Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-06-11
TRIP TO NORTH COVE.

rPIp TO NORTH COVE.
p,ovidence winch is said to have
children and drunkards in its
leeping must have classified our
,der one or the other OF these
ID, from start to finish, our North
n was surrounded by its benign
cations. By making super
\ Effort at early rising, we reached
Z just five minutes after the
had left; but it was only to
y hd The steamer Aberdeen had
ton the run to Petersons Point
d he taken by going over leisurely
ii wharf and stepping aboard.
nlsty and rather cold, and we
N between the STIFFNESS OF
populated cabin and the rain
lex, Over head, in the scurrying
Inof dark clouds shot with silvery
flight, there was some faint hope
hV clearing as il grew older. A
J |mue Of blue slowed IN the west,
aren't in the gray clouds, but
ibnt vas soon repaired by a
covering that brought with it a
4 hard, angry rain-drops, that
h deck spitefully, like bail. The
frked about unpleasantly, and
b 10 talk of "the motion" with
nation Of disgust that is under
! u the sea-faring man.
pleasant relief to be once
bon sslid boards Oh the new dock
nOns Point, if the wind and rain
kit hard to stagger across to the
Ing Old stage and climb in. The
uRd down SO hard that all the
curtains had to be buttoned down,
| concluded that our pleasure ride
nmer outing would best go nc
/ until tho next days trip of the
Shen we might hope for better
md could certainly fear no
n when we reached the hotel,
dimb out with the forced gaiety
ns party who are not pleased.
tige had hardly rumbled out OIL
dosn the sandy road before the
changed, and before half an
sover the afternoon promised te
1ne. It was just here that the
rts o. inanimate blessedness
m y. Frank Peterson, it seems,
X looking for weeks for his new
X ehom Tacoma. 1t came, at last,
M That brought us, and as the
cleared, was being set up,
Feed to make a trial trip tc
We, taking us with his wife and
instead Of being stranded for the
Amy afternoon, we were bowling
HI we back seats Of a beautiful new
gl'terlng outwardly in fresh
Md lnwardly luxurious with
III soshlons. upholstered in dark
a'ner and broadcloth. The
1er Of the SWEETEST carriage on
H00r held the lines over a pair
horses, that after passing
0Nof woodland brought us out
zach. A gently sloping beach
sand stretched down to the
dsuch Peaceful wavelets de-
name-that. steady booming
A'1lng and indescribable beat
aS like some great bass accom-
W'he light treble OF the super
Swapping bubbles and break
vests. The sand was still very
zoe receding tide and wonder
@la solid. 1t seemed pure
'ne broad tires Of the car
" leave an impress on the
'even the horses hoofs did no
uusn a slight imprint. We
Wy silently in our new rig over
esly firm, even road that the
Isl Ns' swept. So silent and SO
-FOUR fight that it seemed some
'eam, In which our bodies had
nome and our spirits were
uue launt. To the left rose
sau dlmpled here and there
y smell and traced upon its
'eu lines upon a slate, line
eol drying foam that each re-
NJ gently deposited, then ran
~ How gently and linger-
! ave laid down it's frail little
's'ullng is tenderly laid at a
a'of; and with what gentle
e'd wave slips back and is
rest.
~aie'hlng of melancholy in
~0notony of gray sand and
Z 'ne force seems SO tremen-
results SO strangely small
'ueils, a strand of sea weed
S''ed lines of drying foam.
~ at last turns toward the
~urled sand stretches out in
~ living grays, and lies in
k rom palest dovo - doan