The Argosy — page 157: what you’re looking at

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From Saleburg to Gastein. 143 some smell of fresh-made bread were wafted upon the air. At five o'clock the church bell rang out a loud. peal, and the village had entered upon a new day. There was no time to be lost in idleness, although I was far less re- freshed than when I had gone to bed the previous night. Break- fast was soon over; a basin of strong hot coffee brought new life with it; the bill was settled with many an inward protest: and at half-past six we were once more on the road to Gastein. _ The morning at first was cold enough for any amount of rugs and shawls and great coats: but a few hours later, when the sun had Lop Wt a —— PASS LUEG. climbed higher into the sky it grew as intensely, insufferably hot. Now, however, the mountains kept the sun away, and a pass was soon entered up which the wind rushed with a shiver in its wake. Almost imme- diately after leaving Golling, a steep ascent of five miles was com- menced through the wild and magnificent Pass Lueg, necessitating an extra horse to the summit of the hill. The mountains closed in on both sides, a narrow valley between, through which rushed the Salza : closed in so nearly in many parts as scarcely to leave room for road and river. Sometimes they appeared as if about to close altogether and bar further progress; when the turn of an unsuspected angle would open up a fresh scene of beauty and grandeur, with a sudden- COMICOOOKS.CO