The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-07

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81 stand rebuked," said Anice 81 will subside
There is no speech nor language that can do the
subject Justice"
'ENow, Bertha, see what mischief you have done.
You have hushed the song of the siren; you have
unstrung Sappho's harp. We shall hear no more
the delightful strain," said Earle Russell.
"Indeed you are making fun of me ~ cried
Anice, with warmth. ~ am sure gave no cause
for severe a sarcasm
"Now Anice" said Earle, "take it kindly Can
| not be eloquent, too, without exciting your dis
appreciation l was only saying the nonsense
that came into my head, as / often do, without
considering the feelings of others, thing should
/ be more careful about"
81 am sure your frank acknowledgment makes
amends" said Anice. 'I am too sensitive
know. We should not let self come up at all, at
such delectable time and place as this. 1t is
narrow and odious. But see there is another
/ broader fall, "A double cascade coming down from
that woody, tangled ravine. What a mass of
white foam it is 1t looks like thick buttermilk
from huge churn."
81 give it up" said the Captain. ''You are not
all fanciful. There is vein of utility about you,
after all. Idoubt if you would make a true poet"
81 have heard that poets born, not made"
said Anice. "And they certainly need a vein of
utility in order TO make their comparisons COM
prehensible TO the common mind Dr. Holland
says that even the poet must be able to make his
brains marketable, if he expects to succeed"
~ see you know how it is YOURSELF if may be
permitted to use slang phrase, the better to ex-
press myself. But a truce to badinage. / think
am capable of enjoying this glorious day without
the commonplace being mixed in at all. The
scenery Of the Rhine has not the grandeur of this
All that is wanting to make this river far more
D f1..... Al
ence of beautiful homes The Hudson and its cliffs
are small by the side Of it; but that tree-crowned
knoll on the side of the crag lacks ruined castle
or gothic cottage TO give life to thescen Even
Castle Rock lacks touch Of life"
II think il is hardly fair of YOU to rule truce
when you have had the last fling; but you are
right about the homes. They put a soul into the
landscape, and the ancient castles must awaken
the warriors spirit and the memory of the ro-
nance Of the Middle Ages. The stories Of those
rivers have all been written; these are yet to be
lived"
"That is just it," said the Captain. dThat is
what this new country lacks. 1t is the blossom
ing out of life, and its experiences that tit into
places, and makes souls for them that puts pleas
ant associations into certain hiltops and valleys:
that peoples them with loving, breathing human
nature, and writes them all overwith sQul-stirrine
Try desirable route for travel, that give variety.
and bring out its highest possibilities"
Il am sure never would care so much to 90 to
Eurdbe,n said Ance, 'if it were not for seeing
those spots of which have often read and which
are 80 full OF "reminiscences of noble spirits who
have shed their blood for the rocks and mountains
Of their tatherand, thereby peopling it with "a
great crowd of beautiful memories, that would
rise up on every hand to give you friendly greet
ing
Il could never see" said Bertha, "why people
care to make the tour of the Continent who have
never read books. should think they would lose
more than half the pleasure"
~ am sure you would see that YOU were right
if you ever take the trip" said the Captain ''The
difference in people is very easily perceived by the
places they most anxious to see You can tell
the classical students the novel-readers and the
scientists as soon as you have seen them little
and the snobs are so very transparent. They go
through with it as the nuns go through penance
from sense of duty; and the return they get is
very small. One feels sorry to see of how much
they are deprived"
81 think such people would show their good
sense by staying at home / should not feel sorry
for them at all. should only regret to think how
much good was wasted on those who could not APP
precate it, while those who could have improved
lne Wlolc opportunity are denied IT. SAID Anlce.
"But here we come TO the Ribbon Fall so called
from that green stripe In the water and the twist
in it, that reminds one of a twisted ribbonu
AZ have never heard its name before and have
passed up and down several times" said the Cap
tain.
al think have heard it called Oneonta FALL"
SAID Earle
81 do not the sense in that name,n said
Anice; "but you all see that the other is ap-
plicable."
Very said the Captain, ''and do not see why
you should not have the privilege of naming the
fall, as well as another Ribbon Fall il shall be for
me hereafter"
Anice blushed and exclaimed:
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