Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-29

brass. And the inns are lust as they
were when they lodged the true genii OF
the lake district, Gray. Scott and Words
worth ,Colcridgc, DeOuInccy and shelley,
Southev, Christopher North and Rus-
Kin. FITZGERALD. rennyson aud Dr. Arnold,
Harriet Mattineau, Charlotte Bronte and
Mrs Hemans. and hosts Of others whose
after touch of brush or pen has given all
this region It's most tender and impcrish'
able charm. Al this one may largely
know before coming, but only truly know
and feel when here; and that soft and
gentle influence pefvading an the hne
old place, which Is largely Of a later and
different growth than out OF the spell put
on the town by the pens Of the immor.
tails. is something one can alone compre'
bend when sharing here its sunny
actualiv
Huddlcd closely as in the ancient town
along It's single business thoroughiare OF
shops and inns there Is q line, brave lace
Of modern ashiouIng even upon these
oldest hsbitations; a face Of sunny wei
come, one might say frightened IN
countless ways by the pretty things and
shoWings Of modern luxury and use
The shadowy old shops are CHEEKY from
their neat array OF London wares The
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flashing brasscs, rich curtainings and
shining varnish aud paint. From street
end to end the long crooked thorough
fare is lovely In lis groupings Of color In
luscious vegetables, fruits aud ilowcrs,
while leadiig out from this the lanes,
courts aud broader streets OF later days
give charming yisiag as one may find;
modern homes OF opulcnce, villas large
and ample. old habitations transformed
I to new. and all set about In such wealth
I Of hedge. tree and flower, as 60 tell a
/ CHEEKY, pleasant story OF kcswick folk
and town.
! All these are things the traveller In.
| stinctivcly places bycontrast at a glance
I but as ] wandered up and down the iinc
/ old street seeking In vain for place TO lay
| my head during the night, and at each
/ inn or house Of entertainment being met
| by the same commissioning expressed
word Of "Full o. tourists N or Very
/ last place taken by 'kcsick movement
/ folk ' / could not then quite under
stand the significance Of the "kes'ick
movement" or account for kindlincss
| that seemed to prevadc all kcswick town
/ though every street was filled with
people. Indeed In the hali-shadowy
| sanrony light which came with the clos,
/ Of day. there was such softness Of foot
/ fall and such modulatIons Of activities
and speech as seemed to give the ellCc
Of througs moving In dream.
The gay coachlosds announcing by
shrill bugle notes and rcsouudrng horn
their return from q days outing In th,
| mountains checked their vosiierousnes
as the town.cdgc was reached, and crcp
quietly to the booking stations and inn
yards. The cyclists, shooting from III,
heights on spheres Of flash and speed
dismounted and walked to their lodging
beside their cleaning wheels. Thu
sircet-preachers those windy ruligiOu
individuals Of summer evenings IN M
English towns, held the crowds arouny
them in respectable and subdued dis
COURSE; and even those pansy-hoodc,
wenches Of the Salvation Army, who ar,
gathering up the pennies OF the poor 10
England at the rate OF nearly n hal
million pounds a year sounded thci
loud timbfcls In consonance with TN
pervading bcnignant spell, and salaamed
pirouctted and ricocheted as thougl
somewhat graceful IN grace. II Il coult
be properly said Of ten thousand folk q
all degree, to the stranger keswick tow
seemed m a dreamlul sort Of purrin
ecstacy from bestowed, rather than an
ticipated, material and spiritual content