Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-18

glimpse OF WnitcF tAHc pnsn not nfHer
than yoiir hahd q coyote, on o big grey
loaiern wolf.
When you first sec someone accus.
toned To tho plains look out at tho
horizon ~ tiny spock moving or sta
tiouaty, and hnd ii an antelope, wolf,
a hotaanan, COW, or simply o bit o!
milkwecd, you nro slruoi, with amnze-
mont and admiration, and think he
must have pair Of Sam WellorH
''patent double million magnifyini
glass microscopes ol hcStra power for
eyes; hut presently you find you can do
this yourself without knowing how nor
whom you learned
We had the whole show ia ono short
afternoon, In ride OF twontg-two
miles across the plains, from Claiming
70 Dumas, tho brand now capitol Of a
brand now Panhandle county The
wonder-box WIS turned upside down,
and It's entiro contents emptied about
us.
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC OF rHE PLAINS
were abroad, and IN Wild humor. II
was tho most reckless, madcap, hare.
Drained performance l ever lnadvor
toutly attended
Whom We FIRST started out at Q o'clock
Il WIS very hot. Tho sun blasod down
MUM ~ ~ NHhhilN AAtN IN lNlutunfncft
hut tho wind the fresh sweet, tiroloss,
sweeping wind, which makes even mid
summer days cool TO travel across tho
plains, which comes all tho way up
rom Tho gulf to have big timo all
over this wonderful country, aud mako
life worth living for tho people here
1.-THE constant reliable, plentiful, over
lasting Wind was nowhere IA
DO soon or hoard. 10 was away,
Matching up dayllment, and llid
wa weAriness and tho grasshoppor u
burden, Tho sky was beautiful hap.
py blue, with some rare white olouda
oorouslng around In It, sort Of hap
hazard the mirages were I'LL about US,
with their allurlng sweetness and
beauty ben0nth thcm whore tho lovol
plain reached unhrogrn to tho sky
llncs you could look as the cowboys
say, fright oil into noverthelossn But
none Of these beauties found favor Ia
our hot and tired eyes. We wanted
some shade and a whole lotof cool wind.
We got Into Il m.ndy place just a. wa
cnllo VOL up onto the plain proper, and
II was Very bad lndend. Here we passed
some people in blackboard who were
Yet moro unhappy than we, for what
littlo hrcnth Of dir thpro was wus fol-
lowing Us along northwestward, and
carried solid wreatha OF fluo eand up
from thoir wheels into their iaccs and
MI over thom-,hey pNid their cars
wOro full, and lf we had anything in
iorcNilng 90 communicate we might just
write IL down.
We wont ahoad, inhaliug tho sand
our ponloa foot threw up I'D we wera
ae hoa,vc ana husky as tho amhicui
vocalist when asked TO sling. My cont
paniOn and decided Indignantly that
Wn conduit stand 10. We Oaoh opened
one eyo furtlvoly 10 look az the other
closed ~ again hastily over threc'
quarterb OF u pound ~ sand, and agreed
With angry unanlmity that nobody
could stand IT,
a STORM ON THE PLAINS.
Well w0 didn't have 10, the wind
having got W. dovilmolt won hatohod
now onme AZ VA whooplng and jibhor-
ing, II slapped q few handmls Of big
drops In our faces and upon tho road,
thai laid the sand and dust instuntcr
u Bwept pvory ghost Of mirage out Of
sight, TN the plain was ralyed hare and
clear and level from horizon 10 horizon.
our ponies nisod their dropping heads
and prlokod up thoir detected ears.
We looked up gratefully; tho sky waa
changing, II ceased 10 be blue; 10 boz
oamo a whitley gray, vnporous and agi-
tttodi II Rlowerad pAlely above W,
then rushed down upon va In great,
lAshiug shcctf aud writing strcnmori
OF 0palesoent rain and hnil which
Hmui0 the earth with n swapping aonnd
aud croamcd up again like the crest on
an ocean hlllOw Tho roar Of tho wind
WIG dnaionlng, murvOlled how my
little light pony lsopt his slim buc'7aldu
cllored legs undor him, Only tho
cllnging Of an able bodied deportation
hold mo in the saddle. Tho wind drove
the ruin along almost Level with the
onrth, and when IN q few minutes the
water was fotlocle deep on the
horses, laAhod Il uto ioamy littlo waves.
The sky was wntcr-the earth was
water We might have boon riding our
little Texas ponies aoroea the wnsta
Atlantic IN a bitter gale, the maddoned
sen replying TO tho furious skies, the
Wild Wind screaming and tearing at
both, the iicrio lightning biting saw
8goly through und through tho riot,
ike the very, naked, venomous toeth
Of death himself; the great, noisy, mo-
nacing, harmless thunder aftor each
littlo shliddering pause, rolling out
over everything fairly shaking us in
our @ddlqs, browbaatipg and soaring
as more than any real d0ngur.
fNNNAhNWANf Nttil NHRAN an AAAii HNAi VI
Iaving, The uprunr caught Itself back
~ ~ inalBnt u sllonco, Us one In
bind, choking passion Of fury draws
vi bis breath 10 plunge into tho final
outburst. We quailed Ia our saddles
aud waited FOR tho onslaught but II
never came. Tho storm whs really
over Tho Wind only blew enough TO
tear tho inaases Of miaiy clouds, or
cloudy mist, on the face Of tho setting
sun, when out loaped II tnrront.-a surg
ing sen Of pale fiery gold, and Hooded
and Illuminated ils ront and lyiug edges
swept on and through and oyor all, TN
tho universe Of whitry vapor, dispors-
Ing and roahsembling around us. was
ONE LIVING, BURNING sPLENpoR.
We ourselves, on our dripping ponies,
were the only reminder Of a real world,
tho only object tho oye could fasten
upon 10 guide tho imagination back TO
earthly ne; for, from tbs Wide plain I'M
dor our feet, al white and gold With
water and reflected illumination, and
xpnrkliug with living gems OF hail
stones, 10 tho paipitant glory Of shifting
radiance moving above II, with the great
sun himself pouring forth his seas u
paley hrc, Ike soma awful and divine
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