The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-28
.Tenting on B. Beaumont e q II, MT.
BY h1ATTHE yyi Sn1A.U q !. z

ri The ..Dog- Days OF August found us
IN camp on Beaumont near Asheyille,
North Carolina. # 4 9355
on the deligat ofsIit!s I, From the low
lands &sultry sun. the walls ne r ri:
heat, st to the pure n air and rel eshngS
8breezes OF this mountain crest.
Three thousand feet above old ocean
Only the trees and the birds for company
occasional a passing cloudets for visitors.5
Dame Nature. herself, the hostess. was vas
a summer idyll-all dreamland, all rest
Visible nightly, from the city far bel oW,s
bright sparks of II ght, like Jewels wells strung
rands; audible thes y!
the swiftly flying hours The drowsy5
listener, stirring In his hammock swung
beneath the trees, fancies he hears the
3faint& far-oR call Of the wa Itch: Three
O'Clock and all is well. fg8
White tents & lean ghostly IN the. moon.
light, pitched upon the narrow dge. OF
Beaumont. Zach within friendly call clus-s
tered about the watchman's tattered can
.vass8 a Z valiant veteran he. OF 6l-'5,6
whose faithful presence through lonely
midnight hours cheers timid, wakefulS
souls; while al elcome his assistance
on stormy ghts, when tent pegs e, work 7
loose and canvas futters wildly to the
wind. H What relief to spy he archIng
light Of his lan.ern-to hear the hearty
voice OF proffered aid. l
onlya dozen follk-women, all, save, one on. i
lin this sylvan retreat t. \, Assembled to
invoke kind Natures blessing IN the
struggle for fresh !. health Under the
gentle, Watchful care Of one who,g herself
had traversed The dismal vale Of sickness,
shine OF restored 5Yigor. 5ff 81 h IS
Sympa thetic heart! Wise. thoughtful
hostess! EarnestGis the gratitude of one
who $throVe under your skilful ministra-5
lions. li 5st5s # e
living. 10 rise with the sun. while yet
deWy freshness Of morning spark les on
every blade and leaf. Nights candles.
toe on the misty mountain tops Light
wells Of mist roll upward, drawn by un-
seen hands, disclosing the fair city spread
Der the plain, EMPOWERED in ! her leafy
foliage, engirt by purple mormtains-oldi
Pisgah towering high-encompassed by
the silver stream of SWannanoa.5
Anon~the allnring breakfast call to ~
meal partaken Of In no rough and ready
and shining silver. Beaumont is the
sometime summer home Of g Carolina
Rans aWaet rspeae FER
5tunate few. Furnished with all the lat
ter.day $contriyances for comfort, tbs q
delightful lowering betwixt town and
d dHu,,rnf 81 e. neither either ~ -,
Z Daily tie post imam thrusts his gray cap
above q the steep incline. bearing his bud
get Of A news, Forgot for q season is
5slyslum, while interest centers In things
mundane, q 5Ai iis z
All too soon a summons to The mid day
meal 4 one would reYel the lVe-long day In
this fragrant atmosphere rich with doors
iof loalsam and Of pine, @s The afternoon
Islesta, once enforced, - now so welcome.
Fascinating indeed this rest cures lazy,
5leisureness. M
aleng the mo 9g an crescent ae
waving line Of the blue " Pydennees'
glowing softly beautiful In the evening
sum- Rack and Roy, our doggleS friends
lburrowt frant!cal.y for the elusive mole
or ehirpy chipnunk, whose slridentt. single
sfs sM fsy sy p MTE
Upon Sis H. covering pcovey Of Quail. now
$pptu iss suddenness- to endure
which unmoved Is the sportsnlan's shibbo-
lethy Far down the slope y |, , heard q the
{"Bob3 White. rel joins the brood, 53lll .i3s
Behind blue Pisgah Isl towering peak the
n rosy iig itA 81 Phoepns Chariot
wheels mount Ill ! her IN the heavens ana
pale away, One by one me greaE. Whlte
Soon as the evening shad esS p4eya 4,
The neon tai kos up the WondrouS tai lie, III
And nightly to- the listening earth
Repeat the story OF her birth,
Ere GRg eash f sgika
the distant fold, soft sighting OF the pines
In the passing night breeze. m1ngling
aromatic odors Nwit.l the fragrance Of the
flowers, Y.