Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-02

Low quickly we breathe how exhausting
ia the least eXcrtion, and how The blood
slounts 10 the head and drowsiness over
powers us But we have changed attitudes
by mile and ha.f since breakfast, and
we are not yet acclimated.
The photographer wishes TO take our
pictures He may catch all he can We
came 10 see and not 20 he seen, and so we
make for the northern edge of the summit.
Hero we see a sheer precipce OF debris pill
ed unanimously and soon lost to view in the
billowy mist that swathes the sides of tho
mountain. How complete is this sol tudo!
We seem to he sailing alone through inn
mite spacel How profound is this silence,
unbroken by whisperl Tho c,T IDS noise
lcssy lap the face of the cliffs and the cur
reHts'sT air intermingle in perfect stiffness.
With startling effect the gruh thunder sud
denly rumbles up from the pit far below IL
is ne if God had spoken, and uttered with
articulate voice the deep thoughts then Sur
ing sn our bJsOwsS.
THE mist suddenly sweeps toward us.
We seek the shelter OF the signal station.
Without the bSl rattles on the rocks and
rebounds into the air. Once we step out
and holding up both hands, feel the thrill
of the elecuic current and hear IL sing "a
weird song rs it escapes from our finger
tips.
When the storm ceases we watch the
sheen OF the sun glance ON the billowy upper
surfaces 0t'th white G ouds that midway
uOWu Auf illOuHLdln Ilut NlIllltbclN NhC
world from which we come Swiftly, Ike "a
drawn cuttain, they roll away, and as from
the height OF another planet we look upon
the majestic globe beneath
Mo lntaius no longer rise, but are CON
structe6 from the apex and slope from peak
To base Forests, great and grim become
simple dark rinkcs on the mountain sides.
A city rs abridged TO the dimensions of one
of its squares, and a great water course De-
comes dark green tape laid i'll folds on tue
lighter hued surface OF the endless arid
plains.
We are chilled 10 the marrow The guides
give The summons to start. We hurry 10
our horses, don our slckers and begin the
lolting decent in snow storm, which has
already piled the moist fakes aninch dc T
on the trail. How the white background
heightens the green of the grass ard the
tints Of the flowers, which now soeAn to
grow out of the now.
We lnger to ease olr sore limbs and tC
gather hatful of the flora. We dc not re-
alize the extent OF our lettering until long
after the last man ahead has been lost Ia
our view, one of our guides is seen squirting
in haste back 10 us, and Is heard 10 utter
the warning; "Gentlemen, il you want "a
get home tonight y0u VIII have 10 make
better timew
patience, good guide; our limbs are
raclIed and these wild flowers are two beau
tiful TO be left -
Still, we heed the counsel, and used &c
the roughness and steepness OF the way
and putting an absolute trust ia the watch
full eyes and unerrng feet OF our ponies, we
rush where we had only crept ia ascending
/ Through the wo- ded level we fly like ar
rows and when the cascade bridge thunders
under the hOofs of our seeds our party is
regained.
Tne. @ is no fog in the ravine now; the de
| clinng sun sends its slant rays far out OF
/ the plain; the wooded rock strewn sides o.
the gorge are barred with light and shadow
! the balanced rocks on their tain columns
/ look down with sentinel like approval thu
/ ruby gates O; he Garden of the Gods
| lift up their Jver asun.S portals just ahead
| the firm rock OF the summit becomes The
/ Crumbling boulder by the side of the trail
/ becomes at last the powdered red dust o.
tn hrNai road the music OF the brook be
| comes "a. even song, and with one merry
! gallop we are safe hOne.-Janies y. Truax
/ ia the Great Divide.