Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1909 — Two Could Do It. [ARTICLE]

Two Could Do It.

Basel, Switzerland, was visited some years ago by an adventurous Frenchman whose ruling passion was the ascent of, mountains shunned by most other tourists v \vho value at least their soundness of limb. He tried strenuously to scale the Gopaltenborn for the sake of carving his name upon the peak, but all his efforts were vain. The next year he returned to the attack and eventually by taking many precautions arrived at the summit. On his next appearance at the table d’hote he recounted Ills exploit to the company and informed them that he had planted on the spot a blue silk flag containing his name embroidered in large characters. An Englishman, who had listened silently, rose from the table and irinrehed out of the hotel. Two days afterward a parcel was delivered to the adventurous Gaul, ne opened it and found inside his blue silk flag, which his English neighbor at the table d’hote had won from the peak by his own pluck and daring.