. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. ngaged to take them on the morrowto a point from which the ascension could be made on horseback oron foot. Aunt Jane accompanied them duringthe first stage. They had seen the prin-cipal cities of the Tyrol, but had not untilnow witnessed its wild mountain-passes,its forests, its scattered farm-houses andSenn-huts. The men whom they met all wore theTyrolese mountaineer costume, and manyof them carried rifles. How picturesque that man looks,Dorothy remarked, pointing out a wood-cutter, with his long pipe, his brigand hatwith its black cock-feathers, the scarlet
. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. ngaged to take them on the morrowto a point from which the ascension could be made on horseback oron foot. Aunt Jane accompanied them duringthe first stage. They had seen the prin-cipal cities of the Tyrol, but had not untilnow witnessed its wild mountain-passes,its forests, its scattered farm-houses andSenn-huts. The men whom they met all wore theTyrolese mountaineer costume, and manyof them carried rifles. How picturesque that man looks,Dorothy remarked, pointing out a wood-cutter, with his long pipe, his brigand hatwith its black cock-feathers, the scarlet vestover the white shirt, and the gray jackettrimmed with green hanging carelessly onone shoulder. But why are not either thebreeches or the gray stockings a little longer ? I should think bareknees an uncomfortable fashion for this cold climate. And yet it is the fashion of the chill Highlands of Scotland,Mr. Bruce replied. The Tyrolese are a hardy race, and do notfeel the cold as we do. I know that you will be interested in the. A TYROLESE MOUNTAINEER. 182 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN THE TYROL. people of the village of Adlersruhe. I call it my village, for few-tourists have discovered it, though it is one of the best points ofapproach to the Ortler. These villagers are even more intelligentand possess more of the Christian virtues than others of the samegrade. There are three conditions which may have conduced tothis, — first, their remoteness from the world with its modern vices;second, the presence among them of an unusually devoted andenlightened parish priest; and third, the factthat there is in the community no higher oraristocratic class. Their seigneur desertedhis castle years ago to settle in Italy; andsince that time the peasants have called noman lord, but have grown in independenceand manliness of spirit, governing themselvesin an almost republican fashion. It seemed strange to Dorothy that byno design of her own she should be on herway to see the castle and the villa
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