Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-04

yourself! Oiior viii be Gown on mis-
marrow bones tomOrrow--sco II no isn't.
Besides, / owe him half dollar.H
Tomorrow came, unfruitful with the
half breeds submission. Tho story got
abroad among the hutH, and tho old set.
tiers. who knew their man, shook their
heads ominOnsly aud BODIED no good %
my impulsiyc brother. However, two
days passed harmlcssly, during which
Jack and / fshed and shot together.
olicr had not rcappogrcd, and began
90 breathe moro freely. Dluhtlcss he
had lcit the district. lie was nm unset
tied follow at any rate, and had no prop.
orty or tic In tho village to tempt his
stay.
Twenty miles below tho Village tho
dnrl, Scugog wh.;cns into tapids, and Is
hurled with gigantic power over u lofty
procipicc. i had often wished 20 SEQ the
falls, but q had been hitherto impossible
20 accomplish tho distance by my single
arm. AZ last my wish WAS 20 be graft.
fed. a shooting party was made up hy
some OF tho villagers, and at my urgent
request | was included. The arrange.
mont was 10 spend night at the falls,
camping ont on tho bank aud return tho
following day. Instead Of canoes, We
wore 90 rail down in large fiat bot.
toned boat, formed IN Canadian par.
lance scow. Strange 10 say, Jack did
not caro- about going. saying that ho
would enjoy himself more IN his own
canoe; and gs we were already crowded
for room we did not press him TO change
his resolution.
Our expedition had little In Il note.
worthy. Tho river for over twenty
miles sail remained tho Same monotS-
nous, melancholy Scugog, never vary
ing for the space of hand. Not a ycs.
tigc OF clearance was there between our
village and tho falls, not glimpse Of
bank; Tho trees lined the waters like 4,
wall, aud sayo tho wild game no ono
ever tried TO force way through their
close knit ranks woofod al tho ba,a by
n tlnglO Of unwholcsomo ycrlnre. This
aspect | had stern reason for remember.
ing. rhc only bright thing was tho
patch Of cl0udlcs8 blue sky seen at the
extremity OF this long reach Of wood
and water. Over all broolcd tho ia.
tonsost Hlonco. No bird trillod as y
single song; all was still, save for tho
lngubrious woodpockor, which, porched
ON a rotting tree, hammered its hollow
sides with It's bcnk. Tap, tap, tap!-it
WIS u most uncathly sound.
We had seen tho stupondous falls IN
their lonely majesty and weru steering
h0mowam IN our scow. As we ncared
the village again, distant only some five
or six miles, the sun was sinking bohind
the tioo horizon. A slight blue hn3o
blthcd tho long reaches Of tho river
with incilablo soilncss aud beauty. We
voyngcd on n liquid field OF cloth Of
gold. But ever and again, marring my
intense perception Of its loyellncss, came
the gha,tly tap, tap, tap Of tho wood
pookor.
could not resist chilly sensation Of
horror ~ listened TO tho measured ca
denco ochoing through tho solitude. II
sounded liko a coffin makor hammcrlng
at his dismal task. A relief suggested
itself, Some of my companions were
Frdnch Canadians, and tho evening be-
foro had chegrcd our biyouac with some
gay rrirains Of sunny France, ! asked
thom staye, but / said nothing about
the woodpeckcr, whose note ! wished
them ~ drown. \ atFoa= chorus coon