The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-17
THE
Biggest Of the Season.
HOW A BACHELOR WAS CAUGHT.
BIZ MRS. sKrPwTTH H. coALE.


or all the delightful seaside resorts, the
most charming is surely Mount Arabia, Oh
HE coast of Maine. 1t may seem strange,
perhaps, that an island should bear the title
Of Mount but from the tossing
u rises like n cone, from the summit OF which
parking troutstrehms spring down the de-
siivity, emptying themselves midway IN their
descent into the loveliest crystal lake in the
world. Far OF to the south lies PorcupiEe
Island, q rough, jagged rock, crouching low
upon the sea, and b~ristling with gaunt, up
right pine trees only the distant line OF the
mainland bounds the gliStering waters, or at
evening the gorgeous clouds of the sunset,
opening splendid visions of '%'ciiies beautiful
In the golden distance, or soft mr.al land.
soapes Of deep bays and purple promonto-
des. Beneath these glowing skies the sea
lies tossing restlessly, its dark-blue wayes
breaking into white-caps under the breeze
from the west, and occasionally a white FISH
lnR-smack crosses the truck of gold which tie
~departingsun has laidacross this watery azure
door.
Only once a week, in the days of which /
write, did the little steamer from Clayton,
the nearest seaport, cross the channel to tie
small landing place on the southern side 81
the islnnd, bringing news from the great
world to this lovely and silent Ultima Ihuir
OF the West.
1le Mount Ii now u Ihulous iaSuiOhhhiF
vatering-place, but ten years ago it wa
carcely known, or visited only by enthust,
sstic ~votaries of old Izak Walton's favor.i,
sastime. There were no grand hotels ~
there are now, only one unpretentlous littls
lnu accommodated the stray tourists whu
bad discovered the charms OF the place -lhe
hotel was kept by a good-natured lrishman
samed Murphy, who WINS always ready at the
steamboat landing, TO advertise the charms oil
NE 'tSea Gull"
On the beach at the foot of tho hill ,lus
Jared o circle of mail fisher huts but tho,
we're scarcely inviting enough TO attract Wit
sors, SO that Mr.. Murphy generally had hi
few bedrooms filed enrly in the season,
principallyby parties of Cambridge men,WLT
preferred the sport, fresh air and independ.
snce of 1.-THE Mount" 10 all the attractions
Saratoga or Newport.
One summer, then, found myself, for III,
first time, installed in the little hosiery o
the Sea Gull, in company with Ave othel
c~ollegiaus the party having engaged all o.
Murphy's rooms for the sake Of entire seclu
sion.
For one month we had climbed the rocks
fished the streams, and sailed the waters; our
boards had grown, our skins had tanned, and
we had roughed il to our hearts content. MOI
u sign of q p~etticoat had We seen to disturb
our equAnimity, for the garments of the ill
favored females of the fishing villages, had
c rtAinly never awakened in us the slightest
desire for their society. We had loungcd on
the little piazza of the hotel in our slirt.
sleeves, luxuriously indolent orr several
trunks Qorwhat colleGenan does not prepare
himself for a social emergencyD still holding
in undisturbed repose those triumphs of the
tailor's art, in which the Poole of Boston eI.
cells. As to our boots, they were innocent Of
backing, the small polishers thereof, whom
We had SO often tipped among the academic
shades of Harvard, being unknown, alas. II
the Businesses of 'the Mount, "andit must be
confessed that our artistic genius did not in
cline toward the pigments Of Dayand MART;
We had been rusticatiug, as | said, for
month in undisturbed seclusion, when out
day, whether some traitor of the party lad
been secretly longing for the presence OF the
fair sex, and had surreptitiously divulgcd til,
charms Of our retreat to some sister, oil
cousin, / know not, at oil event, one giori
Gus August morning, down came anirruptior
of girls upon thequiet island, which causedas
much confusion as did ever of old the vile
barbarian hordes Of Goth or Visigoth.
We were sitting in blissful Inconsistencies
of their proximity, on the cool, vine-draped
porch of the inn, six healthy, well bronzcu
college men, presenting on the railing IL
front of US for their inspection as they as.
cended the path which came from the land.
ing-a row of twelve substantial, double.
coAeo -ASA1A elA-h DCONss " II tNtH VI
the four young ladies who, with bright faces
appearing from beneath their broad sun.
downs, halted suddenly in their breathless
walkand stayed their rapid footsteps to await
the somewhat elderlygentleman who accom-.
panied them.
Down went the twelve boots suddenly with
q simultaneous crash, at the sound Of a sup
pressed musical ripple of laughter; we CAV,
a dismayed look at the enemy in front, anC
perceiving 1t to be attired in very stylish
garments Of a Boston cut, eazed blanklyintc
each others faces, then rose and ignoinini
ously fed to the inner sanetd of our private
emerged the unwonted ounds of backing
brushes in full and rapid operation, together
with calls for hotwater andirantic queries as
to mislaid shaving apparatus.
the leader Of the storming
party, who proved afterwards to be the
father OF two of the young ladies. q Mr..
Baldwin nv name. walked up to the hotel
door, where he was eourteously received by
Murphy. "A very short period elapsed before
unusually excited tones were heard through
our closed doors, proceediI z from the littIe
Parlor below. Indeed, candor compels me 10
state that l. for one, had allowed mine 10
sation that was being carried on below, we
could hear Murphy's courteous protests thai
he had not O room to spare.
''Indade, yer honor, iviry wan Of thin Il
az prisint occupied by q lot of univarsit,
young gint;lmin, sir"
In vain the irate Bostonian formed. Wa
he to allow q parcel of headstrong, Graz,
girls to bring him to suchnn outlandish placr
as this, and then TO be turned out Of door
outright, by Jovei
Then = murmur Of soft voices arose. ''oh