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Title: Harper's Young People, November 11, 1879
An Illustrated Weekly

Author: Various

Release Date: February 25, 2009 [EBook #28186]

Language: English

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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, NOV 11, 1879 ***

Produced by Annie McGuire

[Illustration: HARPER'S

YOUNG PEOPLE

AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.]

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VOL. I.--NO. 2. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR
CENTS.

Tuesday, November 11, 1879. Copyright, 1879, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50
per Year, in Advance.

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[Illustration: "AS HE STOOD THERE LEANING ON HIS ALPENSTOCK."]

[Begun in No. 1 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, November 4.]

THE BRAVE SWISS BOY.

_II.--A PERILOUS ADVENTURE._

It was still early in the day when Walter left the cottage a second
time. His heart was cheerful, and his movements light and rapid.
Instead, however, of taking the road leading to the inn, he struck off
in a zigzag path through the valley toward the Engelhorn, whose jagged
and lofty peaks rose far up into the blue sky. After a short time he
reached the large and splendid glacier that lies between the Engelhorn
and Wellborn, cast a hasty glance at the beautiful masses of ice
burnished to prismatic brilliancy by the morning sun, and then turned to
the left toward a steep and narrow path leading to the summit. As the
road grew more difficult at every step, his progress became much slower,
and he purposely reserved his strength, knowing well that it would be
severely taxed before he gained the object of his journey. After a
toilsome ascent of half an hour he reached the lofty crag called by the
mountaineers the Warder of the Glacier, and sat down to recover his
breath.

It was very necessary for him to take a little rest; for the way he had
come, although long and tiring, was as child's play compared with the
difficulties he had yet to overcome. He had to climb the steep and dizzy
heights that towered above his head; and instead of walking along a
narrow foot-path,