The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

ne mas llvea In the valley Ferty Vosrs, was
LenE Its Guardian. and viii Die.

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LonG ls Guardian. and will Die.
YOSEMITE VALLEY, Cal. June 21.-Galon
Clark, who has just resigned the post of guar
dian Of Yosemite Valley. was for moro than
twenty years either guardian Of the valley or n
member Of tho Board of Commissioner that
administers its affairs. and for twenty years
preceding he either lived In the valley or kept q
hotel on the stage road Just outside It's limits.
About loo, 900 tourists have passed under his
eyes to sec the sights of tho Yosemite, including
many persons of distinction.
Mr.. Clark came to California expecting to die
In n year or two of, consumption. Now no is 80
years old and he still swings himself into his
saddle as easily and gallops away at the top of
his horses speed as well as he did forty years
ago, and no young msn who frequents the valley
is moro agile than he In climbing cliffs and
peaks. When the Commissioners, a half score Of
mon In the primo OF manhood, most of them
young enough to DO his grandsons, have
visited the valley in recent years and Mr..
Clark has conducted them over tho trails. to
show what needs to no done, IL often happened
stood shss NJ tbe ws, ak ao to tas assSs &c e Rr %d[d S,.; and and
doorstep: while tho. visitors backed away in
alarm tnn., He ,no, also climbed clifrs up which not one
tow years no could shin up a tree as easily as n
ness which made him foel for the first time that
ne no W." m;d ErGTtnF old; H !, was spending q part Of
from f"S " the valley s0aF TRer se he m' had an n attach %is ef
pneumonia. and was barely past the crucial
point when, in his delirium, he was seized with
the idea that he must return to the Yosemite at
once. II left alone for a moment he would get
out OF bed and attempt to steal away, Finally
worry he grew rapidly worse until the physician
said he would have to Co..
"for he can't possibly survive that trim. but he'll
die before morning ifhe doesn't GO; So the kindest
The stage road to the valley was impossible
under half II dozen feet Of snow. and the trip
had to be made on horseback. through the Mer.
got out of the bed where he had barely escaped
death from pneumonia the day previous and
s sssd 81 ' Winter E ff'f FSnosrs hos re asr tsiaR ,4 sas
tran; with hanging rocks ovssrhessd,, precipices
His companions Piled him ' every few womb" MIN.
ntes with whiskev and milk, which they
1t was an all-day trip, and a ride which the mon
who accompanied him will mover forget. But 1t
an warm en room H NTH 5h pi S,% ~s Of T Sisn PSs to an ssd h i%
bricks. He at once began to got better. and in a
short time was able to be ont again. He himself
toll many stories in which Mr.. Clark is tho cen.
was. a princelinR OF some sort from Germrny.
During the day Mr.. Clark CHANGED to fall in
to points Of interest. That evening the guardian
approached him as no sat on the hotel piazza
and asked him how he was enjoying the valley.
The visitor replied with a lordly wave of his
hand.
ASK my secretary"
Then the whole valley Joined hands. against
Mr.. Clark's protest. to make the rest OF the
Princes trip such that he could talk about it
himself. The saddle train men furnished a mule
for use on the trails which hebitually walked on
the edre Of every precipice she could reach and
resisted restraint In the mules privileged fash.
ion. The hotel walters brought him the tough.
est steaks. the guides told him blood-curdling
yarns about accidents and dangers on the trails.
clorks and porters went to him with every imaR-
Unable question about his wants, and prepared
every one with:
so and 30 r.
Finally. when the Prince fled from the valley
in anger and disgust, the stage clerk seated him
over the brake beam of tho stage, where he
would feel every bump and get the benefit Of all
the dust thrown up by both front and hind
wheels.
Mr.. Clark would probably die Of inconsistencies
were he to go away from the grand and beauti-
fni scenery amid which he has grown old. The
Commissioners have granted him the use OF a
cottage In the valley for the rest of his life. and
he has chosen e spot Ia the little cemetery, near
the foot Of FL Captain. and within sound Of the
booming Of Yosemite Falls, where his bones arc
IN lie altar ha Ia daad