The Newtown bee., 1904-02-05

and still I had on my winter gloves. The grade was very steep, and the railroad ties were held in place with stone, for there was no dirt to fill in with. We had to be very careful or we would slip and fall, and being so numb, the danger was great of getting hurt. One rests quickly at this alti- tude, but tires as quickly. could not walk over 50 ties without rest, and every three ffties had to sit down and take longer rest. The clouds had been all around us, above and be- low, but all at once we were above them, and the moon was over there, at our left, just little way off; just ball of fire in that sky so clear and | blue, and seemingly but 10 rods away. l As we turned from looking at it., it seemed to grow light, and then it was light and we were on the last steep grade, before reaching the top, fir om the west side of the mountain, and we saw the sunlight shining clear and bright on the mountain sides, 10 minutes before we reached the top. When we came in sight of the Tip Top house there were lots of people to be seen. One man bad just been started down, led by two men support ing him, for his heart had almost
 stopped beating and his face was color
 less. A woman had tainted and an
 hour passed ere she regained conscious
 ness. The mercury at 3 a. m. had been
 10 degrees below zero, a change of 100
 degrees from 15 hours before in Colo
 rado Springs. I sat on the stairs out
 side until l was somewhat rested,
 and the sun had become warmer, for
 l had learned that to go inside by
 fire was to become immediately sick.
 After while went in, but had to go
 out very soon. Afterward I got cup
 of coffee and slipped little at a time,
 and by 8 o'clock felt quite well. We
 spent two hours looking, and such a
 view, covering from 100 to 200 miles
 in every direction; 14,282 feet above
 sea level, 5000 feet above Colorado
 Springs, which looked like checker
 board below us, being scarcely able to
 discern the buildings at all. Of to
 the northeast is vast crater, showing
 the mountain to be of volcanic origin; now a vast pile of rocks, and all around the everlasting SHOWS and ice of, may be, ages gone. At 10 a. m. the mercury
 stood at 30 degrees, and we started
 back to see the wonderful views which
 we had passed in the dark. The lakes or reservoirs, some natural, some made by the hand of man, and the great mountains, each one great by itself; all together making up the grand Rocky Mountains, and the magnifi- cent scenery, so many times described, and yet one must see it to even begin \. to appreciate it.
 We took our time coming down, get l. ting our paper telling of over 200 who , had started up the night before, and
 they had come from nearly every state and many other countries to take this
 trip of which have tried to give you , some idea. We reached the Halfway , house, and lay down and slept for two , hours. After eating our remaining lunch we started down and reached Y Manitou at 4 p. m., arriving home al 5 o'clock, so tired, with feet swollen
 so that there was but little resem blance to feet. Throwing myself or the bed, slept until a. m. the nex, , day without awaking. I resolved te ;. never attempt the trip again. But f some time has passed, and if any o1 s my readers will visit here, and want te , go on foot up Pike's Peak, I will gt with them, some warm night in the
 summer time.-[ w. T. KassOn.