The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-13

EDITOR CoURIER.-l am At the Cable
Power House and have chat with the
street car boys and then take Grand
Avenue car and 20 to 28th street, and
6cd number OF yong FOLKS Who bid
mo good morning. Ny childhood
friend and are soon walking to the
X. II. depot, which is six blocks away.
When about half way look at the time
and find only three small minutes to
spare. I hasten my dilstory steps and
my friend follows. We have small
sixty seconds to spare, which we use
for laughter aud bit Of chat. A wrap,
a magazine, q shade, a stick and lsstly, .
box of lunch.
We soon are speeding through level
country, past rancho growing ell man
ner Of fruits, nuts and grain. Neat
houses dot the landscape aud all nature
seems astir. After forty miles we enter
the Young mountains that skirt the rest
less ocean. A blue haze warns Us that
we are on the sea shore and the blue
waves are dancing in the range Of our
vision. but instead OF being blue, the
waves present q green tint. A short
walk brings us TO the wharf, where our
packages are left, and we walk out over
the water, where yachts, q tug boat and
a schooner lay moored. We watch .
number Of people fish. Arm.in-arm we
wander along the sands. Pick up shells,
sea.weed, moss aud quite number OF
pretty stones worn by the constant
action OF the water. Soon we tire oi
|this and seat ourselves on the sand
We gaze on the bcautis Of the mighty
ocean. In the far distance we can sec
two ships under full sail, and we can
watch them near all day yet never vii
Ithev be loat TO view. Away 10 tht
lsouth ward are cliffs. aud while We sifted
sand between our fingers we watched
the sails OF one large sloop disappear be
hind the Iutting point Of land. Bstherf
disported themselves In the waters. ant
the swell and breakers made all the col
ora OF the rainbow xs the rays OF th
slant sun Tell upon the water. A con
stant roar was heard, and golIs foatct
on the surface Of the water, and "
hear their quaint, gutteral notes. sew
leral "White wings" noated on the bosou
of the mighty Deep"
i I built a throne and seated the queen
Thereon and then demonstrated, by dig
Qing away tho sand, how easily perso
might descend from lofty heights. Lov
Iers strolled on the sands and familie
we're enjoying q holiday. Here grou
was on hand and knees hunting for mi
mentos. The only thing TO mar "a
day was the knowledge that some y
had adhered to my trousers. Atl
J lunch We wended our way TO the trsl
which carried us 10 our starting plac
Q One cannot do justice to the sense
I calm enjoyment and free feelings Viii
outing. could be perfectly content
4 live where the sound Of rushing water
would lull me to sleep. Oft do ] see
Ito wonder II that sound may not
J. .lcompsred 10 the wailings Of lost sou
There IL . superstition that the red pc
Iblcs and stones were stained with 4
y blood Of those lost at sea. What quaii
rs wierd tales one can hear by listening
ss sailor's yarns. But how would l n
0. enjoy = day with "the old lrela
crowd" by the Pacific. But we m
never meet again "till the sea gives
ve its dead"
Next time I write l will tell y
Is about fruit and irrigation. Yours in
Iscmi.tropic land, GENE gill.
70. Los Angeles, CAL, Sept. -, 1893.