Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-06-26


one ~ The southern Countir, or EuplanJ
great aud noble knight who. for son
great service rendered the reigninc kim
had bestowed on him and his dr>cendan
Forever vast and beautiful domain. In,
extended far inland and close down To III
r"chy coast, skirtiu. beautiful bay III
washed it, northern shore.
Hl> munliCent gift was bestowed vii
me prophetic and ominous warning that
II any OF hiS descendants turned traitor
or We're In any way disl0yal to the fn,ur
Alng>, they would forfeit all their passes.
IONS and the family should die ant I'll,
noble knight made answer that hi, descend
ants would be as ilrm as the Black Rock
and that he hoped the huge clif would faI
on and grind To powder any of hi, de
scendauis that should rise Up against apy
"' the future kings interests
| An old rrone standing by and hearIpp
/ hiN h"asfui answer Is said to have Shrek
'd a'"ud Let them watch the Black
I ho'k ~ sunrise; for when The sun shall
rlHc the seri~ SHALL list To- >ca-br,l~' cries y
ne more he assured the King of his de.
scehdants' fealty 10 the future Kings. the
more
- be cr"nc va cnn-tan, to her note:
ne m"f' n spoke. the more shc stretched her
throat"
And th!~ Black Rock, how came Il ,b.r.g
question asked and asked again only
10 meet with the same unsatisfactory nm.
@wer. No one knows and none will ever
know IN what way 1t must have reached
II strange resting place, unless some sud
den CONFUSION OF nature threw il 10 On
the spot, where two ancient Titaps finch,
with mighty strength and deadly hatred
dlSpntins which should own and ruiz. TN,
rugged coa>t-line. The stronger Of The
Two hurled Ms foe over the cliff, and then
with mad strength threw this Black Rock
atr frmly wcdscd IN. deriving tne con,ec-
tur,> # gcologists and aniguar'ans
In IL adj, hate. " wi'h mighty -trit'.
Thev uet. then ciipchcd. aud fought, and
died.
The ro,k in -eemin. PITY !,
Er,. hurI,d at Sanuui.h,d Ethg"ucIi.
For rir,a arm and DIZZY brain had tried
The rondrrou- ma, 10 moNe-ahd laii'h'
large piece, seem, 10 have detached IL
SELF and fallen away. maxim. good ne
urnfhtcy handed down through several
generations. that when the Black Ruck
changed. the ancient family of Dedham
would die out.
Daring the time IF the raNa@c> made hS
Rudolph The OUTLAW, the rock wore
smooth. shining surface ana io"N,H m
an immense black door surrounded by
granite boulder> leading INT" some =
tan'S tomb. Large rocks OF siau'e a.
/ rcd->tune lir above ana ''i"" ia 'Ne ",'.
( ct confusion. ana tht t'@''vNN' ~ ~
Cling WaNc- ui tue Atlantic ot'al up a-aiHS'
their sides win numbering ItN'' "ei "'i".' {
A. If to bring the SHINING ".A'A mas
their own lcyc; but the only extent oi
fuk lei he
rock with their gii>trning spray that dr'pS
again ana again Ike diamond pendants
from it, brow
The Atlantic surgos IN over the par III
one continuous line Of lcapinE, Wflthihe
aarry foam like "Ilc Wild white shetp
ar Norway" and then on 70 >wd-h and gur
olc over those frowuiug barriers As u
IN na,ld,uet despair, the waves throw VI
thcir crested tops aud sink and rise, an
,hen r4crde with sullcn roar to gam fre>t
strength and volume fora renewed attack
,ben again forward. tumbling and splash
ing far into the caverns under Hartland'
craupy point and washing with soitc
nlay the shining sides OF the mammot
cay.s
Tho continual eere>s of the waves, car
rvIng with them shells aud weeds OF rar
h4anty makes these caves place. Of woi
der and delight. In them is hidden b
.hasa means many a treasure washed u
, from the mighty deep Some of theI
have never been explored. as the entrance
are too dangerous, and others only at To-
water. 50 many treasure lies hid und'
those frowuing headland, that stretch II
ont from the main land and seem 10 |
peerinc into the depths below.
oft time. they are heautifed. and the
rough outlines softened by the blue mis-,
haze hanging over their Jagged tops, ma
iuo the hitting piles Of monster crag> III
nhantom fleet in full sail aud the hea
lands seem one with the clouds above, ;
ence and grandeur rel9ning supreme.
Far below those towering heights, al
partly embedded in the earth, yet oV.
hanging the lower range of granite boul
ers, iuts out the BLACK Rock, a shap
less. shining mass, overhung with WIN
-; ~ ,no,s and tendrils making
close network aruundi its base ana adoll
strength and Durability TO It's strange !
.ition 1t remains there secure, wei
and lonesome, inhospitably oherins
3 sure footing for the explorer
Years long passed away the caVefhs
along the coast were used by smuSSie
,. and many precious freight was $40"
S, away in their dark retesecs' "ai'ins
E, time and tide to remove them for bart
u MANY deeds of cruelty, too were perpet
: ted under their dark and lonely shelter
), the banditti that frequented
countrvs highways and woody glens'
thickly wooded lands sloping inward fr
he beatlnc headlands offered safe shel
for those who despised the kings la