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Boulderfield. At the Inn the following morning 

 he was completely restored. I was still so ex- 

 hausted from getting him down that when he 

 insisted that he be allowed to give me a tip in 

 addition to the guiding fee I agreed to accept 

 it. The instant I had consented it occurred to 

 me that a tip from a millionaire for the saving 

 of his life would be worth while. I was startled 

 when, with a satisfied expression, he handed 

 me twenty-five cents! 



Early one season, before the ice had melted, 

 one of my five climbers met with an accident 

 in one of the most dangerous places along the 

 way. We were descending, and I was in front, 

 watching each one closely as he crossed a nar- 

 row and extremely steep tongue of ice. The 

 gentleman who brought up the rear was a good 

 climber when not talking; but this time he was 

 chattering away and failed to notice me when 

 I signaled him for silence while each climber, 

 in turn, carefully crossed the steep ice in the 

 footholds chopped for that purpose. Still talk- 

 ing, he stepped out on the ice without looking 

 and missed the foothold! Both feet shot from 



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