A WOMANIN ICE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1694, 24 October 1887, Page 3

A WOMANIN ICE

''A. airengu &t ry,' t&jz " Suniißh* " rom-K f r oui .Htuerica, bearing evkenoo of ili-i wonderful tvagnifjicg powsr .f ic< . It aypearß ih.it a party o! friontis recent r< w^nt to ihti c».l ba>ka, located abiav- 20 rn;l"s from Trout lake, Washington territory. Tha third niabt cut tht-y cßmped near the famous ice oavea m that vicinity, at d not bfcing pressed for time tho party resolved to explore them. A belf-mile di^Lart from the caves is a large fitsu c through t'no basalt. One of tho party, namel Kennedy ay.d h« bad v'aitHd t\\\ spot last summer, at, which time the fissure warn m places fii'ed wi:h ice, and m others open to fvc o^faihomnhlo depth. Now cdoio? an almost iaoreriiblH phase of tin prrty'e exporatioa ' Early m the aucoeedirg mnniiiig,' to relate the advautare m Hie largutge of a member of the patty, ' K^unedy and I f >r«nd thf fi sure ao elaborately described bj him the preoodmj eTening', it beiDg oouipiete'y fi It d with ioo of singular cl«arneß9 presonting a surface of gentle annuls- ions, appearing much aa if the Pacfic Ocean near Panama h d baeo ifistaotaneously frozen over. We travelled several hucdrtd yards along the edge o* the fiesurs, admiring the pr Btnatio r»ye reflacted from ita surface, when I w»9 startled by a endden cry from Kennedy, who was iitoDßeiy excited. I Bpproached him, impreesed with the idea that he i had become insane. Be had dropped on his hands and knees and, with an abnormal expression depicted upon his face, his eyea were intently staring into the crystalline depths. Following his

wi'd guze, 1 beheld at an apparent, depth of 20fc the head and ah-ulders of a gigantic woman, with eyes wide open and beautiful complexion. The face, bo far as I could judge, was well proportioned, the noiee somewhat retrotissl. Her gown, or what we could ace o f ft about the neck »nd shoulders, waa constructed of & rich material. The rest of the body was indistinct, owing to come flaw m the ; o. The face seemed about 6ft m length, the featuresappearlnpßtran2 reiyf»nailiar.]Sothing was said of this discovery till the &ext morning, when we all visited the enormous fissure, taking with us a ciude mining outfit and resolved to dip the woman out I of the ice. The firat day we reached a depth of 14ft , but were determined to recovir the huge, well-preserved corpse That night we pondered upon how the woman got there, and when Did she belong to a prehistoric race ! But. then her attire w»s so much like that of the present day. Bowever, who knows, but what she was contemporaneous with 'he uiastodon, wboße bones tell us of their prehistoric existence m the north west ? We all tried to sleep, but m vain, so excited were we ; and we sat smoking about the camp fire all that blesßed night, specu'ating hb to what the next day's res' arch might bring forth. At the first streak of daylight labor was reounv d, but we had to work cautiously as the fine ice had ob-

Ecured the body from view. By noon a depth of 21ft had been obtaii ed, and Fulton relieved me. tak ng hie turn m the ice shaft "About three o'oli ok Kennedy who had been remarkrbiy quiet while at work, requested to t.o hauled up When he reached the surface he placed a piece of ice a foot rqaars. Nt my fett, then he threw himself Hp^o -he gr- und, rolling over and over iv tb.n most alarming and hysterical manner In reply to my auxi us apptal to him for an explanation of his strange conduct he nniy pointed to the chonk of ica be brough up Examining it I tan a piece of cardboard embedded m it, which proved on cno sine to be an advertising card, with the picture of a beautiful woman on it, and beating at the bottom aome words of advice as to the use of a certain sapoDaceooß manufacture. How did it get there 1 Perhaps thrown In last summer by some i outlets, covered by the winter's Ice, and osiing nvo m-n two days' work to recover, simply became the ice, by ite varying density and peculiar shape, had magnified the picture a hundredfold, and lent if a natural appearance. 1