The Globe-republican., 1900-06-21
ABOVE THE CLOUDS.

A. w. F. Lee, who IS at Pueblo,
gives graphic description of the mount
ain panorama, viewed from point
above the clouds MIR. Lee uses an illus
tration to make the description inspiring
to the reader.
To be above the clouds and to see the
sunlight through the mist is an inspiring
scene A person can have under such in
spiration. a glorious appreciation of the
majesty and grandeur of the mountains
Mr. Lee writes as follows: Especi-
ally do L enjoy the mountain scenery.
Some of the views are grand, and will do
anyone good to see them Two scenes are
especially impressed upon my mind. Not
long since [ was up at an altitude of 1O,-
600 feet, and was in n beautiful lit
tie sspark,.' as they call them. This little
park of perhaps naile in diameter, was
a basin of level valley country. surround
ed on all sides with high, pine clad
mountains There had been a snow the
night before, but the sun shining very
brightly. Near noon L noticed a thin
mist vapor piling over through one of
the passes through the mountains sur
rounding the park. This was the fore
runner of cloud which had crept up
from the plains country on east and
could not be seen over the mountains.
This phantom like stream would melt
ing the air of park One with good
imagination could have written a good
story out of this phenomena of nature.
The African events being in my mind L
at once thought of how this contention
of the air currents resembled the assault
Of a mighty army which had scaled the
mountain side and was now pouring its
stream of humanity through a gap in the
breastworks of the enemy. The cloud
brigade became thicker and darker, and
soon another made its appearance through
another pass or gap in our fertilization,
only to be annihilated soon as it APP
peared through the opening. After some
time the invaders began to make some
progress down toward the level of
park; others appeared on the south,
then yet others fought their way even
over tops of mountains the east and
we began to feel a sudden change of
temperature and we knew the day was
lost. The sight was wonderful and L
stood spell-bound at this display of nature
the cooler air currents battled with
the dryer. The invaders swept down the
mountain sides and across the plain, our
forces stubbornIy resisting, and soon we
were enveloped in a cloud. The cloud
raised so only the higher peaks penetra t.
ed it and we were bonn ban ded by a snow
the sun was shining brightly, air was
crispy cold and in the beautiful mantle
of White there was little to remind us of
the scene of carnage, as we imagined,
where thousands were slain and the
destiny of nations changed.
Another day we came down there
had been snow the night before and
every pine, spruce and fir was bowin e
beneath its load of ssthe beautiful and
the sun was shining as brightly it can
shine only in the rarified atmosphere of
a high altitude. Our road was cut
around sides of the mountain, in some
places deep precipices being on one side
and towering cliffs on the other. As we
rounded one point we could see down on
the plain country east, but nothing could
be seen as we We're looking down on top
of the clouds, AS we coasted down hill
OH the narrow mountain trail on trot,
With both rear wheels of our carriag
locked and sliding this way and that, as
we turned round sharp curves on the edge
of dark canons into which the sun had
not yet pc netrated. looking down upon
the beautiful billowy clouds, stretching
away toward Kansas like the sea, and
over all the intensly bright sunshine, the
scene was bewltching, enticing. gran q
and eNhilerating, beyond description
l had demonstrated the figure so often
used. that if we can look above the DARK
clouds of our troubles the sun is always
shining 1t was also like many of the
dark and difficult trials we imagine be-
fore US in life, for in this case when we
had actually got to on level with the
clouds they were scattered and all was
sunshine.