The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-03
Long S Peak
1855
House.

slatsment:
Longs Peak
House
Except for this, travellers would scarcely
think Of stopping a. the tiny cabin. II has
but fonr rooms. with q low garrett overhead;
yet there have been nights when twenty peo
PIE Save slept under its roof Parties max
ing the ascent OF Longs Peak spend the night
there; and the two infnitesimal bedrooms
opening from the sitting rooms ere in de-
1nsrd eli summer. The ranch is the prop
erty Of minister Of sect more nearly allied
10 the Methodist denomination than TO any
other. the United Brethren of Christ" Mr..
Lamb was for many years an It1nsrant
preacher, going about SlmOSt Ike Paul and
Bsrnsbss, breaking bread from house to
house" and with neither scrip" nor Two
coats for the Journey. Eight years be spent
in Ibis manner IN Colorado. But during sll
this time there was more or less present with
him ne vision OF the inevitable future ia
store Tor the Old age OF poor ministers. De
obreryed what was done for them;
what became Of them; that conferences
voted sometimes $50 a year to superannu-
ated helpless old man. He said humorous
Iy: I made up my mind that | would
preach the gospel as long as l was able, but
wouldn't live on $50 a year whan was zoo
Il
Colorado circuits he began to search for
homestead which should be the nucleus of
provision for the future OF himself and his
family. In crossing over this mountain
meadow at the hase of Longs PEAK be 90.
served its fertility; also that 1t was always
warmer there than In the valleys bs.ew,
well open TO the sun, sheltered from winds
by the mighty bulwark of the peak and its
spurs 10 the west; also by the high peaks to
the east. The place grew in his esteem year
by year as he iOuneyed back and forth. de
hEd 10 rivals to contend with him for tue
possessions of the spot. When he settled
there and proposed 10 raise grain aud vege'
tables he was laughed at. Bat those who
win laugh last and longest. It takes three
barns now to hold his hay, and on one little
feld Just behind the cabin he raises 100 BUSH
els Of tuInips each year. be has another
ranch in Southern Colorado where he raises
stock. Here he takes his family in winter.
His sors are growing mp hardy aud industrt-
Gus farmers and st0ckmen, his wife has been
Gu ed of serious lung disease and is nov o
well woman, and The vision OF poverty
stricken old age, supported by voted chart
ties from church conferences no longer dis
turbs his peace of mind A very wise man
in his day was Brother Lamb when be did
this thing, bat rather the better preacher
will ne be to the end OF his preacher days by
reason Of his hay and oats and turnips and
peas and the money they will bring hlm.
Nely Few dollars have as yet gone into the
building and arranging of the little house. l.
is only rough log cabin, inside and out;
bat ikeIe are books on the wall OF the sitting
room and comfortable chairs; lounge, and
an open IRE; aud everything beyond these
''savor. of superhuity" so far a. simple COM
fort Is ccncsrned. The diniu groom is lighted
by curious oblong windows, very narrow aad
high up. which add much to the picturesque
neSs OF the room The kitchen is only 8 sort
of q lssD-to shed, bullion, as an aftertnought,
when the place began TO grow into an inn.
A stream of mouDtaiE water runs swiftly
through it, low down in the middle and
eteps esd down TO 8 round, geltllke cup
board whose GOODNESS and convenience city
house keepers might we'll envy. The stream
comss out by the eide of the kitchen door
and 7u1 along the fence of the small, white
pslsd yard, keeping everything green and
fresh.
A little girl Ten years old, with yellow
bair and beautiful taWDy brown eyes, set
the table. while her mother prepared oul
lunch. She was an eager-eyed, sensitive
child full of interest In everything in theiI
wilderness life; brought up dozsns Of wild
flowers the had pressed, aud was anxious &c
know their names; old magazines full o
ferns az brakes she had, and bottle of rec
fluid she had herself made out of the juice
OF the petals of wild flower called "Indiar
painti-"beautiful red ink" she said it was
and offered to give as bottle of it to tak'
away.
Ire child was only five years old wher
they brought her to this rancho sad from
the beginning she showed a passionate low
for tie place.
sit seemed that first summer as If II
never get cbance to get my work don
at ali" said Mrs. Lamb "for JennI
wasn't content one minute in tn
house, and there bad been bears seeI
about here, 80 / didn't dare let hsr 60 on
alone; and she wasn't contented, either, Il
play right round the house where could SO
her she always wanted to get off, farther AM
farther into the woods and up onto the hills
went out to walk with her all could; AM
1t did seem as II I'd never get back into tn
house. She'd tire me clean out walking
She used TO coax me along farther aud far
Their. She'd say. Just come to the mex
rock and then to the next, end the nex'
till we'd be miles from home. II seemed a
If there want any satisfying her. Aud she
lust as fond of IL now as ever. She's beer
mp to the top of every ore Of these noun
fains with her brothers. She'll climb wher
] can't begin to. She picked the goosebel
ries this jelIs made of way up on the Twil
Sisters-Wbere you see those highest bushe
growing; that's q great gooseberry patch
more than an acre in II, and it's 1000 fee
mp. You wouldn't think beffies'd ripeE
good up there, would your
Passing the lake. the road leaves wild AM
unbroken moors and opens, still slowl
climbing till IL touches the top Of ridg
from which the lambs" meadows lie ful
in view. and the chasms in the sides o
Longs Peak are eeen in full grandeur. From
below they look like faint inequalities an
shadows; here they are huge chambers an
IL still so far up in the air that It looks like
sharp point against the blue.
Don't look as IL there was whole acres ga
ont there on the top, does it," said Bob
land it's full o. little piles of stones. whsr
People that's been up there has left thei