Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-29

of the fort. \ village seeming 10 rest
upon the water Itself shows hcnca,l the
face ut towering Clln. Aud unNlri
dal entrance is Indicated by que pnlisl
MIST which. showing above ihe ford
edge, hints Of deep, swift streams or
slnuihcrbus, silent lakes beyond, Win
pleasant valley life around. 4 great
stone road winds In and ont like some
apge sc.lly serpent, but always upward
Upon los outward rrapnrnrlug curves
t.ny chalct- scrm poised. Far IN some
iaintly-sceu puoLcty recess j. tint oi
gn'rn. The rcd aud brown Hllalchc'
upon II ar mountain-side PEASANT homes.
l'ha, pun Of white. like . mammoth
fleece of wool, ten, twenty, perhaps
Thirty, niles away. Is where river
leaps from an indisgernihle gorge y
thousand feet higher, hut nearer On the
ford side, Is ppncihng 90 WaNeluI
wllite-a waterfall pounded N The airs
resistance into hesitnut waving folds OF
mfst hundreds nj feet before they touch
ind, ,tinrnshnhle thread. and lines Of
the ripplcloss ford where they fall
AboNr aud beyond all MS lilcndna iiln
sky and cloud, are ranges OF eternal zee
and suoM
And 50, on and on and almost end
lcslv on CHALLENGED hy thi~c strange
Wild aud beautiful scenes. yen may go
tirelC,sy. hubitutiun. comfort and pleas
ant commuionships all yOun pat sturdy
old ThrpWl' le''1. Toe nurlhernmo'l rty ~
importance IN Europe, with the Wild aud
racing Md. tearing and bounding from
The mountains IN majestic whterlhllS'
uu.linng iw rnrlou5 aluhsi lsnnn sue
and It's crumhling old Clthclril towering
above its red roofs nnd noakel gables;
tnst Redo with IL .nd-r0ni huts mud
hnrn-like modern buildings; past Torgla
cttln with its wurld-fpm1us fQrly tunnel;
past the marvellous ''hir'tmountain,
Svaerhnlt, . strange. weird perpendicular
promontory Of clay slate whprc millions
Of white sea fowl cluster Ike wreaths
aud strings Of pearls; past ne Tar north
l,ofoien Islands around which hnddlc
countless Norwegian tishingnnAcks, and
where moro than twenty million Of cod
are annually tdkcn! roluld The bleak
black. drcar aud dreadful North Cape,
its messy lack strangely lighted by tue
yellow light Of the norihci7l sum- and
finally swearing past mclsnfclcs~ heights
of brown. hare stone. ever backed 10y
glacier folds mtrOlden by foot OF man,
and che vast mouths Of Porrnngcr and
Thnn FiDnls black and dun nld awful
as she entNnce TO Natheks lfhlls, you
skirt tllc de-onte peninsula Of Wnrak-
Mag, and. sailing fran the ensl ont Of
The Ariic ocean. iloat gently through the
-ltter Wnringrr Ford dropping nnchor
before NHdsp. the nOrthrriiflnsi inhabited
Place in Europe.
here are perhaps @'NU Souls WIZ sun
sist almost wholly upon tile industries
connected with thc whale Fisheries. You
will find Films and I.nllps ~ abundance,
but all The commercial dealings Of The
pace are carried ON bv Norwcgians. The
rrtirr country roundabout differs litle 10
appearance from he castetn shore Of
Labrador. rs | recall NJ Everlasting
stone Ia every conceivable formation
stretches hack IA forhldding mountain
reaches 10 the frozen silcneo VI nowhere.
| Humans squaiiy or tlin are clad like
ni1mdls. have faces like niiimnls. aud
habits like boasts. Here ami thcre are
seen tufts OF siekly grass brittle moss
and trees gnarlcd, siunicl, ipliipcsEbIpwh
and frazeu iuto utter lnslgnilrahcr.
I Everywhere Is he nansfauns stencil Of
fish IN every stage Of 0fnnipfescnt often
siyeneps. HUT OYER all the often burning
rays Of the sun which here. in IL brief
days Of fadclcssncss. seehf moro tol'rid
and deadly Than have cstr. felt It's
pOwe- IN Cuba or Algicrs. Tfnc. you
/ have ACTUALLY seen the midnight sun. 10
me the spectacle seemed sorry show.
and not half ne glory ia Of q sensible
timely sun Ut the zone VI bones sinking
behind the landscape % q gentle English
shire or . sweet New England vale.
EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.