Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-22

r,.ryc on PrcET sorSp.
~...t Ranier. the Big saw
r. IN. victoria and seattle.
,,,..,;e Monthly for Ft5raa'g.l
~ Tacoma is at the head OF
~ toVI1 It is half on, half nm
k1Dfslsy 40. ~ steep, tina. ladder-like
r., buns hn;lt to scale them. Il
xtssys ~ md south. To the east its
- ess. 1sr s seas and isthmuses of
- os.nds Its south horiz on y cleft
p; ;ss4ic snow dome OF Mount
u n h The west and northwest lie
nlsf n,rmpio ranges, also snow-top-
eIooe ", rn on the Sound commands
~ ~. n;ses and sunsets on snowy
). .nd stretches OF sea. ,.,,;
~ sncb med Tacoma at 8 O'Clock In
oon Mount Rainier was then
snaes Il doomed up like q citadel
y nearly three miies IN Iae alr.
& = ~ than an hour 1t haa trInea -. a.om
b MIC TO solid gold; Inc process
sno ar, rr,reternatural. In many years
neo rnowledee Of all the wonders
l,M M,n,;se and sunset can work on
- - !, s The Rocky Mountain RANGES,
s.rsr = -, saen any such effect. 1t was
"a nsse. Nor came from within, and
~ snc . wishont: as If the mighty bull
uom ,sa;nO heated from central
G.;I, more slowly than 1t bad
"a 1rcna snow white to cleaning
80 n changed from the cleaning eolo
inminous red, like. that OF nse Goals;
Ssrv GLOW was broken, here and
I. irregular spaces OF vivid
Ina G coIor, wherever rocky ledges
,.d ont. The spectacle was 50 SOL
ssst il was impossible to divest
2Sf 1 certain sense of awe. The
~ hotter and hotter, until 1t
.sS Ara must burst from it. The
sSs .,,cmntain seemed translucent and
:xs,;no - With heat. The long north
y tvilicht deepsned, but the noun
- did not change, unless 1t we're 70
kr,r sven more ferily in the DINNER
scAt AZ Last pale ember tints began
= nsep inward from the base OF the
s.sts verv slowly-as q burning coal
ssois vhen II falls into bed OF warm
~. These tints grew gray, blue, and
Sssliv faded into the true ashy tint OF
| eDA embefs; gradually they spread
~ the whole surface OF the mountain:
a the ton. flicker Of the red fingered
isnc. TIGHTENING still more the sugges-
- Of slowly cooling ti.es. The ont.
uopping lodges faded from their VIVID
0i1e color to pale blue, the exact
INT Of shadows on dead eInbers; and
! Hi1 ajso hiQhtened the pallor OF the
! ~ TINT on the rest of the mountain.
Tvo briQs lay at anchor in Tacoma
EkeYhof. Their every NEST and spar and
- at0od ont as if etched ON the cold
4 vs|Iov sky in the north. As our boat
5S3ed ont into thouailent, dusky vistas
n foreat and sea. in the deepening
s.rkneea. this network of crossing and
sssntsrcyosa;ro I;nea on the sky seemed
4 have mvsferoua airnificance. as il
- micht heion0 70 4 system OF pro.
vsatnrsi trinnoniation. wrought by
ss~srs Of the air. whoso colossal beacon
- had inst sean extinouished.
Gert morninc at 4 O'clock. from on,
11sse,oom windows (th;a nIural ahouId
E emnhas;zed FOR there are not TO b(
/ sund IN many waters steamboat.
uSioh contain ataterooms with two win
iavs and dnnhIe beds. snch "A are TO b,
lnnd on PUGET oundl-next morning
.fnm our sfateroom windows, at
X'alock. wa looked ont on one of th'
SIaracfesistio Puret Sound pictures. /
eIided mast. chancino oach second, ter
tS-,-'st ~Irs<'-'r.~e g. =
|snber acainst o pale green sky; dome
Snd lines Of dark fir forest, hair lin
n coid edrinc each one to the east
- and there a roof or a chimne,
MONO the trees wooded islands sail
- into and out OF sight la q twinkIing
Iii shadows trailing purple on th,
psSer q cluster of white houses closs
y tho shore boats drawn up; the tids
", and . stretch Of shingle sparkling
~; beach wall of tall frs few rod
NIX; boat pulling over from another
1naky shore, opposite and near sum-
|1nu stealing mp ahead OF the sun, flash
II On the bOatnan's oars and lighting
" Dsysry window in the hamlet. Our boa
llung around and in and halted q mar
nped ashore. The silence was 90 ab
G)ote that the comm0nest act or mo
IN seemed stealthy. As the boat
nsked out Of the inlet, the sun rost
I'm behind q fir forest, and flashed
sWoy ono of the spear tops into sori
4onddsn presenting OF arms along the
{ pAole skyline. Il was not full sunrise
IL II the inlet but once out in
y wider sea, We swept into broad
~ In the distance q steamboat
~ brig were sailing side by side
~ brig took rank with nature at once
= nien Of effort about her motion; only
elttle curl OF white water at her bows,
y quiet, satisfied chuckle. For one
md her masts cut across the great
ne u Mount Rainier, and reaching
f-way to its top, seemed suddenly to
4eoe towards the sky. The whole pic
e-landing, departure, dawn, sunrise
I'll Vas over and past in less time than
0telling takes. The swift beauty Of
- moments is only an average suc-
Ion Of average moments Of which
1an are made up, when one sails on
k9eot Sound.
u OR next stop was at Port Gamble.
reach Il. we had sailed twenty-four
lles; yet BY road across the prom
4 cgy 4 MAS only eleven miles away
"a our sunrise hating place, 30 much
} ~ winding water roads double on
meolves. Port Gamble Is, like most
~ he Puget Sound towns, simply q
smill village. Il has population OF
~ hundred people, every man Of
I I'm b at work in, or in connection
=, the lumber mills. Tho village il
~ . clearing in the shore side Of tho
~; rough little houses painted