The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-11-14
DOWN TURNER'S POINT.

YOU VIII 4OON ONt Va bAS NAh0Cf ~
your right when the train gets through the
cut you will have fine view Of the Grand
Chasm," says the polite conductor, lifting
his gilt lettered cap.
"Thanlz you very much, returned the
quiet little lady in dark bs2e, quickly rails.
ing her eyes from the pages Of her guide
book.
ooh, Aun. Tina says shrill, excited
voice at her elbow, "let me go out on the
platform, dol Til be just as careful and
hold on to the brake just as tight r
eDon't think of. such a thing for mo-
mentl" 10 qurck, decided tones. while her
alert eyes are upon each movement of the
restless bi: Of humanity at her side.
She is quiet looking little lady no
longer.
The train is approaching Tallulah, Tai
lulah the Terrible, 6eorgia's greatest and
most famous wonder, and the passengers
are in fever of Impotence to catch the
first glimpse of the tremendous canon
along the dizzy edges of which the rail-
road makesits way. No more SO than the
wide awake bit of humanity referred to,
who. boylike, cahnot understand why it is
that his twelve yeers of life do not entitle
him 10 a greater show of privilege-like
that. for instance.sof standing on the plat
form as the other men are doing.
He thinks his aEntie unnecessarily eau
tious and particular, yet he doesn't get
ugly about it at sell. He has never been
very beadstrong nor Il very disobedient
boy, only a somewhat wilful one at times,
with strange ideeE of his own, the express
sion of which, after a fashion peculiar TO
himself. has gained for him among his
mates The title of 1.-THE queer little fell
low"
There is nothing in the bare side of the
cut through which they are now passing,
nor ia the monotonous stretches of pine
barrens left behind, to give even hint of
the grandeur of the scene that now bursts
upon their vision.
Down through a gorge 1900 feet in
depth, and Overcome thousand feet WIDE at
its narrowest point, dashes the Tallulah
river. over rlggedly massed powders, in
foam tossed cascades that throw their
spray into the air nearly hundred feet.
On either side rise sheer walls of solid
granite, worn smooth rs polished silver in
many places bysthe floods of centuries.
and like silver glittering in the SUMS
TAys
ductor. pointing just to the right OF them
to stupendous mass of rugged granite
shelves, soil covered in many places that
jut out more prominently than the others
into the dizzy gorge. with but one ex-
ception, continues the conductor, st is
Il trba och IF oh md 10
full 500 feet above the bed of the river"
ga tremendous fall, thatt' exclaimed a
nervous little gentleman behind him, "pro-
vided any one wanted to try il"
'.Shouldn't think they'd particularly
wait to try Il" returns the conductor dry
ly; ''yet some efthem do"
Good graciousr' cried the nervous
little gentleman again; ''you don't mean
to say that some one has fallen down
there?' IN
ooh, no, not that; only some of the
more adyaniurons have tried to climb
down by means of the clumps of stunted
vsrdure you see.
''Asd did they succeed"
'sOnly SO far as partial descent; about
one third of the way. i believe"
Arrived at Young's Hotel about the first
person whose acquaintance is sought by
our restless bit of humanity, otherwise
Aunt Tina's nephew, Swain Conner, is
Monk, the veteran guide.
81 say, Mr.. Monk Swain breaks forth
Immediately that he has that worthy Sc
curely penned in an out of the way cor
ner of the veranda, ~ want you 10 take
me down to Turner's Point.
sPshaw," whisted Monk, thinking this
the queerest one he had to deal with yet
Then apparently determining to treat it
all as huge joke:
eyes, certainly; and isn't there some
thing else on the same order that you
would like-a pleasure ride, for instance,
over the Hurricanes"
"Yes, if you please.
''But, good graciousl ! don't pleasew
cries the excitable little guide, losing con-
troll or himself at once. -@The thing either
way is not to be thought of for moment,
I'm ess you are extremely anxious to quit
this world for another.
.sBut the conductor said some of 'em-
went down Turner's Point"
''Some one or two fooihardy ones have,
to certain distance, but they were glad
enough to get back, tell YOU. AS 10 go
ing down that way to the bottom of the
gorge-well, if you are extremely anxious
to get rid of yourself, the quickest way
would be to try the Hurricane.
s'The very terror spot OF the whole
river says Mr.. Monk the next morning,
when exhibiting the awe-inspiring spec
tacle, known as the Hurricane Falls, to
Aunt Tina and her attendant, Swain.
They have been afraid to leave the ho-
tel at first because of the threatening APP
pearancc of the sky, but as Aunt Tina's
time is limited she has finally decided to
venture. After that luck seems to favor
her, for. with the exception of a few drops
while at the Indian Arrow Rapids, there
has been no further fall of rain.
"Oh, what beautiful little rainbow"
cries Swain, as from the rock on which
they are now standing he catches sight of
the exquisite arch. whose prismatic hues
sparkle brilliantly between him and the