The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-02
October.


maid
That e'er danced lightly through a
happy land.
With ruddy leaves and goldenrod ar
rayed.
She sings through field and forest un'
dismayed;
The vine yields all his clusters to
her hand.
October is the heartiest, happiest
maid.
Her hair is caught in many nut
brown braid;
Strong limbed is she. with sun
kissed cheeks and tanned.
With ruddy leaves and goldenrod ar
rayed.
| would that | might meet her in
some glade.
Where timid Dryads wait on her
command
October is the heartiest. happiest
Or see her by the wild waves. un-
afraid.
Sport with some naiad on the foam
fecked sand,
With rudy leaves and goldenrod ar
rayed.
Would I might follow where her
course is laid!
Oh. sweet brunette. what frost
could bid me stand
With ruddy leaves and goldenrod ar
rayed.
October is the heartiest, happiest
maid
To the native mOuntaineer no pros
pect could appear more dreary than
that of country with few high
mountains. To be in daily commu-
Mon with them. to be hedged in by
them, to look away into the far blue
sky and have your vision bounded
by them will always impress indel-
libby upon your nature the lessons OF
grandeur and sublimity which the
old majestic peaks are anxious to
teach.
1t is no wonder that the mountain
GERS are so fond of these mountains
and feel such a strong attachment to
them. their greatness. their immova-
bility and gigantic proportions give
one a feeling of rest, security and
strength. One can hardly have been
a close and accurate observer OF all
the influences upon morals without
having discovered the favorable ten
dency of mountain scenery in ITS ef-
fects upon the human life. It's influ-
ence is unuuestionably to develop
and foster the virtues-particula
sentiments of a domestic and patrl-
otto nature. 1t is true that the ne
cessitv of incessant toll and the vlgor
Of the climate to which the inhablt-
ants of the mountain districts are
subjected, as we'll as their remote
ness from the seductive influences OF
fashionable life may. in part account
for that high type of character which
is seen in the mountainous regions
that whole-souled. bighearted man.
ner.
There is unnuestionably something
about high. heavenpointing noun
tains that is nerpetually inSpiring
one to better things: they awaken in
ones soul the instinct of moral re-
sponsibilty Difficult it must be for
a rascal or a villain. one whose heart
is in no way in harmony with the
mind and laws If the Creator, to en-
ioy the society of the hills. to become
fairly accimated to them or natural
lied IN their midst.
"Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you
once again:
7 hold to you the hands you first be-
held.
To show they still are free. Me-
thinks ! hear
A spirit in your echoes answer me.
And bid your tenant welcome home.
Again, o. sacred forms how proud
you look,
Ye are the things that tower, that
shine, whose smile
Makes glad. whose frOwn is terrible.
whose forms,
ROBBED or unrobed, do all the impress
OF one divine. We guards of liberty.
call to you. | hold my hands to you.
rush to YOU as though | could en-
brace you"
OF all natural objects mountains
are the finest symbols of generous
attainment. BY virtue of some secret
provision of our nature the grandest
exercise of our faculties seem to be
tndI Vi loohlhS up"dlu. EAceiieuce
is a height. Greatness is figured at
an elevation. Virtues in character
are measured according to their lofti-
ness; when one improves they as
cend. These objects, then, which i'm
pei us to look away from our own
plane above. beyond it, are the best
incentives to high moral endeavor
and all generous attachments. What
can be better calculated to answer
this purpose than lofty mountains?
What truly lofty soul or lofty mind
in word, what man, whose spirit
ual state is right, but will find great
satisfaction, not simply in surveying
the hills themselves but in letting the
kindled and devout imagination
travel up their glorious peaks into
that infinite and mystery beyond