The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-09-24

| tnrOWn back TO the fresh mOrnin
breeze, l am sure we might have attra,
J., ted the most unseeing eyes by virtue Q
j. our unconventionality, if not our pictul
esqueness. When we reached the poir
from which the descent began and bt
held the exceeding perpendicularity
the declivity, the very stoutest-hearte
among us looked a little dubious, an
Emsie, the dsaffected, told me privatel
afterwards that it was no little satisfac
tion to her to hear one of the most boast
full of the band confess, soto roce, to
friend, that If he had known just wha
it was, he would never have come.
While we were inwarlly debating hoy
we should ever reach the bottom of th
cliff, we were informed that we mus
each of us bear burden, as the wagol
and horses could go no further and W,
were not so ethereal that we would no
have whetted appetites upon reaching
the spot for the picnic. How we eve1
arrived at our destination is q myster,
to me now, as view it through the len.
OF memory, but it was real enough ex.
pcrience to us that day. And we actu
ally transported thither watermelons, a
haIf-barrel of fruit, baskets Of provisions
and cooking utensils, for Mrs. - de-
clarcd that cit would not be real
mountain picnic unless we made a fire
and cooked a little" The extent of our
damages was only ono broken melon,
which rolled out of a sack down the hill
to its utter demolition. A few of us
slided down the rocks, and such a trem.
bling and scrambling as there was at
every turn. Some of the young gentle
men, and the married ones, of course.
undertook the arduous task of assisting
the older ladies, but we who were still
untrammolel with the so-called rights
and dignities of tie connubial state, as
serted the privilege of helping ourselves
and scorned the "strong arm" Of the
sterner sex. am proud to record the
tact OF our easy accomplishment, un-
aided as we were, of what seemed 80 ex-
traordinary a feat to our married sis
ters with their valuable auxiliaries.
That we felt amply repaid for all difa-
entities by the way when we bebeld the
entranciDg beauty of the spot selected
for our picnic is the highest eulogium
that can be pronounced upon Turkey
Tail Falls and the Narrows. The
Chatooga river, so clear that it reflected
the shining pebbles at the bottom, lay
at our feet. In fact We were almost in
the river itself, on huge bouldcrs of
rock that jntted ont from the foot of the
cliff, at the rear Of whicl,s roared and
dashed the falls. 1t seemed just spot
designed for picnic, with seats and
tables cut in the rock, and best of all,
two of the loveliest little grottoes we
had ever seen, which we converted !
into dressing rooms for the ladies and |
gentlemen, respectively. Do not smile,
dear Aunt Chat, but indeed, the water
and the rocks looked so exceedingly in
viting, and we were as happy as chill
dren, and like them, became so enam-
ored of the water ripping and foaming
over the rocks that we actually waded.
1t was such fun! Occasionally we
would stumble into the "pot holes,"
which are very deceptive, and be pre-
cipitated headlong into the water, but
that only made it the mcrrier. The gen.
tlemen enjoyed a very real advantage
over us, for they went far down the Mar
rows and bathed in the cool, clear
stream, which was, we were forced to
even better than wading.
The clouds gathered fast, and soon it
,egan raining in torrents. But our
5rottoes afforded a perfect shelter, and
ne retired therein, and enjoyed in front
If blazing fires the lugubrious scene
without. After a day spent more charm
ngly, it seemed, than any Of the others,
se suddenly remembered the climb we
lad i'll store. How we reached the sum-
nit at length, after much puffing and
flowing and resting, it were needless to
lescribe; but all things must come to an
nd and about dusk we again found our
elves at the hotel, nowise exhausted,
nut in that indefnable condition when
n ordinary supper seemed feast and s
ard beds Of velvety softness. i
Affectionately, MYRA. ]
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