric conditions In tne-Ttroleao Alps the Idea of climb- Ing a glacier' In such scanty wardrobe will apiitar startling In ihe extreme, but no glimmer sun In Arlsona was ' ot bailer lluui yos thn face of Old ' " Bel 00 that mldwlnter'a day. Frugal Meal Enjoytd. About 2 o clock In the afternoon we |