The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17


VINO con take aeasM's pssssst srusf
The syrane never ~"
On Sunday Isst I 80 us1sS ne army
shade" a the Ane Cd meots tres n ~
yard ana pondsrsd on The mystery Of
death. Far awsy 90 the sssshwess. be-
yoHd water and wosd. shs OiymSsc range
stretched III fret mass across she hori-
son, bssmins NJ IN shasp. sissr-cus profile
through the sunny cir. But 80 shs day
waned ana the evening shadows came on
apsee. the mountain outline bscsas harry
and obscure and then was swallowed up
m the gloom Of night Under the morn
Ing and MONDAY sun. ana far along into
the afternoon. each pssk ana summit stood
welded Into cold mas ~ the !nserveains
ridges. but ~ the light slowly faded the
mountains ceased TO eSis,. and whore they
had been Was nothing but INST and dars-
ness.
The death Of . friend but . few hours
before had filled me with sadness. and as
I strained my eyes TO catch one last look
~ what had been the crowning glory and
hsauty Of the Landscape. the thought came
to the suddenly that In this death % the
mountain ssHss thevs va sonsthing sim-
Mar 70 that other death.
Through tho many years Of youth and
sturdy manhood th:s life had raned. the
ans manly form. the clear gray eye. the
FIRM mouth. the upright. soidlesiy bsaring
and elastic step attracting attention IN
any crowd os his fellows. His iifs had
been active and abundant On the battle
Geld his place Was 81 the front wh~rs the
kissing bullet sped its deadly souue.
WHEN the glorious summer % pcacs
blessed the land Ms Happiness was found
with rod % gun In the xrsad Northwest
county whore bmhes and streams rsn~cs a
sky - blue aud aesp 40 that Which bends
over classic Greece or Italy.
A man Of affairs. bracins himself for
hard work when hard work had 10 be
done. hs loved the open afr, the mingled
beauty Of wood ana stream, wherein the
larss-eysd stss woocd his mate. OF bent
his Stately head 10 bury his tIack moss
IN the cool waters. a, sunrise hs could
have felt ana appreciated the words Of the
poet;
"TBs golden sun salutss the morn,
Ard, having silt the ocean with ne Teams,
usi!ops the sodiae Y ne 9'misnnz cos ,
And oyert0oks thu highest pesrfna his.
Or this st The close OF day;
The shsdows spread spscs; While unkind
Her ch.sh yet warn with biu.hss. SLOW
Through the Hsspsrsn gardens Of The
And shuts the gates 81 Day"
lie wss no dreamer OF seBtImentsiiss, hut
nature had formed hin mentally and
rhysssllv OH . large plan, and though .
man of setion. rscosniz.ag and bravely
besting the facts of life, the world was
full Of beautiful and snjoysbIs things fer
him.
lie vas not a render u many books, but
nks ell such men 40 he an old-fsshionod
love story was ons u his fsgcrites, ~ ~ss
. book like Audubon. whose mstenIsss
dsnnsailon, Ny word and brush. Of Amer
lean birds has been and vii continue 90
be the wonder ana admiration Of every
lures o. Baker ana n Tn chsIIIu in the
great forests ~ Africa were replsts with
interest, snd his blood wound tnele ami
bis eyes assh 10 reed about the b.s game
they ran upon ana the often tines when
q STEADY nerve and q sure aim stood be-
tween the hunter and death. IL would he
no sssGsefstion TO say that there were
points 81 resemblance between my frepA
ard Henry v. Of England. ss vs see tbs
latter portrayed on shsk~peRs's immor-
tai rage. In both there were manly c0ur-
age and hard common ~nsc---a prlceles
combination In this weird Of ours. where
In % 10 Indispensable 30 see things - they
are ana 20 finch not.
Ills sympaihies ana his Ifkinss ware
broad ana natural and hssiihy. lie al
mired thoroughbred. ~h~fhcr ~ was a
fine horse, . beautiful woman % . brave
man
Ills qualities and his powers were spber-
icsi, of. ss Ne say IN horneiy everyday
language. 30 vas an sli-r0upd man, with
no angpisrf'ez even ib his hatreds. And
he could hate with an hane~ Intensity
fTui noticed IN t'rn that the things hs
hated most we're tasensss and typocrsy
and can't lie loved liberty. but he loved
law and order. and he DID not believe ws
could have the former snlexa Sc nad tia
latter also.
Not being Mason. 7 wss unable 10
share VIII him h's warm aevofion 20 snd
NJ. Intelligent appreciation ~ that great.
Get 81 al secret orders bot - my rl-se-
fn,a l6sa ~ the Masonic frasrrnlty ~
anyways correct. ! world ssy that ny
friend vss sa,prsly . member e the
order, that IS ts~eons aHt 80 practices
came 70 him By . sort - ln;0lti9n
rst ! must bfinx tbis pfo@e monoag 70
oigss ghlas could 80 on AZ
nbitam writing NJ Thoughts sD80; him
be~sass iovef h'm. AMI from fhs shur6-
sacs - fts fssr' ~ mouth spsakefh. tps
I snev nus net spow fhaf hereafter
nlgsF, sonfsnt mg seif ~ he faes; pnri