Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22
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4.--emau recently TO reporter Of the
= francisco Aits, wco was examining
- some interest a nUcl-worn silver
..cgist, On wA.ca with ciff2ultY could
,rsoed the letters NJI12h," scratched
.rsen.Iy with q knife "The bracelet
s~s into my possession" said the gen.
I.1sn, ".n q pecuu1: manner, and iIyou
,,,,t mind & short story I'll tell you
,,spr It," The reporter, Of course, I0s
~ Gus for the story, SID the gentleman,
~ ltguting q cigar, Wrnt on with his
..,~st!ve: al suppose that you know
~. Tor some lime back l WIS for
rv,r1l years connected with the
sTlum5is r.ve- steam boats, S1d 50
ss Cf.en thrown among the old
a~g s,eamoostmen, w5Ose pioneer aid
-.rdsry knowledge WIS most profound.
H. 5lum1is river is magnificent body
+ v..5r, and I doubt il there is sny
-.ctgr Ecerery IA the world than that
:5~g the river from the Dslle5 to the Pa
ri, oCe.n. [. is 8. tn Cascades, how
r.r, tHst the country Is CT the widest
f.cription aod the mountains are dark
yin the gloom If dense forests Crrugged
rt1 tremendous cliffs or fIightiul preci
noes. There IL tradition among TIC.
In stragglng IHdisns that enc nov, sses
,--g TIE river, winch is 10 the efteckthst
.s.V, maRy years sg0 crest &rSh CT
-,z spanEed the river 3. the CsscEdessa
Nm1irg natural bridge @-Qti
srp.rdous size, One day the .tB5d
rsst spirits, living one on .stsheI |
HE OF the river, got into 8 dssi3Ersts
I,srrel, and in their mighty Ws&th seadff
/, Iy7 they tore Ih blidge Gsuuder, and IN
4 i,ll Choked with huge blocks Of stone
81 ne current of the river, thus forming the
0gesdes, around which UGcle San is
-0Y building a series OF locks 81 enOr- |
r5us cost. Not tnly WAS the bridge
Fssr1yed, but from the noun .siR sides
IL angry spirits clawed Of masses Of
mex and stone to hurl e esch other.
Strangely enough, the mountains on each
die Of the Columbia at the Cascades do
box IS if they had been savagely dealt
WITH in som. Titanic struggle, and it
ugas 0us little stretch Of the imaglns
gg1 10 believe tbst the tradition is
tue s.. fSr as the natural bridge is con-
gtaed."
But the Bracelet" inter2osed the re-
porter.
a an coming to that" continued the
y.l.lemsn, as he brushed The ashes from
: is cigar. "Il the mountains around the
Cascades there sre EumbeIless lyka5 IN
lg-plssed Ia beauty, sld many CT them
&c t6ls dAy no white msn has ever seen,
Dr0Ugl and terribly slid 3 the country
a.ouga which GRE must travel to reach
asm. Some Of these I&kes z1e mSny
N.5s in extent, the heavy timber coming
i.it down to the edge of the
Es.er. Clearer than the brightest dis.
z11dt,lat ever spsrkled are the waters OF
etsa INkes, ard Of unisthonsble depth.
81, the hottest days OF August the wster Is
Ln95: st the freezing point, end, as you
III easily imagine, the trout In these
sees sre magnificent fighters, knd take q
irwin such savage esrnestness that it
LIKES your blood bound through your
veins with excitement as your reel Whirrs
70 tie dcst mad rush Of the sturdy fish.
N8Iy IN hour I've 4 he'd in those lakes
vir1 s half breed boy to paddle my shall
ogdug-Cut roiseles ly through lie water.
Curious, nin't II, thNt those trout will
ieVe- take flg unless the wind IS blow
IL downstream, and SIS fol"
Haven't heard RnYthi about the |
,scelet YET" interrupted the reporter.
That's so. Well, enc day the wind |
VS. blowing stiff down stream, and as
o.. steamer WAS waiting to tow up
urge loading with railroad iron, Csp!ain
alT suggested inst we 90 a-tlsAing 20 3
&:i5tn lake SONS miles back in the
woods. We knew that no one had fshfd
l5Ee for several years, and that the Ia
-!ns never went near Ii, as they said 81
SV.. spirit in the shape OF 4 monster hsh
.'a1 IN its waters, and though several
adams had in OrsYadO gone 10 the lake
80 hs1, none Of them ever returned.
Ler hsrd tramp we reached tie lake,
I'd in few miCules had CO.'S 5ructed c
NIGH rat. pushed OF to thL cerrte Of the
&c s1d thrown OuI flies | never had
III sport in my life. a fly could scarcely
-1c1 ne water bsfJre i was seized by
@ns hungry a-d keen-tyed trout. Final
3 .red Of the sport, wa determined to
p. o'va to 1he snOre, and JUST for luck l
rev M Il once II ore. TlcTe wa5 &
--3l. lug, bu. II my annoyance 7 found
lie l7 wzs caught or bls u drift. We
,'-2.5o u 10 II, end TeIC.lng over for to
zee t1a nook l saw s piece Of shinning
I ,le orsECh, and .heGe WAS that brace
& i .-- " --Sh ANCAA.G A. uLbk I
"a not noGCe tla letters scratched on 1t,
u. !s.. 20 wondering how it got into the
~, fer certainly for twenty yesrs past
" --L.tr had heer WITHIN mile OF thsi
Captain NV. VINO YVES one Of tse't
..o.s On he river, and deeply versed in
.~gl The river lore, took the Bit of jsW.
ri n MS GsLd sud began + close exam
A4on. He wss, Ia tae main, ore Of the
= Giles. men I ever kpsw, snd seldom
.--T. Z tie Slightest emotion under any
.'lnstalces. BE rad examined the
;;iot!5t bus momsnt or SO wheI
.Aid hin explain in Whistler him, were
Isl 1uasusl yoGes: Here, G. H
SAYS wass he sIwSyS called me- leoE
see j: these scratches ere legreTs.' l
.tsd, srd made out, So you have, the
WA, Nomah. 'Yse, yes said the csp
~ hats WHIST l thought. The FIRST
s.' q the name has bsea ersced by
.-s, 5u. he name IN fall was Malt
,.lsA. When l wss boy l remember
VS. the most beautiful maiden smong
- h4cEitsts-2Ed they Were warriors in
Way captain, said I, 'this is quite 3
E f'-ldlCF. ten y,a abnur