The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-12


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Dc -, - sees, everywhere bat
g .sne s sso sz.en mountains, Whose
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~, !, nloun 4, eIa ans tsr wy hidden ny
sesanns 1890 veaied VAN sne forenoon
ng ~, Osue Mgne MOONS Instance, and
. .sang ~ .. me swnaiSnt; tropical sunsets
! n,sn : 0sl,cscy OF coaor and tint
snss WI cvor ooiy cue greasess artist TO
c0Py isy, mounsaal, WAFER, all chang
I Ils 81 e ~ ~ ~ DIG volcanoes OF any
~. tf9m ~ 20 s1 thousand feet;
1!lsldes MecEed .ltn sunhgnt straying
:, tne cnneing clouds; !unks, with
snelr eIees, Auge, unw1eadiy- looking
stelns, ny s.eas nlss-sstis hanging IDLY
On :ne, =. nngle mssss nanves putting
snear owe ieces OUT OF PINK windows. OF
tnrongsng on enc decks TO zee the nine
years wonder, 2 steamship ploughing
through their beautiful lakes; clouds,
w1tnout which mountain scenery ID only
nail nnished; CLIMATE delightful; tenn
pies ana palaces; forts battered down,
and forts defiant; messy lawns between
the mountains loot and the sea; bays
crowded with Junks at anchor; but
mountalns-a!wAys mountains: OF every
shape and color; hills like the chalk
hills OF Old England, bulls like the
sandstone OF the Connecticut, hills like
the rounded coast hills OF Massachu-
setts and hills ribbed and gabled like
the Sierras-au are in profusion. Take
your choice OF beauty ahouldered up
from the ocean depths into the sun
hgat' Fancy Lake George and Cham
plan scenery for two hundred and fifty
miles, and you have tho nearest simile,
though inadequate to cxprcss it: My
English friend, IN admiration, exclaims,
as We round point, and find o narrow
ext i from On apparently land locked
1ay, Where's your Lake George now?"
Inc water turns green. tho shores mar
TOW aown the entrance to . few cable
lengths. !onder, ahead, is q reef Of
rocks, leaving only two cables for our
Rassa . anu tnrongh TINS We must pass;
. Inc Sde IL rushing us along toward
:ne osngel; we nave come seven miles
y, m twenty-hve minutes, railroad speed.
Our saIety is IN our speed, and All the
pressure potticd up IN the BOILER for
~ M mour oack Is gwen 10 the engine now.
1he IeeI tnat was so lar ahead three
minutes ago Is on our beam. Seetiing
Maeers rush as over tho snnken rocks
sDreast' we dart through the narrow
psssaee ielt u.s. ana ore at the beginning
o. OIL tie w.. Tofs. whlrl pool on the coast, il
no. ~ tno worid. Everybody mas been
scleMlng up nus courage ior II. 1nt 1t IL
no wonder our faces oianch o little when
we are once IN, wltnont return; we mus!
~ 'hro.gh TINS whlrhng toe, capped
VIII ~Mte roam n,, from the maddenina
c soIAs eelow: Inc captain gives inc
orders IRON the 6rldge, IN o steady but
eAclteo voice. anu you teel that prompt
ness anu the steering qualities OF the
snip are ner only salvation. Little cares
ne ior the native pilot IN this whirl
tor'y times worse tnsn He'll Gate and
nA worse than the rapids OF the
a. Lawrence. NOW the SNIP strikes
lug outer rush OF the Whirlpool
Port! Hard a-port!" and tho ech
oes a' 1t is passed forward, thunder
fortI Hard a-port" The three
men tug at the wheel, and the
rudder, almost immovable against the
force OF water oft, slowly oboys. Little
hope for the ship now were the steering
apparatus to be at fault for second
She careens heavily to starboard, the
wheels make their ten revolutions, do
ing all they know, and slowly the ship
getting wholly into the wbirl, whore
stern and bow drift equally to port, an
swers her rudder, and her nose Is again
for the center OF the pool. And now
she enters the comparatively still watel
OF the centre. Hard a-starboard 7
The nervous voices echo, "Starboard
board, slr! and we are through one
circumference. "Steatly, IS she goes!'
AS she goes, sir9 and we paddle, pad
die, paddle! You had not noticed the
wheels were moving D moment ago
The buoyant native boats yondel
turn out their crews, they bold NJ
their arms and utter o yell of alarm
Ihey never saw ship take thi,
passsRe bvf9ro' Ihey Will -t.A Il
70 taelr chiidren ana grandchildren
Is tney troll herring with PM
knoss, ana spear them over the SIDE
nov De very careful; and the matt
answeIed AZ, ~. SRI! ana we are II
me on u wnirl again. Hard a-star'
ooaIa! ana tne cen 9cs answer, anu Tue
nope sMp--you 1eel ike pat.ing hei
ana saying. dood follow good fellow! y
answers; ana, larry IN tho &C current
we are carried IKE q child. Inc sMf
Is as quiet as q closed church. 10 our
nervousness nor, a the paddle wheels seem
dnil and SLOW v, And now for the last
ana worst. wemeet the counter, out,
slde current. Tho stern Is In a rapid
TMrl 70 the right, and our bow catches
the counter,ring outside, and swings ut
fAnl0IV tn the left. mat whnrn thSA rocks