Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-08
CHAPTER 7.

ADoC; Two wears aZ1 Iaccer-eC cur
scy IN ths village o. L.Up=r4=r. within
. lev miles Oi large Lancashire town.
II had mad much choice I would no,
have chosen q cure Of souls among mi.
hands and miners. ! would nave pre-
ferred 70 perform NJ duties under q
clear SKY, rather than under z cauDu-
OF smoke; within ca. oi fields and
woods, rather than in g forest Of IA.
chimneys and Dlacs heads OF Goa. pi:s
But since I vas disappointed II ny
hope OF a cure in certain pleasant Vii.
lage OF Sussex, resolved 10 20 "a Tim.
perley in Lancashire. 20 when one
dark afternoon Ot February 7 a..ghre1
a. Ene nearest station on branch rail-
way, and asked fellow pa==suge-, VINO
iOOke-l ike . native and VINO v4- lu--y-
ing away. whether ne could C.-eC- NE
10 Timp--iav-wuen : Wa answered
with curt NCa ' : wa- u0- Gi.e1H-
cerE=l. received e s1m=zl4- ur.n-
te..!slu.e direction :-lu q station uI--
ter. and leaving orders C1-ce--.u- nv
luggage. went 0-t into -le G--z an
the c-.zz.e - walk - Tt. r---.-v.
I .-aureE i5- half mile Or q along
w.. paved al, and then according
70 C.-el-i II. 7 .ngu2L-I ! TUNED dow.
E narrow .aH= u--v eeu hedge and
wooden fence. : s-utged some distance
through d-er mud, nov stUuU..u upon
.umps on tu- firm edge oi me carr~av.
and now p.uu-lHg iu.o holes. when Tn
lane -e-uel .0 lJ-e i.-e.: IL & field
hesitate. . lizzie and cHeU resolved q
return 10 .ue road. Ny eyes were nov
USED 70 the darE, ana ! perceived &
foot path across .ae field lnc.!nIug
bacE toward the road. ! struck into
this thinking ]. would save NE some
distance. But I saDa found 70 NJ
yeZatIgu :Eat The shortest way a-co.-
Il -he longest way round I uerse-
verei over .ne zldden grass. and -Ume-
times som.nlHg else besides grass, anG
presently began % scent -ou.evuar o.
the pleasant Cdor- u ruscicicy. and nv
spirits -l-e degree Or tWC. I PASSED
q low black Nuoden building. anu
gUez-eG !; was COW house. heard
the animals pulling az their chains anu
muncL.Eg their fOod. By-aud-by
found H.y.e.. again on q tole-ab!y good
rOa-. came upon some houses Oi .ne
suburban -eui detached villa de.cr!p.
tEoL lat one u which I ku0cked and
inquired ny wzvI. and soon. stumbling
and -p.a-alDs through ezaspe-s-iug
mud and c!ul---. cane out upon the
edge O. the valley IN which T.mue-ie
lay.
: stood and gazed around ne. Suci
g spectacle Eai never seen before.
listened To and ieI: the ieye-isn rush O.
sHs life Of Lancashire industry. The
bi-r and buzz 4 tuousand- Of zpindles.
the swift click and tHud 0i shuttle and
loom, and the regular sob and re=pira-
tion Of mighty engines mingled with
the rush Ot water and the p.aintive
painting Of some machine a. Of an en-
shaved geni Of the Arabian Nichts /.
could nUt a. first sppOrtign the sound
u the various groups Of buildings BE-
meath NE. On my right was a many
stOrIed mill. whose bright windows
were reflected in the CLASSY surface ui
pond, Oh the banks OF which there
grew, penziye and iOrlDrn iew scruDby
trees. On my left al aggregation oi
long low buildings with glass roufs,
that .ooked with their shining backs
like monstrogs, c-ouching dragons OF
antediluyian days. Fa-.her up the val
ley was another group Of buildings
wrapped in a cloud Of steam. Inlme-
dlately before me was ruined mill.
unroofed and gaunt, with its bell towe-
and its tall, cold chimney outlined
against the sky; behind it as another
group of irregular buildings. A dozen
tall chimneys poured their smoke into |
the sulphurous air, which was peryaded |
by certain giow-insufficient 70 di- /
sipate the darkness, but enough to make /
the stream which wound down the val |
'ey CLEAN like black gigantic snake. |