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Tale of brotherly love and self-sacrifice. Two Scottish brothers, sons of a farmer's widow, both love the same woman - also Scottish and a neighbouring farmer's daughter. She accepts one before she knows the other loves her too. The brothers (with an Irish guide!) join a party to search for a traveller lost in the mountains, become separated and after finding the man discover themselves trapped with only one chance of escape. The brother who has been refused sacrifices himself for his brother. He shortens his own longer straw and dies in a snowstorm together with the lost traveller. Adventure - much description of the mountain climbing, weather etc. Brothers' love. Odd mix of nationalities in Switzerland. Some of the descriptions of the lost traveller contain echoes of Australian bush. (PB)
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Swiss Alps,
cSwitzerland,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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