The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-24

o, dlstinct and Visible ridge In the centre Of the
river. the water rising 70 an apex from either
O"""The boat service Is most accommodating to
light only three feet, I think. Snd. a signal
from the shore ga at any moment none n SSni Ia ssnd us
% SS%iiap sround. In this way. we picked up our
passcngers, from isolated houses or even
S%tTSsiftSatGIsn OF ., W SHg sort or G wss 'Tissi6 Se w N Sisn n2
waved from the bank anywhere was all that
was @1 needles tom to GT9 5 ,SS. q . lSndins: ,n,, OWN,
to tHs v Tti had n et sSs TsSoF to some so h iSfE ovs shGTS%sd
witch would walt for us the other side Of re
me, who had been reproaching myself all the
morning with my temerity IN undertaking alone
The %%GorriH3i. there. was vas nothing to do. however,
but to go on. and parted reluctantly from my
was the greater when / found that the family
g my hotel acGuaintsnce were returning to
ashore apS feV 1, i found that We MS were to cross MS the
wagon. with, seats its length IKE an omnibus,
and drawn by four horses. Every bit Of lug
ond trip. and only the women taken over In the
wagon. 1 was determined not to submit TO
fats; sSs %s t hs@aS %siC S91 I Sid not v prqpOss to abe Be
parted, | made my way at once to the dryers
S wagon Tn' lie s sSS that S5Ss7 / Was q a. tr ave itsP9 y f 3l SgS
a dit 6iNrna sort Ssr,i from STaI th tSG RET I 1 81 the IL lGs e ana 1roS TO
With him and have my. bag there he scSeded.
THE precautions he took to tuck mo In
H fdsd sa5 r s5 q th st SSEy o SSsy and THe rs Es' s, Ct FL
Never shall forget that ride OF, three miles
t sde%HatG %p res shae G anti iG one 5fRs Ss e SSS%i 1Ss re- e,
The road. IL the way we crossed could be called
a S1 TSSiSl w1 dc very to n the river T moss U 81 Tie E e @sy'
another wall rising up or on o the other q; side. N9thr
soon found that he was q, character,
and his s., T 9 d,ts So1 fbS TS2 T in 81 himself stssn
safety draw the load; Then he ordered The End
disturb me, Atone point noticed ahead Of us
3 laE9TS bopl ns1I In the atf rNad; - spPp esG ga he saw saw
II rids at 10 mn faG if him ND dr fSffG!i Sunlight iS 1t; e oRor Te' 4 TRe
angle ut which it tilted the wagon threw every
MOST, 'e @gsPt . HS9 assit &. '4tt Ssss We MAJ had PSsssa. /
asked him why he had driven oyer the boulder;
haSs sSas sSa,iiinsISs i; ana that Would have been
im%ip S%ft.FfG asked sthf him i he ! 9S9 S ! he SSSld
t H63f w. %a Ram' f Fl ss5S' $685. sFS si 7 got 2w IN Is thu ~
~SSTW5S e;l in he sn{ I'D iG set Trough aRS Ei i E8iE " F Snd iF them We
stood on another .desolate shore for two hours
w wetts p as r%SitSsdateo 20 iSF s sbe TfE tEsS second o%Sp bo%S S
and once more Grept up the river. There was
cou GdS sP pSs2GlES o. WE n h sais saE ISss S S9% a iaPEs t s9n
pany Of Indians, at least a hundred. who had
s ssdn M ct the so StFSs o@sW9rd ff6l Snn 9'G at 9EEe O snd q
the season Son. Th Sfop men ? We're we're g "a SEv d dres @dr IN
IN their hair. The squaws were dirty. and
were loaded with ENORMOUS, bundles on their
back back; o Tish q SH t6d fr9be in t fSe h a5pf brt tsf T s5a
frontier folk were rouGhlooking i not acting. In
my I'D HIf tPs EI ! TSRt that HR 9tFEe e ca tS shs Of 9il tSe h other
begged him to repeat the favor; Like his
side. and thereafter 1 received with him
Ger. He found that I was curious about tho
Oregon fruit, and he sent down to his Il cabin fer
a q Whole story by itself. / ate Tor the first time
OF the royal Anne cherries Of Oregon; These
OF that State are Justly proud Of them.
: The Captain pointed out and explained
} Wire-eovered Wheels that matsI their way
aFa W III eye eyeT fSi revoliut ditSp' We're to Be- 8 seen con,
= stantly.. One man can operate one, and 1t Is not
4 rGu a boat to catch as many as 400 ash per hour.
r The long delay In transferring the passen-
s ssd INSTEAD SstgsdfG Of D ]SrriyI h1!3 at DSsl %s9 at IS J o ysFs Eaf s.
i daylight, IT was 10 O'clock and darkness when
: turned TUE 1edef ffien die S% again sH IN this f little f%ronti 81
= town at that hour OF night. particularly as
+ the boat landing it was some distance away,
but my good friend the Captain did not desert
town nS; a to a nt queer sort Of hotel at which / NIGH
I wait. | was the only woman OF any sort to be
!; sssn a n}1es sW %n9 from from p BGst fancy om IHis a g sOR Sc
n a parior. the ONCE below filied With NOISY
: an Il ns go dr mTid nj 1cnrae9pSSdow5Tnstsirs think,
L ing must trust to no one but myself 10 &et OF
4 encd me, but / made my way to the clerk ant
N asked him If he would help me aboard the ca
. was considerable. He was none too civil IN hi
. promise to do 50, and then as ! dared are n9t 9
h could could not . stay there i went outside. Herr. on
= wide platform was a wilderness of empty chair
f %9d TIN In T SRs St q fhf fRat | INCOMING %T myf frain. p' %Thei
i finally came the clerk appeared, and aske'
"a he did. and when we halted down the track I
1@s alF FG fnd Myself 5!SHIPeiR as aGSddfi& q f : R fsffn TOUT tour
% list ailed with sleeping men; The train vas sal a.
70 soon rectihed. and at last / reached the Pull
If man sleeper in which Expected If tS1s ress @pd s9 7
z, = SahrefS' m Sii infa n8fSii t ticEet az agent fi's comes IN,
" When presented my check &c kt to 3o Sigim fbs l9T We
ticket was stamped for the night before. an
20 that as everything was sold on the traln, Ape
= 3GG 'G may imagine ins q W" What %f that iiatg Was to tom me at tn
l. end OF that days experience. The ticket agen
. EP srfSr p ssPsng Il P snd 4. fhic wac Hiet f2G ~ Sis u slPm
"a dOnable mistake. was powerless to ayenge my
Dt fSe EFF n1 T ngh eH tBbS ticEs al T s6s d RGFfsSe ef5r si@ ahRG. a
w though I had expressly stated that IT was IL
u following night at midnight that / would boar
~ the train. explaining to the man that was
L. take the day trip up on the river, the man; 81
IISs cure in his own correctness. had used that day
~ stamp on my tickets.
et T"There was a long and painful delay before
IT. was found that one upper berth had not bee
10 claimed, and into this. finally. with a shoTtsp
" crawlad. | lived TO 30 back and tell my sto
~ to that ticket agent with such additions nis ma
accumulated In my soul since That Time
TO ELIAS DUDLEY'S FORTUNE.