New-York tribune., 1902-07-20


I'll get them for your cried the new man h.
ginning lower himself over the blu1.
You might falI' she said for the fact thar b
was ready 10 get them for her satisfied her vanitv
Come back. and Wen look for some in a sare-
place"
wen find none so fine as these" he answered.
still lowering himself "And the finest is none too
good for your
Then there a sharp. short cry. the crash Of
a breaking branch. and all still The maiden
knew too well what ii meant He had fallen per-
haps hundreds of feet. to his death. and she was
responsible. She could not cry and for
moment two she suffered untold torture. In
the faint hope that he might have lodged some
| where. in tree top perhaps. for trees grew out
of the mountain side. she called his name softv-
walter! waIterr' Never before had he been any,
thing but mister" The mountains silent as
only mountains can be when there is wind to
rustic the trees. She called again-and ne an
swered
"Are you killed?'' she cried
Not Bit" was the cheerful word from soms-
where below "A branch broke. and tumbled me
into the top of the tree below. III be up there
in a minute"
Presently he came. and he had the three lilies
tucked in his shirt She took them eagerly. and
looked him over carefully for possible wounds
There was long scratch on his cheek; she stopped
a blood spot or two with a bit OF cambric- His
wrist was sprained; she bound IL up. By the time
they reached the hotel she had more to show than
the huge lilies. and the man who had not dared
was one of the first to see and the first to
derstand.
This is only one of several romances which the
mountains have witnessed already this summer,
The names Of the principals will appear later on
pers. and the list will be long one There are
several spots as dangerous 70 heaTIs as Lily Bufr
one The glen in which Washington Irving had
dear old Rip Van Wrinkle sleep his twenty years
A ihhGsbS husband who declared he was henpecked set
Hnd Ent narty II Of benedicts into Rips glen They
hoped TO find the amphitheatre in which the COB
mountain road. up which stages used to carry
the guests TO the hotel al the summit w Wnistiing
"Rip Van Wrinkle Was Lucky Nan The wives,
who had broken up poker game tne nisnt De-
'VI Tbev returned toward evening. still awake.
They had the identical rock on which Rip
Tbsv had gone to the very head Of the glen, look
ing for the bowling green. and had not found It.
Tdg hHy had aon neaa tRe o or thought they had
until the guide. told them Il was nothing put
transient thunder shower There was no fagon
from which to take draughts Of strange liquor. and
they too bS used 70 70 s n ne HTJ m ea
So IL was back to the wives AID more lectures
tain hotels which has many good points, as well
as one or two Disadvantages They stand BY
own postofices There is absolutely nothing In the
way OF village-nS chance 70 get cheap board
and furnished rooms at neighboring cottage and
amusement and stationery from the expensive
hotel one is either Of the hotel or not; and If not
one can tramp in any direction from his hotel
ronnSine the CatskiI Mountain House for in
stance. II has cliff frontage or three miles
along the valley OF the Hudson It contains IN all
27sO acres traversed by many miles OF mOss-car-
peted trails and hard. mountain roads OF red clay
There two lakes and several mountain PEAKS
within it's boundaries
They've got a regular nature trust up mere
said one OF the few genuine mountaineers whom
one runs across . -, - -. .,, tt.t
leads from the Laurel House TO the kaatersklL'
mast Sunset Rock. and overlooking the Glove eX-
der shower blew along just then. and both took
refuge in a little hut which was near BY
Tell me about this nature trust, asked the re-
'WeiI. there is one hotel man." he began IN
mountain tops Just to prevent any one building a
be fqei lakes GR bave all been bought up to prevent
rival lighthouses One or two have laid out wnat
most outlandish toll There's hardly a wood lot
left to US folks what hs: yna hsTe t a 9g6ort G6
We'll. I don't know as IFS so aH-nred aard, o,,.
prices for everything we do for 'em. and every
once in a while we get chance TO bleed some OF
The nature trust extends to the watsrtals , ssi in
the district FORTUNATELY fer the hotel People tney
vantage without naying an admission, Az tns IaIS
Sundred feet high near the Laurel House. they
have an ingenious method OF practically scopning
the The fa t,r e@Ge S pb Water and it 6esomes the husky
cascade which II is in the frsshst season one
to one OF the landings. waves his hat 10 the at
tendant. and in two minutes the waterman II
The Laurel House is under new management this
stsIda1d For four or i've years it has been run
ming steadily behind. Extensive improvements
Miss Halle Ermine Rives the author OF Hearts
Courageous" was one OF the first arrivals az the
Kentucky. when the Fourth OF July crowd began
aSe 70 Je tbs address 'sKentuckv Mills Dell II it
had been that dozen New-E,ngland school
teachers are waiting on the Laurel House table
this summer her Identity might have remained
hidden. One OF these schoolma ms had read Miss
which was brought to the table. That she was
waiting on real ala Ve t Go VAS Was zoo I gof
This part of the Catskills has been especially
known writer's will spend the summer at Sunset.
Twilight and Santa Cruz parks Bliss Carrnan. the
DeF o1 the e1 mountain H side Miss Bertha Runke has
taken Sotgs With hsF G'the h ors aPd IS at an T95s S
brother, Theodore, are also cottagers
Ihere Is g[Sa, & uTSi h % rlvaTy b 80
neighbors that it is hard 10 tell where one leaves
closely drawn as in the most exclusive circles
and it is reflected the balcony Of the lonely
One crowd turns up its nose at the other and
gets in return naughty glare II is a state or
good behavior. as gossip is decidedly at a premium
catskif resorts IL one enters from Catskin or
the first II he comes by of Kingston and the
Village the one purpose OF which seems 70 be
making people who live In the city as happy
a dozen honelike hotels and q score Of boarding
houses. Every native has something to do with the
when mountains covered with a fine
n the village The timber has all been cut on;
md If 1t was not for the summer people Tanners
agricultural efforts seem TO be confined 10 making
Near by is the well known Onteora Park. where
many persons of literary and artistic reputation
ma tastes have their charming cottages
PR4TTSTILLE