New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-23

while we besita,od tine clerk remarked that he
would have cot put up if we would ike les
We were show 70 our room by the bell-boy.
By this time although the journey had been 30
snort, we almost felt as II we coulh not Z. anS.
whore without a bell-boy The apartment was
large, but il was palatal to eAcursionlst 1t was
large enough, and il had bit OF box stove Ia a
corner, "a window, a bed, bureau Wdshs sni'
with pitcher which had lost large piece IRON
its nose But we did not car" for that we
knew We did not deserve pitcher with whole
nose We felt ly this time that we wanted Il"
make a. little trouble possible
And the Presidential Range.
must not be understood 10 wish to convey that
the Range was in the room, Only that we could see
il from the window
We sat down by that window in the place that
was not occupied by the box stove, for strange 20
say, some "Nigency required that the stove be oy
the window.
We had arrived at night. and it was in the
morning that we sat by the window >, IL WIS
cloudy, and heavy vaporS were continually trail
ing across the tons Of the distant MOUNTAINS; BUT
the valleys and the nearer hills sometimes ghtencd
in that wonderful way they have.
am sorry for that man or woman whose hearU
is not taken captive by the country that can DC
seen from Sugar Hill in cw-Ilampshire. II has
that wonderful combination Of space and grandeur
with what | only call a sort Of near intimacy
which appeals in a way that one who has seen it
can never forget But am not going TO make the
least attempt to describe it: There are too many
limitations in my command of words and words
themselves sometimes too futile to b. used
Ii only remains to be stated in regard TO our
stay at the Sunshine Valley House that Wnrn my
friend paid the bills it found that the telephone
had told a lie The special rate 80 50 instead OF
81 So And they had not put the cot in our room,
and we had not felt that we worthy TO ring
for il. account Of the extreme specialness OF
the rates 10 say nothing cf the connecting rooms
In the comparatively early morning, when we
started our return to Lisbon. il was showing In
stead of raining The dri Yer cracked mp his four
horses and ran us instantly against the platform
from which we had stepped into the carriage. A
strap apparently one Of the names as instantly
broke This was done with the air rs if il were
necessarily part Of the start down tho hill. But
when started again went in that way that
horses accustomed +, mountains usually CO. with
out lingering anywhere.
We followed the same fascinating, cheerful
brool. near whose banks had climbed mp the
night before And eventually reached home
and found that our dogs actually recognized us,
although il is the opinion If som" peop" that dogs
d, not have the power Of recognizing friends.
About the amount of money made during
this excursion hesitate 10 give III" figures, but |
will stat" in a general way that did not extend
our travels sufficiently to enable H. to make large
sum. Our n>olltion for that fact is tint there
are things better than money. and Of thoSn
things j. the memory of that country have just
seen in clogd and sunshine.
MARIA LOUISE POOL