Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-01
oouRllNG IN COLORADO.
some Of y tho Difficulties an Ardent
Suitor Encountered '

suitor Encountered.
such an awkward s;,r,..
V,pportune time for a doclnr. s anu 'u
,ov'-shaking about on tha S %.iIn Oh
M Nur,9s , which were ploddinr alone lone ~ y,
,vos Va ~ CHEYENNE canyonl Really. there
s ~"e 100 much OF the ridiculous ohont !,
,or MN to succeed. He should - 49, ~
known better ''ou'u nave
10 be sure the surroroa,.
ppl I" enough, or grand wonld
~ oetter word, perhaps. Those
sies' masses OF rock towering n thon.
sand feet above them, those glimnsns -
iigher hills in front those saI;ta.n
pines and furs, the mountain brooi,
urging its tireless way along bv tho
ROAD which they were followinc-it
was all sublime. All but the bnrros
iru'y those langhable little beasts
would spoil anything and irst nc Tor'
,escue had spoken, crack" went the
urivers whip behind them, with:
uet up Johnny; get up, stripeslo and
the burros actually broke into trot
ana Miss Bacon and Fortescue wont
ooooing up and down on their backs
until the natural laziness of the ami.
mails made them again subsido into
.heir SLOW walk. 1t was then that Ger
'ruae remarked almost GROSSLY:
Il would thank you, Mr.. lTortescue.
not to mention this subject again."
Poor Fortescucl but he deserved his
rebuff. Why, on horseback would
nave been bad enough, but burro
back-l
The truth of it was Fortescuc was
desperate. Try as he would he had
never succeeded in getting better
opportunity, and tomorrow world
lind them going their separate ways.
Miss Bacon had too many admirers for
him to trust to q future chance; he
would let her know that he had fallen
hopelessly in love with her during
these few weeks of companionship. and
he did, with the result we have just re-
lated
Miss Bacon was one of gay party
stopping at Colorado Springs, and
doing" all the objects of interest in
the vicinity. Fortescue was staying
at the same hotel and always made
one of their party. Everything to him
had taken on new interest since
viewing 1T with Gertrude. The Garden
of the Gods, the caverns and passes of
Manitou, the wonderful Cheyenne can
yons, seemed altogether moro awc-in-
spring Had he not sat by her side
going and coming on that wonderful
cog road up Pixies Peak, and oh rap
ture, had she not shyly confessed to
sense of safety with him? Had they
not peered over the summit down on
to the clouds below them? and surely,
she had chung to him just q moment at
that dizzy height.
And when they stood together by
the lonely grave of Helen Hunt in
that lofty, silent spot beneath the
trees, and he was thinking of the
noble woman who so loved that place
in life, did not Gertrude, too, stand
silent as If she shared the same
thoughts, while the rest of the party
were making EXPLANATIONS OF wonder
and gathering mementos? Indeed, he
felt there was bond of sympathy be-
tween them, and now, how cold, how
rough, even, she had been; she might
have softened her refusal little. She
might have known the pain it would
cause him. Would he ever get over 1t,
he wondered.
Fortescue had plenty of time to
think of all these things, for Gertrude
had managed to urge her burro for
ward until she caught up with some
other members of the party, and he
was left to the company of the guide
The party had planned to go up the
North Canyon to the Silver Cascade
Falls. then cross the Divide and come
back by the South Canyon. They now
reached the trail which led them from
the road they had been travelling up
the mountain to the falls, SO the guide
left his place at the rear of the process
sion ant, look the lead. The others
followed him, single file, down steep
pitches and then up-up the mario"
nath. the burros 10th to go, until they
reached level place just below the
falls. There they dismounted to rest
Some of the party descended TO the H.
II Falls in the brook below them'
while far above their heads, down
over the broad masses of gray rock
leaped and shimmered the Cascades
Fortescue threw himself upon the
Ground Gertrude had gone down 10
th. Talls. and Benson was assisting
her. If there was persch whom
Fortescue despised, it was TINS Same
Renson. And he was always stumbling
in these rough places. Suppose ne
shorld stumble down that steep hill
s;de and drag Gertrude with him. But
there. he. hardly thought ne snouiu
core--much-he would be giaa 10 nuvc
her see that she was safer WIN nm
.han With anyone else. Fortescue was
',I.;,,r IN an unenviable state OF ,nlno'
h,,t Gertrude had been cruel II she
had only shown little regret
Nc rcveries were interrupted by the
partys preparing to mount PITT the ,so 5p,r raS
III anu AZ d,,,vn the mountain. There were
s o rather rough places climbing the
divide. but what view from 'ne ~,
onco or twice Gertrude's eyes sous -
Fortescue, as he sat silent amid sa, inSti
examinations of wonder and ds chg aI'
Int he was not looking at her she a.,
pu. decided to speak to him. then she
thought: :, ,,o believed him
mo, who would have o pen ,ovs en;
so stupid2" referring TO .ne io'' ~
s so Lea and she again felt veSed' .,.,
that did Fortescue do tha'