Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . of the guides who had been engaged to ascend the Jung-frau. The young athlete was aseager now to give up the excursionas he had been to undertake it;but the guides held him to hisbargain, and the hotel-keeper tooksides with them. The Judge of-fered to pay the sum which hehad previously agreed upon tosettle the matter; and Mr. Walkerstepped in as mediator. It isnt the money, said therecusant Alpinist, but the howidcweatures seem to regard me astheir lawful pwey and are deter-mined to lug me along body andbones. Ill pay the fellahs what-ever Ive pwomised if th
Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . of the guides who had been engaged to ascend the Jung-frau. The young athlete was aseager now to give up the excursionas he had been to undertake it;but the guides held him to hisbargain, and the hotel-keeper tooksides with them. The Judge of-fered to pay the sum which hehad previously agreed upon tosettle the matter; and Mr. Walkerstepped in as mediator. It isnt the money, said therecusant Alpinist, but the howidcweatures seem to regard me astheir lawful pwey and are deter-mined to lug me along body andbones. Ill pay the fellahs what-ever Ive pwomised if theyll onlylet me off from making the being explained to the guides, everything was amicablyarranged, and from Grindelwald our friends proceeded on the nextday to Meiringen. Here Mr. Walker took leave of them, turning offtoward the right on his way to the hospice of the Grimsel and thenceto the glacier of the Aar. Annette suggested that this was the mostdirect route to Zermatt, and all regretted the ending of their pleasant. MR. BARNEY JONES IN DIFFICULTIES. THE JUNGFRAU AND THE OBERLAND. 89 intercourse, and none more than Mr. Walker himself. Judge Houghtonwould gladly have accompanied him, but the young man assuredMargaret that the mountaineering which he must now undertake wasmuch too difficult for the Judge. The Rigi is quite enough forhim, he said to her; and I think that when he has once made thatascent he will be satisfied. I would like very much to take him withme across some of the passes. After I have finished my Agassizpilgrimage, I would like to make such a trip as your friend thought of,and follow up Napoleon as an engineer. I will be through with myglacier work in about a month from the present time. Have I yourpermission to join you then ? Grandpa will be delighted to go with you, I am sure, Margaretreplied. We shall be at Zermatt in all probability. That is a dangerous point for any one afflicted with the maniascandens. If your grandfather manifests any w
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