The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-21
CHAPTER WI.

Immediately ailVr lhc WcHulli. MI
Mitchell and his bride started woSt, in
tending tospend their honeymoon IN the
Yosemite valley, having promised Mrs.
RemScn and Dora, however, to JON
them in tho White mountains before tho
end &c the season About tho LIST OF
July the Romsens and the Van Rawl-
stons went to jefferson, n IL, small
town along the base Of the Pliny range
Of mountains, from which a magnificent
view Of the Presidential range only ten
miles away, is to be obtained. About
the middle Of the month Mr.. Randolph
determined To visit the same place ana
was intensely disguised on alighting
from the stage, which reaches the
Waumbock hotel about O'Clock at
night, to be greeted familiarity by Mr..
Aphonso Thauret. II was evident that
his rival did not intend to hlsC amy
chance town the hand Of Dora Remsen
If one has anything Of the artistic IN
his nature, he conld scarcely tallFtn en-
joy himself at Jefferson TiA&Mwnsls
practically single road, wciI fp the
side Of the mountain range. Titus tine
hotels all look ont over a long and beau
tifuI valley From the piazza Of the
Waumbcck, on IA clear day, no less than
35 mountain peaks eau bo easily count
ed, the Green mountains over IN For-
mont being visible as distant line OF
blue aud not in the total
OF course the most conspicuous and
most admired peak is Mount Washing
ton One who has not visited the region
might suppose that he would soon be-
come stated with the sight of the same
mountains day after day. This Is great
error. Alt mountains, and especially
Mount Washington, arc ever presenting
new aspects All changes Of atmosphere
produce corresponding variations. The
shadows Of passing clouds, the effects at
sunrise or at sunset the moonlight, tho
partly cloudy weather when the top of
tho mountain is hidden, the mists and
the rain, all offer such totally different
col0ring and picturesque effects that the
artistic eye is never tired,
Dora was an artist IN oyery fiber OF
her being, as one would know who lis
tened to her talking To Mr. Randolph
half an hour after his arrival as they
sat together On the piazza IN his dc,
light to be with her and 10 hear her. he
would have forgotten the very existence
Of Mr. Thaurct We're it not that he sat
near them ihthe rotuuda at the end of
the piazza, and so shared the entertain
ment that She offered
"Nhat pity, she was saying, that
you did not come up yesterday, You
have missed the grandc,t sights that
mortal ever heheld suppose on your
trip up you saw nothing beautiful III
the rainstorm that we had this after
nuOn:'
Nothing whatever, said Mr. Ran
dolph "Iioweverit may have bocn here
among the mountains, the rain did not
make the valleys more attractive In
deed thought it simplya beastly day. "
'What a mistake that You were not
here instead of in the horrid cars Why,
! tell you that / haven words with
which to describe the magnificent pic
lures that have enjoyed. Yet | am
about TO try. You must not lose it all,
yon know May tell you about it;"
"Assuredly. | shall be delighted
"Well, then, to begin Look ont over
the valley. What do you seo."
"Tho moonlight shedding beautiful
ray over the lake "
Exactly, " said Dora, laughing heart
lily. "'rhat is just the funny mistake |
Thought You would make That is not a
lake at all. 1t is mist or clouds rather
In the morning, if had not told you,
You would ave been astunished TO find
that your lake is all trees and meadows.
To begin, then About O'Clock it be.
gan to cloud up That was very inter
esting. The sun was shining brightly
here, but we could see that it was rain
ing hard over in the direction Of Ian
caster Slowly it began TO come toward
us some Of the boy, made wagers as to
how soon it would rain here. Then one
Of the proprietors came ont and sur
prisod US all by saying that it would
probably rain over on the Presidential
range before it did here This seemed
extraordinary TO us you know, because
Why should it skip right over rs and 90
to the big mountains?
"Well, did it? 1t does seem impossi-
bic.
"That is exactly what occurred. You
see. 1t is ike this: Whenever storm
comes from Lancaster way, the clouds
when they get here are divided by the
Phny range and pass on either side,
leaving US dry. Then they strike against
the sides Of the Presidential range and
roll back into oar valley. 1t was curl
Gus sight, assure you, 10 see the clouds
flying in exactly opposite directions.
''WelI, bat, after all, there could not
have been any great beauty IN the rain
Ii must have blotted out all the view.
eyes, but think how odd it was TO
find all these tremendous Teaks sudden
" gone. Not mountain III sight III
any direction. But, then. the thunder.
oh. that was grand The way it rolls
about and revelberates gives one a good
idea Of great battle There vas s0me'
thing afterward that carried out this
similarity. too. which I wish ! could
describe II was after the storm had
passed and the bright setting sun shone
forth. Try to see the picture. Imagine
rnnrsnlf sitting inst whom am now.