News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-16

while Anne pored over the books
they brought her, in which her heart
delighted.
| SO the summer wore away, until it's
last Sunday came After the morn
| ing services, Anne, who had long ago
begun to go to church, said to Emily:
81 should like to tell you before
you go how much you have
done for me since the first Sunday
we talked to each other, but | don't
know how / don't know whether
YOU will find it out until God makes
.plain to YOU what it is to bring q
soul from darkness into his light. .
iGSally Campbell, in Examiner.
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| Or the. 5gmmit of Mt. Washington.
Editor News and Citizen:-
When Rye. FIRST reached the top of
| Moutlf j as1ffngton we were in the
EcloGds, soon after we were in the
rain. Or every height there lies
repose," the poet has, said That
may be true ofEno1 III heights, but on
Ens literal height We found ourselves
-asl-5s--the very spirit OF fsiis-
content and unrest, so impossible
did it seem to become reconciled to
such decidedly narrow views. The
only serene one among us was the
sweet saint of our party who, with
a lame ankle, had a good excuse for
growing Eagerly did we question
every dweller on the summit as to
the prospect for the evening and
morning. All gave encouraging an
swers. Query-Is it one Of the du-
ties of those employed at the Summit
House to predict pleasant weather?
We decided to extend our visit
until the next day, in the hope of
seeing a sunrise and sunset on the
mountains. Many times during the
afternoon one of our number i'm
plored in the most alluring tones:
'Dear sun, do come Outl" but all in
vain. In the evening, however, the
clouds broke and passed below us,
and we saw the fair moonlight above
them. Our long waiting was forgot
ten in our delight at this beautiful
sight. and we went to bed hoping for
more glory in the morning. Our
hopes were duped; waking in the
night we heard the rain pouring
down in good earnest, which sound
foretold disappointment that did
"murder sleep
The train leaves at seven O'Clock
in the morning. Seeing no signs of
fair weather we prepared to depart,
and soon were on the platform (bags
in hand) when suddenly the clouds
broke and sunlight and blue sky ap-
peared. Hadn't we better stay?"
we said to each other No one wish
ed to take the responsibility of de-
Gliding, and in the midst Of our dis
cussion the train went off and left
us. Soon after the sunlight and
blue sky left us also, and we were
again in the midst of the clouds, both
literally and figuratively. We re
turned to the parlor, thinking the
situation one for Mark Tapley,
for surely there would be credit in
being cheerful under such adverse cir
| cumStanceS.
Now and then one of our number
would 90 out to watch. After pat
tient waiting "she" would see the
sunlight and blue sky and would
|
light. With similar shouts ali woulc
rush out, when 10, both sunlight ano
blue sky had disappeared!
This pleasing exercise was kept uE
for several hours. Another party III a
similar plight with the additional
vexation of remembering that they
were preparing two hotel bllls-one
at the Summit House and one at
their quarters-were considering the
question: Had we better hang
ourselves, or the signalservicem man ?'
Some one suggested that we walk
down the stage road, in the hope OF
getting under the clouds, and we do
so, only to get into denser fog than
before. We remember that we are
to leave at two O'Clock and sigh for
more "filthy lucre," thinking then
we would fight it out, if it took all
summer
At length when despair had US in
full possession the clouds broke in
good earnest and passed below us,
with the sunlight and blue sky above.
Can we ever forget such magnificent
cloud pictures ? Despair gave place to
, joyful satisfaction, and just as the
train started we had the widest view
of all. The ride down the mountain
} was altogether too short, (althOugh
it took an hour to accomplish it,
such lovely views were unfOlded be.
: fore us.
Going up Mount Washington is g
, lottery. The highest prizes did not
: fall to us, as we saw no sunrise OF
: sunset. but, nevertheless, we did not
r draw blanks.
/ Going down the mountain we
heard wonderful stories of the hand
: some dog at the Summit House
; that every day in the winter he car
ried the mail down to the valley
/ We learned afterward that these stO
ries are not only as surprising as {
P fairy tale, but also as far from being
, true.
e After a night at the Summit Hous
e we tried a night at the" Marshtield,
: the comfortable boarding-house a
If the base Of Mount Washington. KEEP
by Mr.. and Mrs. Randall, of whom
:, we have pleasant memories, AM
V whose pretty little girl, who has
'19 name like my own, wished was m,
w ,Aamesake.
The next time we go to Noun
= Washington we hope to see a sunse
r and a sunrise; to spend a night a
the summit and a night at the bas'
} and to meet again the people a
n Marshfield" who were so cordit
d to the strangers within the gates.
n E. S. F.
s NoTE.-The little Alpine sandwol
Of which we brought we set out in OF
garden, in a shady place among I'll
- rocks, hoping it would still think i
If self in its mountain home. The hoI
d may have been a foretelling one, fC
s it is as bright as ever
d The days no longer longer Groy
n but shorter now instead-it won't
it very long, you know, till summ'
n. time has fed; and then the spoOnin