The San Francisco call., 1897-07-09
How a Romantic Young
Couple Spent Their
Honeymoon.
Strange Abode 'TWixt Earth
and Sky in Beautiful
Mill Valley.
Their Snug Perch Among the
Eoughs Reached by Means
Of a Rope Ladder.

MILL VALLEY, CAL, July S.-A story
features novel and interesting in the ex-
treme, has Just come TO light in Mill
Valley. No better place could a young
couple find in which 10 pass til cir honey
moon than amidst the great redwood trees
in the thickly wooded canyon through
which runs the strange mountain road
that winds its way to the lofty summit of
old Tamalpais. Here it was in dwelling
of strange and peculiar construction, hav-
ing no stairs, nor way to reach its entrance
save by a rope-ladder, that a newly
married couple passed weeks of happin ess
until forced to leave their strange abode
or be molested by the intrusion of the
multitujes.
c. w. Jennings, young writer whose
work graced the pages of various Eastern
publications, sought new fields to conquer
and with longing eyes toward the West e
left his Eastern home and crossed the
plains to the metropolis on the Pacific
Coast. Here among his wanderings he
came across pretty face that he vowed
he loved and would some day call his
own. Difficulties confronted him. That
his love was reciprocated there was no
doubt. Still there were reasons why the
couple could not be married, and to offset
these they planned sort of elopement.
After all the arrangements were COM
pleted they quietly slipped away and were
welded Then followed the honeymoon
in Mill Valley, and anout which the people
OF that section are daily discussing.
On the property of George 7. Marsh. on
Corte MADEIRA avenue, in Mill Valley,
which is laid out on the plan of a japanese
village, there is a house 1T high up in
one of the tall redwood trees, and the
only means of effecting an entrance is by
CHM bing up rope ladder. The house is
built around the trunk OF the tree, which
passes directly through the center of the
strange abode. The roof is formed of tn 9
branches OF the redwood tree bent down
ward and the interior OF the structure is
nicely furnished. There is a kitchen, pam
try and large living-room, and a veranda
where, far above the earth, one can sill and
enjoy natures beauties without Interrupt
ton.
Here it was, between earth and sky,
that Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings pa. sed their
honeymoon. They would climb up the
rope ladder distance OF twenty feet and
reach their abode; then they would draw
the ladder up and thus cut off comm uni
cation.
When the ladder is up it is impossible
to reach the entrance, and one must stand
below and shout until he is hoarse for the
''steps" to be let down.
From the veranda, the scene spread
before one is typical OF Japan. The
Japanese gardens OF Mr.. Marsh's resi-
dence spread TO right an left with their
strange little streamlets and houses fash
ioned by the skillfuI hands of Oriental
workers.
Mr.. and Mrs. jennings occupied their
strange and romantic abode until the day
after the Fourth. On that day a garden
party for the benefit of the tiremen killed
in the recent conflagra tion that destroyed
the Standard cracker factory IL San Fran
cisco was given in the Marsh grounds, and
the Young couple, rather than be dis
covered by the visiting hundreds that
gathered, vacated the house in the tree
and left Tor San Francisco.