The Loup City Northwestern

Cool In Adversity.

A cool hero of an Alpine fall was the stout German tourist whom George Abraham encountered in strange circumstances on a glacier near Zermatt. Having insisted upon unroping himself from his guides, he had disappeared into a crevasse. It was supposed he must be dead, and eventually a party arrived with ropes and sacks for the remains. But meanwhile Mr. Abraham's party appeared on the scene, and his guide was lowered 60 feet into the crevasse. Voices were heard in the depths. The guide found the German with a broken leg, his body much battered, yet he was smoking a cigar. And he absolutely refused to be rescued until he had bargained at some length for the cost of that operation.