The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-29
and attractiveness and eager interest

ana atuacuNenesS ana eager interest.
Paradise Lodge" Is our abode for the
present. and l who have huilded cabins and
cottages at Onteora am greatly interested
in the manner OF its building. Never be-
fore have | seen a house without a frame
yet Paradise Lodge stands up boldly. al
though il is a body without skeleton. IL
Is what Is called box house." and Is &C
tually large and roomy box. made OF
sim fir boards. and measuring originally
some twenty by twenty-five feet.
When the box was finished. the artificcr
boldly nailed I'm other boards as partitions
both above and below-for it Is I box OF
two stor!es-and then he shlngled II, and
set Il on end l suppose for I cannot I'M
derstand how IL could be made standing
up; and he added piazzas. and bolstered Z
with chimneys, Ind there II isl Whenever
another bedroom Is wanted. or an outside
kitchen. or a study. or any trile like that.
another box is nailed together, and put
alongside.
As far as the method OF IL Is concerned,
It might he a dolls house. or q child's play
house; but as for effect. u Is absolutely
imposing. 4 long stretch OF cedar-shnglci
rooms, with upper plazZas here and lower
pIazzas there and rose vines everywhere
literally dripping with great golden-heart-
ed roses. And u stands looking at its own
reflection In the water Ike a vcritahle An
tinous.
Behind II is prlmeval forest, pine trees
and fir trees reaching some ~ them-2o0
feet into the sky. and ringing the Sound
with long and pointed reflections
The Sound Itself Is fun OF interest and
mystery. The clear. CLASSY. salty tide. re-
dolent Of sea-growths, rises and falls sew
euteen feet at every turn and now. IN ear
II August. 1t comes tapping up and mp
under a shroud OF mist and smoke from
~ ffr Fshir
seems almost the solo object Of the settler
on the Pacific slope 20 extcrminate
When II has reached the bound set for
II In front OF Paradise Lodge. and accumu-
lates In clear CLASSY depths along the logs.
70 Is like the invitation OF siren TO come
out and hlthe or swim with the wild duck
or row or sail. or idly at and watch the
gulls come fapping and floating out OF the
mist or gather chattering on some piece OF
driftwood. or 20 sec the great blue cranes
al!ght on the log float which makes the
landing FOR stopping steamer or launch.
and rub their noses with ono convenient
claw while they crit!clsc the house and us
phenomena And " you accept the invita-
ton OF the siren 10 80 out and row. and
launch your boat and steer from island ~
island as they stand outlined IN smoky
blue against the mist. perhaps "A seal viii
follow YOU. diving when n has drawn SO
near that YOU can see .ts ~ - and whis-
hrfNs anu showing us HnH-lthe mead from
time 70 time on your course.
The settlers have a firm belief that n
a dog follows the boat a seal IS very apt
10 swim under him and bite or his legs.
but as no one absolutely you~hed for the
fact which should uudsrlv every belief. /.
am inclined 20 give the seal the benefit or
the doubt especially as hts expression OF
face and general department are greatly
IN his favor
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rous quality 81 reflection While u hlots
out all far views. the near objects. tha
shores and trees ana an floating things.
are accurately doubled A. one rows. ev-
cry dctan OF the hoat and color and cos
tune Of the people y carries. are repro
duc"d with the accuracy OF a japanese
drawing.
The color effects are particularly besu-
tful. az tho tall perspective % the forest
Is made 30 graduate ns ~ smoky cobalt
blues. and these blue repetitons Ia the wa
To-. with accidents Of lint from a Raylv
arrayed boat load or people al contracted
against an iuir-crt'a1iy mysterious back
ground of cloudy white. make comb.na-
ton 20 delight painter
Seeing % an so beautiful one can for
give the reucence % the jewellers 90 this
land ~ fairy. who Deliberately withhold the
fact from their prospective Eastern visitors
that IN August All tho extent and wonder
OF the sound country - absolutely invisi-
hle-that the dWelltrs along IT'S shores COM
bine al that time in universal sacrifice.
the costliness OF which they utterly fail %
realize.
The priceless forests. which have taken
the leisure OF centuries iu which u grow
Idle centuries which VIII never repeat tnerr-
selveS-are being sacrificed 500 mistaken
zeal 70 rival or exceed a. once the farming
profits OF the great Middle and Elstera
states
i requires twenty years % urrernitftn.,
toll 20 eNtrTats the Elant trees. and plant
and grow orchards ard wheat nel1s ln their
places. ard when q &C. done. and the twenty
years are past an equal space of heavily
tGDered land beside 20 w.u - worth as
much. AMI the twenty years % .a1or alu
have soas Tor nothing
Why cannot settler build Ls 4sh4ek''
Ga his - acres ~ government land ana
n-a and nrnt and take OF The plenty whfra
wild land offers and wait until the great
trees are demanded by commerce. frstatf
% destroying them iu hastez TINS fs the
burden of my thought a. ! see the srnok.
curling up on every shore and he flames
Tapping through tire precious grqwths ~
time. and this - tie only burden Thought
can ind 70 carry n this land blessed -
tns Lord
As far as food = concerned. Paradise