The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-26

/ hve hours 10 reach the summit. Ii u ten
miles, by the trail. from Monitcau To- the
summit oil the Peak
Up lngleman> CANYON. through which
the trail leads. the pine trees grow thick
and tall. Huge boulders hung ont from
the mountain sides over our heads. nun
drcsi> Of feet above us, and the mountain
: stream da>he> down past III i'm such roar
ing torrents that We cannot hear each 9th
er's voices. The trail on both sides is
lined with wild flowers vi many kinds.
We stopped and gathered an elegant bo,met
IL We went up, but by the time We got tn
the top. We had tn let the boquct slide and
put On our OvercOat, and Skirmi>h around
generally, tn keep warm. The wind was
blowing hari and the SHOW wa> foot deep
We stood on Pixies Peak. fourteen thou
sand one hundred and ior,y-seven feet
high. The other mountain tops are lar
below. The wind blows loud and the sun
shines clear AMI everything looks cold and
drcary. The large pine trees that grow OH
the sides al tn. mountains below Us APP
pear like small shrubs. We can ,ce the
snow-crowne,i Rnckv range one hundred
miles away. and Mount Lincoln the Platte
river, and the Ute Pass leading away up
toward Leariville. The Seven Lakes away
down the mountain side look Ike little
sparkling pools. Toward the East out
over Inc plains We can. in tact, Sc H. lar
IL we can >.-c. and We cant >ce ANYTHING
but the bread plains and The shadows oi
the clouds Heating DER them. Cclorad"
Springs. '>.ec; AuJurn. lovely village "i
the plain. eighteen miles away looks like
- !i;t!c white >..cck Nesting NJ the loot III
the mountains. There l. Il signal station
on the peak. inhabited az The present tine
by Sergeant - kccf and away vi. here i the
lonely grave Of ii> little child that Wa
Killed bv the mountain rat> in lS.O. W.
remained "n ile peak until late :" see the
SUNSET. which W.. very beautiful. and then
W. descended hy moonlight. EVERYTHING
looked douhiv romantic by moonlight Ii
wa> about ni.!m:gh. when We 20; back To-
Moni;car, AMI Il More exhausted and tired
community than wc we're. was never in
that :a,iiud,. hci"rc. We >.cn, the next
day III the Cliff huu-, and in the afternoon
We visited the 'tiar,len al the Gods. with
which nearly every person. l. familiar. -
MANY photographs ,iLvci,cvn taken %: IT,
But the photograph, fail To- give an al
eqna,e idea al It's gorgeous c"lorirs. or ri
the noble view which i'll gateway frames.
Ut Hb.tds> pi tHt> -ttcNtN are .t>' itct
high. There l. an Otter paTai.ci Oi white
stone. ais! inner columns III var:"T> culor>
which might well b. the ruins oi a vas.
heathcn temple. or the shrine 81 the long
buried gods. We then visited Williams
canon ana th. Cave of The Winds near
Monitcau. This cave extends for three
miles under the ground ana curren, OF
air Is always passing through it. though
no quite; at the other end has vet been
found. We returned io Colorado Springs
the Hex, day and icll in with
Il crowd oi tourists coirg out 20 Cheyenne
Canon. The crowd wa, composed oil Miss !
Baldwin and her uncle. W. X. Warren. oi
Nashville, Tenn: Mis-, Warren. III Can I
ton. Miss: Mr. Young and lady. oi Paris.
ILL.,. ii. Il. Evans and vile. oi Chicago;
Mr.. Afford, Of Lawrence, Kan. and our
selves. We wen, 10 cheyenne Canon"
Ben Creep Canon the seven Lakes"
My Garden" "Au>tins Bluffs" ''Monu- /
ment Park THE Dutch Wedding" !
Douglas Punche." blair Athol" and /
MANY other points ri interest and bcauy:
and after three days devoted to pleasure !
and sightseeing. We took leave of the jol- I
Hest crowd that We ever met, promised tn .
send all the girls a copy Of the SUNDAY /
MORNING BAZOo and Ii, out for Denver .
In our next letter VIC will tell Won SOME /
thing els. CRITICIZE FIELD.