The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-29

see why he should make an ascent GB1y
to go down again. while he could run hiS
road practically on tide level. and % this
beautiful valley happens TO be one Of the
pleasant features Of our local lapdscsess.
A pretty stream flows across this P1sas-
ant valley. and you would do well TO take
a drink there before exploring the wider
ness beyond. At the top Of the hfll you
rest. OF course. and enjoy the view before
limited at, and then along . Wagon tran
on partly cleared land. until you strike
the Owzsso boulevard This II the real
name OF IL, but you might not have
known 1t had not the engineer OF the
party picked up the sign where II was rot
ting among the damp leaves and stood II
on end.
The Owasso boulevard IL the southern
boundary Of the military reservation. On
the other side of the path Ia Havana
park the land OF which was held u %
high a figure that the stream AInne-ha-na
flowed away far to the east and st-li ha'
has, In that geosr aphicai section. This
Cwasso boulevard IT. a good wagon tyaiis
and nowhere In the vicinity Of Seattle
Is there any such pleasant route for
ride In the saddle. Bat the engineer
makes sudden shoot TO the right, amid
the thick brush. and Incidentally ASKS;
How would IT be 10 leave the bakers
In tine brush 10 rustic out OF IL as best
they cam. One banker overheard II. and
sad: You cannot do IL; am tust get
ting my second breath" To prove this
ne sat himself on a fallen monarch Of the
forest that was probably coeval Win
Ramesls IL. and produced a small flask.
There Is a house quarter OF mile
away where We might get water sug-
gested the engineer.
well. what OF it2' asked the banker.
II once on one Of these tramps went up 10
a house and asked for water. The farmer
was very obsequious in providing It. OF
course had 10 hand him my flask, and !
courteously turned my back whilst ne
foyed with IL. When It was returned 10
me there was dust In n"
The reeGperated party proceeded through
the thick underbrush and cIambered over
some fairly large trees until they came 10
the edge OF the blum. Magnolia bluf. near
~ 400 feet above the waters below. and ont
OF the shadows and windy places. and out
of the lisp OF leaves still murmusng the
ripple Of rain. they stood in the hood of
sunshine.
How desoiate II must have seemed to
the Dennys." said one OF the party
They had the same landscape" was the
answer.
And what a landscape. With the faint
fresh flame OF the young years bushes 1T
their feet. the party looked on al a scene
that In unriyaied. TO mention local points,
10 show how this height Is a natural for
LITIGATION for the Sound. for Bainbridge
island. the Port Orchard docks, the gov
eminent canal breaks In with a practical
note Of disc1rd upon the natural poesy OF
the scene. People go 10 Europe, TO the
Mediterranean. and rave over the blue
sea and the snow-ciad Alps in the back
ground. But the snow mountains are far
away. Here you have the Sound, can see
It as far as human vision can reach wind
Ing ma jesticaliy between banks OF yerdure
and ever and always with a sun mat seems
almost tropical gliniing Its tiny waviets
the snow crests Of the mountains In the
near background They seem but a few
miles away. The Olympic mountains on
the ono hand. with Mount Rainier as their
president, with the Cascades on the other
hand with Mount Baker lord Of all. and the
spring sun touching with gentle hand their
hoary summits and giving them opalescent
tints that harmonic with the sunshine
itself, with the budding trees. the per-
fume OF the springing sod and the un-
blown leaves. the tender broideries Of the
trailing vines. the greens and the scarlets
that are already out. and the white sands
and the bright salt scarf OF brine with its
Down the bluff the party went helser-
SHELTER. because that WAS the only way.
You placed one foot on the soft surface
and slid a few feet. which necessitated
your placing the other foot In front as
soon as possible. and so YOU went down.
very rapidly, as you would down an I'm
mense snowdrift. There was then a scram-
BILE through the forest below. a forest with
big trees and thick underground and then
I'M he lob
dazzling white light Of the white beach
at the verge of the blue Sound. Soon a
spring was found and the iumberman said
after his second potation:
Water is best. after all"
After all-the whisky is gone" senten-
tiously remarked the real estate expert;
There the party rested for a while
watching the wind winnowing and whirl-
ing the waters Of the bay OUTSIDE. each
little whitecap glistening In the sunshine
while the waters OF Salmon bay at their
feet were as mirror.
Then the party assembled by the path Of
the lighthouse keeper at West point: I'D
and out II went to a plateau Of 30 acres
where some time was spent IN mapping
out. In fancy. the parade ground the offl-
GERS quarters, the other departments and
nom there with ups and downs. through
Tickets and over high trees. suddenly
woods once more into bright sunshine and
the clearing which forms the eastern edge
Of the reservation. Then there was a call
mt the farm below OF Mr.. Scheuernan the
builder of the Scheuerman block Of this
city. VINO has pretty place on che edge OF
Salmon hay. and talk with an enthusf-
astic gcologist there Of the wonderous for
nation OF Magnolia blum that we had just
seen. so regular in it's strata. ansi so thor
oughly explanatory Of the elementary
principles Of geology. and its peculiar
bastions and turrets and their formations.
There was a merry party on the sand
bar, the little Coney island Of Ballard.
and II easily suggested n picture Of those
other Sundays few years hence. when
the canal goes through there. and there IL
broad bridge across the lccts, and
the bee;ling cliffs above reflect the rays
OF tho sun from FURNISHED guns. ard the
old county road, that now ends AZ Farm
er Schnerman'S gate, Is made a boulevard
that Is crowded with carriages and by
clisis. For the army post viii undoubted-
ly make this the most popular sunday
outing IN the neighhorhood OF Seattle.
burlington Route.