Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-14
SUNDAY READING
A Remarkable and Romantic
Story of Former Times.
BRACELET LOST BUT FOUND AGAIN
A Story, Which II True. Has Quite q
Tinge Of ROmance-Lost for
Twenty Years.

"There Is q remarkable story con-
nec.ed with that bit Of jewelry,"
said gentleman recently to an
Alta reporter, who was examining
with some interest much worn
silver bracelet, on which with diff
flculty could be traced the letters
NORMAN, scratched evidently
with u knife. "Thc bracelet came
into my possession" said the gen.
tleman, "in a peculiar manner, and
you don't mind u short story III
tell you about It,"
The reporter, of course, was anx-
ious for the story, and the gentle
man, after lighting cigar, went on
with his narrative: ~ suppose you
know that some time back was
for several years connected with the
Columbia river steamboats,, and 80
was often thrown among old-time
steamboat men, whose pioneer and
legendary knowledge was most pro
found.
'"The Columbia river IL II mag
niHcent body Of water, and l doubt
II there In any grander scenery In
the world than that along the river
from The Dalles 10 the Pacific ocean.
II In ut the Cascades, however, that
the country isof the widest descrip-
tIon aud the mountains are dark
with the gloom Of dense forests or
rugged with tremendous cliffs and
frIghtiul preclpIces. There ls n
tradition among the few struggling
Indians that one now sees along
the river. which IL b. the effect that
many, many years ago grent arch
of rock spaDned the river at the
Cascades, forming natural bridge
Of stupeDdous size. One day the
two great spirits living on either
side of the river got Into n desperate
quarrel, and IN their mighty wrath
aud fury they tore the bridge
aspDder. aud IN liz fall II cboked
with huge blocas ~ stone, the eur.
rent ~ the river, thus forming the
Cascades, around which Uncle HaDl
N DOW building srles ~ locks NJ
spofnous eosi. Not only was the
brldgo destroyed, but from the
mouDislD Sides the angry spirits
elased 0f DiasAes ~ rock aud stone
~ bun NJ .a''b other strangely
enough, the nlOuDialDs OH each side
~ ibs Columbia NJ The Cascades do
ieok NJ " they bad h.sn sayARely
dealt Hlib ~ soDls 'iliaDlT struggle,
aDd u iakss bot llllls slfirli ~ lnl.
AglDail0n ~ issllsss that ilie ifsdl'
lion u true so iAr ss ibs natural
buass 10 nDDsrpsdL
"Iiui ils b,ssrlsi," F" iDisfla,s,Iibs
reporter
~ siI eolllnR ~ that " ninilDDsd
ibs ssnilsiDah, ~ bT brushed ills
asLss ffgiD bls sIRaT
"Ip ills nsiYDialDs afDund iilf
isHradis iil'if BH DuiDlsii,'ss lskfs
ues,lll,asssi w issuib, aid many
~ iilsiD ibsi ~ iLls dsy ns sblis
ilisn bHs siff -.n, ~ niusb snd
isIfii,iI sild n illF riDnify ibfaugl
shi''b piiF iiiDsi ifaf1 a. isarl
iilfin, f,gs 80 ilisss ialfs afs
iihilb sslss ls ssisDi, ils bfst1
ili,il-y is,silhH nFlli g0sB a. ilis
safs N iilf ssifl ilssgsg liiaD ibf
b,lsiIissi alsiisila ilisi sgsi spsski,J
$50 iis ssii1s ~ sgisillsiHsi,ls
'slibl a. $50 h'ail,si asbs ~
AsTusl ils ssi,g y slsH~i ~ iiis
l'ssslas p'isi, si,d, 30 ,iu rsH fsslly
IliisFiiis. iLs iI',yi ~ ils lsias sis
'iiasplnsssi bsbis1s, ssg islf = ~
> llb saih sstsss slss'siiis-- ibsi u
liskss ti,sf id,ssi iaissd ilii.asYl
lsuf tslss slb ftilgsifni - bs,s,
ssI sbli1s ~ ilif nIsi niaa lssl u
iss sis,iD hsii Nsily sg bsgI its
isi.,,d "a illisaf istis eth 4 balf
sa.s is,t a. lsaals mt slisiiys
lsssss s,a~iiasl1 ilissaTI ills
} sisf fvhAlis, algi A. iiisi ili,a.s
,sssi slll ssgsf islf > ~ gsh.s ilis
'igJ y ilselss a,ss sissis, ssa
"iisfsg'i bssfa ssIiillgs sissyi
Va btsfslsf bsi," ibisffs lissi ibs /
'/sfftff,