The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-08-19

A Summer 0vti0g & near fsf05afs, vaeb.

After years OF labor on the great prairies
where the cornfields stretch away row
after row for many monotonous mile.
where the groves. the flowers. the swine.
poulty, sheep. cattle have yielded to the
ever moulding hand OF domestication un-
til nature is so encased in art that one
feels ever as though he was looking at a
picture. II is an inspiration to sniff the
briney breeze Of Puget Sound. to pluck
the evergreen boughs from the trees Of
Gods own planting and pruning. and to
walk the roads that with many an artless
turn now crowd the bank OF the Mock
sack river, and then creep away under
arches Of green to lose themselves in the
great forest Following such road until
wilfully lost, one seats hi nself upon the
rccumbent trunk Of Vine Maple. and
Yields to the mesmeric caresses Of Mother
Nature, while his ravished ear Hears
Gods organ play" Distance lends en-
chautment, and he IS so far away from
the sea that he can oulyhear the muflled
roar Of the waves and the subdued tones
OF the steam ships resonant whistle.
II be ascends one Of the easy slopes OF
the neishboring hills new world breaks
upon his vision. Bellingham Bay is
spread out before him like an uudulating
sea OF molten silver, while ,he transform
ing wand of the evening sun suddenly
lays across this silvery sea street OF
marvellous length - and paves it with
pure gold. Ionder OF the convex side
Of the crescent bay sits Whatcom, city
Of present beauty. and future promise;
and close by her side sits another. Fair
haven, at once ally and compelitor-like
two lovely and loving sisters. alternately
chiding and embracing each other
Like the Siamese twins. to separate them
would be the death OF both Yonder in
the distance is ut Baker. grand in her
snowy solitude; ever changing ia her
5 manifestations. yet always the same II
r reality. Her birth and history are hidder
r from our view. rs is the wealth uf miner
; al that she contains, and that IS at pres
a cnt being sought for. by some Of ou
personal friends in Whatcom and othe
y places
Steam ships and sailing vessels. who's
guards have pressed the shores OF al
countries, are skimning over the water
of the Sound. and the scene before us
as lonely as the sweetest dream. yet a
real As The everlasting hills about Us.
When The storm god lashes these ocea
waters into furious writings and cloud
- -ather up the spray aud dash away Q
" the wings Of the wind 10 inland region
Mt Baker and the Three Sisters. (peal
by that name breathe upou these flyin
clouds. saying. Peace be suil. and l.
a miracle is performed . the raiu is.bor
81 again. - and falls into laps of the moul
tains IN beautiful crystals which the n
"a tives call snow. At the present time Kir
, SOL. by many a wooinS smile. is persua
ing these mountains to yield up the
captured treasures Of ocean-water.
down the Noocksack river. with many
d. merry whirl aud joyous bound. sineir
IS they 20. and no; forgetting 70 turn
wheel here aud there. come these san
- waters. returning 70 their OCEAN home.
a.. Thus year by year. amidst ceaselass q
do Baker and the Bay find time to G
be gage in prolonged game OF snow-ba
OF Ia yondcr deep. dark woods. where
n ,he tune Of The eoliau harp in the swa
boughs above. the shadows Of the Ma,
and the Alder leaf join with those of .
cedar and those Of t1e Fern in WE
dance among the moss-covered logs.
midst the blending Of light aud s1a'
and the swceter blending OF far-aw
sounds Of saws and planes aud ship wt
60. lies and waves are tinkling cowbeils. Tia
one NAY sit. or stand. or " lay him
N. along" as best suits his feelings and
>e. ternstely cry aae "a ugh and sing snd pr
with wild freedom aegot,cn Of the ih
that the trees. chipmunks aud wc
OF chucks. unlike the vulgar. gaping Gro
lac or the ~stneiic Bu;iorsd up pcopl
ed sill never say. " Hes crazy.
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