The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-10-15
A LOVERIN STONE

F IL Yellos,taue Saiiousl para sre loalI
srstle gersers The uttftf ef uhI'h sfe
suaeslv tmpregosttd sith e.losteous sod
stlieious upler slite Substance wbich
lnslsotabeoasy iroraststes wbsterer u
falls aroa. BIN mounds aGd orsters are
fofnsd by A. Travellers plsoe uoder the
streams BOTTLES sn1 ottet objects they De
strs 'foruei 10 stone. as they term IT,,
aai as sooa toe sintsr bsrders carry
sssy tbsif trophies 10 tiilmph.
/ Mt Gym Jacques SAss morbid, dreamy
aud doEncast youn} m.n. With form 6ne
/ face and even wealth At his Command, be
oonstauily meditated suicide aud deter
mined 10 become ielo d. se, He ssD
dered over the world to discover some AZ
tlslic method Of depsIttag bis life. He
psled at the though. Of an inquest over
/ hIs mOTtsl remains. Of accC unts In the
ptess sBd Of speculation by his fellow
man. He climbed VtsuvIus aud for hours
ooutemp plated plunge into the awful fires
/ below. where his toiy would never be- re
vesled He did not fear instantaneous 10
ciuers'i ~ not that He conceived thst
| 10 tbeinvIsible world in witch be was
bound be might desire to gather bis NOR
| tai elements somewhere, some time, 10
the cycles Of eternity henoe, why 90 utt'
ly snDihilsta lbemI
MIR Jacques sailed to the borde Of the
great mseIsttom Of Norway and conf Ter
ed plunge therein heavily plated in
metallic armor Here again be paused
aud forssw The decay OF the metal aud
the possibility and ABSORPTION OF animal
lIie
He studied seToUsutlcs it utly and con
suited the worlds aeraststlc engineers NJ.
Gabriel Yon and Captains ReDsrd and
Krebs as to the possibility Of an air ship
which would bear him beyond the esrth's
atm moephere ont into homocidal space,
AgsIn defeat. These great men assured
him that, for all bis wealth, finite power
could not achieve the infinite.
10 the year 1870 be read OF the first eI
pedltions Of Dr. f. V. Hayden into the
unknown wilds OF the Rockies, Of the ini
tistiou Of the then vorl wide respected
Uuited States geological survey, Of the
wonderful geyser regions OF Wyoming.
Into the northweft corner OF this territory
be FASTENED his flight. August was wan
ing when be mounted the terraces OF Nam
mouth bot springs and saw the clear blue
fall evenly in veillike sheets over the
sides, which constantly increased in size,
lie saw that be had only to sit there to
be pushed higher and higher, while a
mountain Of i1crusta'ion broadened below
him and reared him about
Bnt as be wa ohed the transformation
Of liquids into solids he saw that certain
objects at the base Of the mound as fast
as they became incssed with sinter, were
pushed down hill, down toward the vel
ley below, He speculsted, He concluded
that some time o conclusion OF steam
might explode the mound and II body
were thrown therein 1t would become ex
posed to beasts. men or sun. SO he deter
mined to be encased separately and allow
bis body to be pushed down bill, to be
come one OF the rapidly forming, immense
mass OF incruststed objects.
While the strange young man was eI
baustng his life deyising aesthetic means
Of death Miss Mignonetts Favre was lead
ing dissimisr career OF inyenting fancies
and searching the world for man who
should be a synonym OF her ideals 30 Great
ed. In her fights OF romsntsism she had
Investigated the widest noble red man 10
the deepest OF unfrequented deeps, but as
certaiued that his value set on woman
was less than thai Of a horse. She studied
widower president. but, If be fulfilled
her dream, be did tot take kindly to her
advances. She went abroad determined
to fascinate great prince, but sll the prin
cos she met spoke Tot Of love, bat OF 90
annual stipend to become her husband.
10 1890 Mis- Fsyre decided to euloy the
summer 10 the Yellowstone National park.
tract solely under the jurisdiction OF the
government, but formerly pert OF the
then territories OF Wyoming and Montana.
The Mammouth Hot Springs hotel suited
her romantic ideas, While here she OF
ten chm bed tue plszss OF the great sprlns
She placed bottles, combs, horseshoes ard
other objects under the tr1ckling streams
aud saw them turned into stone to her
hearts col tent. While she filled big boxes
With varied collec loa Of these aud KIN
dred objects hsr ideal IN this respect, as 10
the case Of man, was unlulfiled
She saw the big heaps OF objects lactns
tstsd, which seemed 10 have slid down ~
to the valley, aud she was indignant at the
government for ensc Jag laws to protect
this "svslsnche" end, making 1t misde
meanor TO carry sny section away. She
clsmb,red up snd down the avalanche -
for such the slanting collection Of objects
seemed TO be-snd esch day paused before
a massive cone OF white siuter, the solidi
" and great besuty Of witch che admir-
ed 20 mach thst it beoame a mouomsnia
With her. The cone vss about seven let
10 length, With a diameter Of two feet aud
looked as il It we're classic Ionic col
umu.
Al last Mics Fstrs coaeluied she could
no, live without the cone. Ia her iretzied
admirstiou Of il -he forget to search Tor a
nm Il her rrmance. She Alred The slsLIe