The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-09-10

grow Nns. We ~se apua oi eyp'
shum's" evident claiq ppon his heart.
After two DAYS We Marylne Lakes
with sigh of regret Life wall hold
for us. few purer pleDares than our
acquaintance with Ns1siue
At half past two N arrived at our
camping place on the A.tops, Just at
the foot of Dome Psd After hur-
ried lunch several tne bs's OF our party
mounted again and rob 10 its top or
rather as far rs thsv could ride and
then walked up. A NJ hne view re-
warded their energy al only one OF
the number saw ti,eln1imtain sheep
and tho deer on hdod)yi.y. The more
resoluie riders gal.uSG4 AWAY to Mar
vine Peak. After II oi about four
miles past wide psf dotted thicsIy
with crystal lakes. . $polnt about one
fourth OF mile from o. summit WIS
reached. A belt OF <nog lay coldly
whits nj the foot of y ia ascs, over
huge HAT boulders relic. =. here and
there by exquisite bunehes cf s.e,nmblne
seeming 10 grow from nothing In the
crcvlces Of the rocks.
From the top Of Maryinc Peak one
gets an extended view of many miles Of
country. Be.ow YOU lie the llat-tops
stretching their grassy ha,ncss like
green seas relieved here and there with
spot Of FURNISHED gold where lake
lies calmly under the sun-..lnting pines.
faib.yond, rising bluc ani cold, are
the uinta. the san Juan and the
Sasuachc mountains. Snow clu! peaks
thrnsting their heads into the smoky
distance In sublime silence.
The sun WAS just gliding the ,"pn.ost
peaks when ". began the descent with
Disappointment IN our hearts, that We
had ~ it'll. time 10 give b. this, per-
hnps the grandcsi, brosicst, vi.N OF our
lives. A iay on the peak would be too
short to hold II, view. a gl.mpss will
last life time. Next morning Ne
broke the Ice 10 ge, water ani short
tidc brought us 10 the descent. "Clnch
up came the call along the line and
while the ''cinchinsn WAS in progress W.
gave the cinohers a snow ball, u souvenir
which memory alone will keep.
We took our dinner on the shore Of
Trappcr's Lake. The scencrY there Is
grand. bu, II lacks the charm. the deli
ca,c beauty OF Marvine Lakes. The
contrasts are no, ~ rclincd. the draw
Ing lcss bold. II Is the difference be-
tween Corin,hian and Dofic uchitec-
,urc. SIN rIaprsfs Lake Is beautiful.
Where shall we Ind In foreign land
so lone lake, 50 sweet strand.
Mr.. Peterson told US that Trappers
Lake was discovered by the oil Hudion
Hay Co. OF auto Revolutionary times,
ind that The lake Is mentioned bY lewis
and Clark when they made tina, famous
western survey. Th,na o. historic as
-ocintlnn with n s',,, .rrs.Snn'c from
tho usual haunts OF a3ta. ~ e1sy ,,,u
tabled nine must have met and held
high carnival here IN the American
Olympus to which Joyc lied with nil
his train when Pan left Rome.
Miss fauldcr tried In vain to catch
sigh, OF deer. Nodoubt the shy croa-
lures saw us many times and perhaps
decided. as Mr. Proctor and his party did.
that We were band OF ttes on the var
path. aud kept pruden,ly under cover.
The hunters and fishermen u. our
next camp were rewarded with one iish
and one smal! deer. But while the hun
tsrs were away with the guns two mag
ni,icent bucks and doe came within
a few yards Of the camp and gave ns n
ilnc view before they bounded into the
willows. Mis-, Faulder and Miss VIII
liams followed them aud got lost-swam-
ped aud generally torDup. In thn fright
at the thickeniny shadows they ran
over each other without ceremony or
excuse. When they at last eNtricated
themselves 1t was with u derout VOW
that that was 10 he their last experience
In deer hunting Al the willows.
This and the next camping placn al
lowed us some time for reading Fedora
which was stopped at III, most interest
ing voint. for the old batchelor Of the
partf declared war on love aud novels
and got up TO give us n speech in sup
port of his views. We've seen the last
of it, Mr.. Smith, and THINK that even
you would have been compensated by
the tragic end for the ''s1itness' of the
beginning. The next DAYS ride carried
us through some fine scenery.
Dr. Riggs was reminded OF similar
scenes in Switzerland and France.
True, we had not the Sier de Glace be-
fore us but sea OF ice, an avalanche. The
famous Mont Blanc and his not less
famous brothers may rival, but not sur
pass. the awe inspiring grandeur OF our
own glorious old Rockies.
The Pcterson's return to their ranch,
DIR. Riggs and Miss Faulder go back to
professional and society duties in Ale
ghany, Pa, Mr.. Smith wanders over the
mountains again aud Miss Williams
struggles with the problem of getting
into school work. Perhaps we shall
never meet again but deepin our heart
of hearts we will hold q quiet nook
where this trip may be lived over again
and where only the crystal water of
Maryine Creek. the murrnur of Marvine
pines may find echo. ~. NJ. W.
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