The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

the explorer found no lees than three log
cabins that looked AZ old a. ~ they had
been on the o whom the Siz Nations
we're In their prime. They were real log
oabins. with sidee of large timbers. notched
TO mako the corners tight and Scarcely
smoothed with M are. The gabled rocfs
Sosrds and %i shinsIed' They looked odd.
though. scarce fifty miles ron the tallest
once building In the world.
The Toad climbs ell the way from Arden.
until At the northeastern q OF Stock
bridge Mountain II 10 nearly Z. 100 feet above
the Hudson and lee than 800 fest lower
near by.
Clumps OF blue fringed gentian show hero
and there among the tusoocks. and between
them the grass 10 dotted with h delicate
pearly spirals OF tbs spirantheA. the autumnal
orchid. Across the meadow. where the
land rises into q crowd OF hilis. the rocks
are ablazc with the deep rod sumac leanets.
set of with the still deeper crimson pyrami-
DIAL fruit clusters. The branches Of the
solitary naples IN open spots are clothed
with flaming red drspcries Of Virginia
creeper.
But here 10 . olump Of flowers which
have not the wild, aboriginal. careless
ness OF the indigenous species. Seen q
hundred feet away 1t 10 unmistakahly
domestic. IL provss TO be q cluster Of
the tan stems and fst. purple flowers Of
Back OF It., q little further away from
the road. is the explanation, in the ruins
OF an old cellar. Half . century ago, or
more maybe, some woman who lived In
the house that was there tended that bed
q phlo1 which rslievsd q little, perhaps.
Nov. that house Ind family have eons
the flower 10 fighting sturdy against the
encroachment OK tho native plants al about.
II the country remains a. Wild - II 10 nov
for many Years the pholx win lose the BATH
and blackberry vines that swarm about i.
Futher on, Q mile from any house, ID q
real little red schoolhouse . School doeont
keep to-day. but the walls bear strong
evidence that the boys there are Of the
normal sort with their knives. And the
Ss went to the same kind Of school. more
careful and painstaking about their lessons
than their brothers, IL this leaf, torn out
OF . copy book. futtering along the road
n any evidence. II 10 . page out Of Helen's
writing exercise book. In which she had
wabbiy. characters.
Coed morning. snni
whore do you rise''
Il rise 10 the east.
And then three tines, zach better than
one before:
II 10 evening and night 10 here.
Helen had trouble with her We. for
lho made them look more like rs" but Il
was 9 prstty good specimen aside from that:
sns nn,shsd her exercise Wit four lines Of
Perhaps tho nsxt page Of her copybook
would have given the auswe to this Ques-
don. but Il couldn't be found, and Q mystery
: rsmained. Al the top Of the page Teacher
.The watsrshed Of the region 10 reached
little way further on, and then IL ID mostly
Town grade 70 the Hudson, although the
1ver can't b seen because OF tho double
OF hills In tho way. One may follow
he q OF least resistance down By thu
noisy Quesnsboro brook to
creek and then to the Hudson
Fort Montgomery. In this expedition
explorer elected TO turn on to tho right
md climb . flank Of Bear Mountain-the
'tsep. high hill which the Hudson Voyages
'ses back Of Iona Island.
Aftsr Q dosen miles Of trampinR ons was
Ike Balboa seeking for the PaGnc, and
ooked a. sysry turn at the height Of the
'ooky path for the river. At last the trees
,lcared and the view spread out over Iona !
Stand. past Dunderberg and across the
ride stretch to Peekskill.
A steep road, with q brook running beside |
/, ran down through Doodlotown, with tn |
oattered houses hidden by the trees, to the !
lev State road, 100 feet above the river. |
vhioh 10 being blasted out Of the side Of the !
This leads around the ourvinr |
|ank OF DunderberG 10 the Jones Point |
auo OF the West Shore Railroad, whence !
10 only two hours back to New York,