Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-21
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p,cturesaue Isiands and
ids Amo'I..pIrIng Mountain,
lat. AZ day began 70 wans' we
ri through Loeb Aber ana the
pea 'n rrows into Loeb Linnhe.
ran - n the mighty spirit of the lakes
pesU curtains took possession OF us
mo Md that boatload OF merry
anu y s,, lent and spell-bound. 1t was
pr ~ we're being borne onward,
In,s va and noiselessly, into the inmost
~, holies. Even the captain and
I" deckhands stood like men en-
w "a overwhelmed by the surpass-
sn,eudor. Any thing 50 grand, so
! 90 magical. can hardly be I'M
ra q n much less described. The rain
40 hours before had left the air
Nv Nth yapor, through which the
'. yow shone gloriously. producing
n most marvellous effects. "You
!. make this trip hundred times.
]. said the captain, as he stood
q, .and not get the half OF
!, Won are getting to-day--no, nor
.snth Of it." / quote this lest
- onr dear wandering kinsfolk
,ove been down the Caledonian
=, on some dull, gray day. when
n..ah mists hemmed them In on
.ides. and they could scarcely see
and the decks, should cry out:
~ that woman exaggerates" But
have all seen transformation scenes
the stage where the effect Of light
|, color, OF rapidly dissolving views
( n seemingly supernatural revela-
i filled us with wordless awe. Now
kke the stage one vast panorama OF
hing. sparkling water. as still as .
~ Of silver. Dot the surface with
lnds. dark masses OF verdure rising
4 Of the depths, and often pictures
|ely beautiful with ivy-grown mold
|nc towers, broken arches. and here
there stately monument. Let
nearer hills, sloping from the
Dres. be cultivated and clothed with
linz green more than halfway
make them gentle and
melike by building stately mansions
the broad terraces and letting small
" cottages, like birds nests. perch
! the slightly cliffs; then, stretching
above these human habitations, let
4 purple Of the wild heather, blend
! with the soft olives OF ferns and
bsses, climb to their very tops. Be
hid them, tier on tier, not in regular
hges, but jutting out edgewise and
bsswise and allwise, let the mightier
bis stretch upward and onward. ap.
|hring and disappearing; now loom
! up out OF the vapor in cold, blue
hendor, then suddenly vanishing like
Mid ghosts; changing every mo.
ent; presenting constantly new Wis
new cloud marvels and new open
Is into far radiant reaches, through
Aich you seem to see Heaven itself.
brow over all this light walls of mist
lat soften rather than obscure-pale,
hy, dazzling silver, soft rose. trans.
cent amber, purple amethyst-vails
|at float and lift and waver with
Iery breath and with every motion o.
|e boat, and you will have some faint
la Of what our eyes beheld one Au
est evening as we crossed Loci
Dhnhe and passed into Loeb Leven
>using for a few moments at Balla
bulish, and then, turning into Linnht
kain, swept on our downward way to
hrd Oban. But you must do still
pre-. You must imagine all this
hgnifeence of cloud and mountain
ID island so perfectly mirrored in thu
bar, still waters of the lake that ever
L changing splendor of color was du
Heated, and Heaven was below as wei
above US. 1t grew dark and chill
last. The overpowering glory dice
pd earth was earth once more, bu
Y effect remained. Young men an,
|hidens, old men and children. wer'
Pntent to sit in silence, or to speak II
fbdued Whispers, as we watched 70
le first CLEAN of the semi-circular cor
Pn OF lights that guard the bay O
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