, 1890-07-10
Wandering Wakeman In a
\ Favorite Retreat
ROSCOE CONKLINGSLAST BATTLE
= Sacrifice At eea-A Second King
Lear WITH Jay Gould-How
Gold Is Shipped.

r. Hlt1 lNtC uNu butics OuT OWn COhrt
has countless witching places for
summer enjoyment. But after one
has experienced all their delights
think there Is an excusable longing
< In the heart TO get back here to noble
old Newport.
\ In n former time the commerce Of
this splendid harbor was but second
In America. No spot facing tho az
gfession Of the old world In 80 his
I torically sacred TO coastwise thrill
4 ing scene and incident. Percy and
T. Clinton, Howe and D'Estaing, Wal
lace and Burgoync, oil brought dis
may or giadness hero. History, To-
I gcnd and romance of still earlier
day. glow with piracy, prize and
\ privnteemmen, around which a
beezy and stirring renaissance In
American tale-tclling might bc haply
built In Bronton's cove there Is q
half hours pleasant idllng, when
the cat-yawl skipper will spin you
many an olden yarn; and at Fort
Adnms, where an interesting stroll
may be commenced, the real sea-
ward outlook of the splendid old city
b first enjoyed.
From this point q sunny days
RaunteriDg Ia delightful, an are the
clambcrings from cliff TO shore past
ancient Castle hill and Its dimly
distinguished revolutionary RAM
parts, around to the southepmoet
portion Of the island, Graves poInt.
From here along tho entire soutbern
reach Of the island, and thence by
the eastern shore for miles, there are
point and prOmontory, ledge aud
reef and cove ana bay innumerable
at your feet; with noble villas,
grounds and avenues behind YOU,
and countless craft far and near
upon tho sound with their white
sails cleaning against a matchless
horizon Of bending sen and sky. Soft
and peaceful rs may be the een, this
whole ehore-linc Ii forever soundftIl
with its hourse songs aud reffnlns,
all the more entrancing for the sense
Of benuty and rest 20 near their
rhythmic alarums; and when one
stands by the far-famed Sp0utIng
rock, tho muttered thunders Of the
ocrf within the caves innermost
cHverns are portent with all the
magic and terror Of the furried deep
bsyond.
All along the eastern shore are
grandeur, beauty, rest. Taking In
to no account what wealth and art
have done for the historic hilled city
behind, you can not elsewhere come
upon such wealth of scene In shore
and bay, island and reef, headland
and lighthouse spectral and dim;
and when the beach is gained, recall
all reaches Of wave-wbipped ocean
your eyes have rested upon, and
there will be none that ever pictured
TO you the inexpressible, IL almost
unseen, magic Of Newport's surf.
From Ochre Point ncross to Cor
morant Rock or Sachuset Point, a
bit TO Its north, Is perhaps two miles.
Across this distance at most times
eau be seen only shimmering ripplcs
dancing In the sunlight. A mile
and half to the north lies the beach,
a perfect semi-circle opening to the
south. Let the sea at the mouth of
this sunny cove have but q face of
ripples, a mile from the beach the
eye can trace the forming OF gentle
undulations, far separate at first, but
moving forward with increasing
height, volume and nearness, and,
rs they advance, as gradually,
but regularly shaping from parallel
TO convex lines. Soon these have
become tremendous waves. Sud.
denly at the crest OF the foremost
one, ms II an electric spark had lii
the whole coastwisc advancing disc,
q spumy and almost detached crest
seems 10 hover above. In quick
succession this catches the delicate
rim upon scores and scores which
follow. Seen obliquely from the
shore, 1t is all as massed column
after column Of soldiery In blue,
with million tremendous cockacles
Of white above. But from the beach,
or with the bathep In the cleaning
sands, 1t Is though thousands OF
milk-white chargers with foam
hecked heads reared before for a final
onslaught In calm or storm IL In
ever the same. As though the spirit
of the ocean itself had contrived
with all the genial artifice for the
winning OF man 10 pleasant dalli-
ance within Its loving embrace, this
beach and this grandest of all surf
seem To WOO the earliest comings and
the latest tarryings. a little wonder
II is that the Newport "seasonn Is
still ut It's height when all other
coastwise places are drear and lone,
and that IL does not close until long
after the leaves have turned 10 Grim,
son and gold the shores of Nara.
gansett bay.