Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-19


the vastly deep dash and are broken one after
another, and the baffied waters seethe and
foam and roar as if in furious anger. Then
the spent waters crawl among the notches,
and inches, and ragged seams, and granite
Tipped gaps, behind the seeded masses of
black stone.
They swish and wash, here and there, in
the crevices and caverns, then run quickly
out, seaward again, as if in anxious and
hurried effort TO join the volume of receding
surf, ready 20 return, with another charge
Of the futile, but mighty force, of oceans
green and whelming mass. About these
rocks great flocks of sea birds circle, flap
and scream, and along their sides ocean
lions, sleek and homely, in squirming herds,
clamor with their prey of fish, and there
they feast and fight, roaring and believing
the while, in appalling din and relocation.
On the land the primeval forests of hem
lock, spruce and pine stand as heavy,
somber, deep and mysterious as if the foot
OF man had never trod the ground upon
which they grow. Here, indeed, the SOIL
'tude is unutterable, and all nature is as
mild, dreary and uninviting-save to those
who love her in her most awful moods-as
where
The VOLTS long howl is heard,
On Oonalaska's lonely shore"
The streams In this region are full Of big
and saucy trout, and game, great and small,
is abundant in the woods. This is why N.Y.
self and companion were down there, in
that southern extremity Of Tillamook, for a
time last summer.
One day while we were exploring the
deep woods, about three miles from the
ocean and six miles below a settlement on
the Ncstucca bay, we suddenly came
upon a diminutive log cabin. A patch of
ground near by had been cleared, and
around the patch had been built a rude
fence Of logs, stumps, brush and whatever
other material fit for the purpose could be
found at hand Big melons, garden truck,
q roasting-ear patch and some annual
flowers were growing luxuriantly on the
cleared ground, and the fence had been
built to keep deer and other animals of the
forest-as well as a cow which contem-
platively chewed her eud as she gazed
longingly into the patch-from destroying
the vegetation incIosed.
The discovery was more or less astonish-
ing, and we started at once for the cabin In
tent upon ascertaining, if possible, who had
come so far from the haunts of men, three
miles from the ocean and six miles from
anywhere else, to pitch his habitauon; who
1t was that had been so eminently success
full in finding such ga lodge in a wider
ness" such "a boundless contiguity of
shade"
We were quickly rewarded, for the bark
of an aged dog brought tall, grizzled and
bent old man to the door, and he had to
bend some more to come through the en-
trance Of his habitation.
"Heiloi Good-day," he said, in pleasant
tone. "Glad to see you if you are friendly"
he continued, and when we assured him as
to why we happened to be there, he asked
US to take seats on bench outside, remark
ing that just then it was more comfortable
outside the cabin than in, as it was wash
day with him aud he had been doing his
semi-annual laundrying indoors.
u must be exceedingly careful with fire."
ne said, sin order to prevent confagra-
ton among the timber, which would add I'M
comfortable additional warmth to the imme-
diate vicinity, so l never build fires out
doors at this season, and that which have
had in the cabin has heated the room I'M
comfortably. Besides, there is an unpleas-
ant odor of soap-soft soap-good soft soap,
too for made it myself"
We expressed our entire satisfaction with
the situation and declared that his explana-
tons were all unnecessary, whereat he
seemed gratified and fell to talking with
much vivacity on all sorts Of subjects sug-