Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-08-09

"Heh slle ulu GIT 10 Dreathln, Il
she was so mad.
AS soon as she could, she begal
81 might a knowed better, and
staid to home to make that so
soap, instead of bein' fooled off OF
here with a parcel of sceech owl
You kin screech as loud as yer
mind to, Jacindy Padder, but
guess if every bone in your bod
that oughter go down, was jiggle
up, and every one that growed u
was jiggled down, your screechi
would sound a plaguey sight di
ferent. I'm jest bounced to Jelly
"Pioneers always do suffer, Mr.
Pellet says l.
81 didn't bring no pie, than
goodness-but my ears-it's won
der they're on both sides of m
head, after the rafting they got,
says she.
'lt was real brave of you to tax
the hoss through for u.s." says Mrs
Chumbley, kindly.
$50 it was. You were a rea
woman to do it," says Mrs. Blum
ins. That made her come ont lik,
a sunbeam; nothing soothes tha
woman like a little bit of approbs
ton. Perhaps she don't get muc
of it to home. Most wimmin dom
When we got to the Glen,
was about two o'clock and th
prettiest spot natur ever took pain
with. 1t was q room cut deep in
to the solid rocks, big as lectur
hall, and about as lofty, all LEI
open on one side, like a buildin
with one wall thrown down. tn
furniture here was ledges Of rocl
running around the room lik
benches, and instead of a white
washed ceiling you could lool
right up and see the sun a shini1
in the bluest sky; big trees was
wavin' all around and trailing vine
climbing down over the green mos
sy walls. Then, from somewher,
came a bright gush Of water, tha
poured right down, as if il wa.
its hands into a natural
basin hollered out for it. The sun
always a shinin' through this flow
water, made it look jest like a big
rainbow a slippin' down, and empty
ing its pretty colors pell nell into
the stone dish. We went in, sat
lown our baskets, took off our
Dunnits, and after rcstin' a spell,
started to climb one of the hills,
which was pretty nigh straight up
md down, but how it paid when
We got TO the top. Never did l
ee anything half so grand /; you
ould look way off, most out of
light, and see ouly splendid hills
nd misty valleys, massed so lavish
ogether, as if nature got so fond
# her work, she couldn't leave off,
'ut in pure delight kept right on,
all the time, till proud
f her grand work, she crowned it
nth an everlasting crown of mag
iticcnt trees, and strewed bills and
alleys deep with poseys and feath-
ry ferns. We went on, till we
anne to sheet of stone, that shelv-
d out over nothin' where we stood
nd saw down into the "Glen,"
wo hundred feet below. Some-
ody has named it Lovers Leap"
lough why, | dunno. Nobody
Ould jump up that fur; a toad
ouldn't, though born and raised
} iumpin.'
When we got to the hill we elm
l mp; it looked so steep and slip
cry, we was afraid to try it.; but
started first and told the rest to
'llow, keerful like. had got a
,ell down when l come to a place
ard and smooth rs q floor. Scan
ing il keen, l see that there was
nshes q growing along the sides
it, SO ketched holt of one
I'd started. The old thing can,o
p by the roots, my feet went out
ON under me quicker than sheet
yhtniug; but | guess | got down
,stier than ! should if ] had 'em
walk on. II was a little the
stest locomotion ever l sec, but
was drefful odd, and that kind Of
lin had its drawbacks. was
ssky glad there wasn't no men
lks around. II Mrs. Pellet didn't
ugh. "Well, Jacinda," says she,