The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-05

bOeant IL Just somehow make you
feel as II you couldn't breathe, Miss
JanetY" said he.
fare you troubled with the high
altitudey" asked Milliccnt a~nxIouslyi
7 have prepared a little vial Of spirits
OF ammonia; III fetch Il for YOU
The colonel had some ado to rescue
ArchIes but he was aided BY the por-
ter. who was now passing through the
car proclaimlng: "You all have seen
Dutch Fiat Mr.. Bret Hahte wrote.
bout mex station is Shady Run; and
everybody look and see the creates
scenic traction OF dis or any odder
railroad, Cape Hohnl'
instantly Mrs. Melville hshed her
guide book and began to read:
There are few mountain passes
more famous thea that known TO the
world as Cape Morn. The approach
to II ~ picturesque, the north fork Of
the American river raging and foam
Ing In It's rocky bed. 1900 feet below
and parallel with the track
DO you mind, Mildred. Il We look
instead OF listen?r Aunt Rebecca in
terrnpted, and Mrs, Melville lapsed
into an injured mntnness.
Truly, Cape Horn has a poignant
grandeur that strikes speech from tho
Hips. One cannot look down that sheer
height TO the luminous ghost Of a
river below, without a thrill. II to
pass along the clln is a ahivering OK.
perience. what must the actual execu.
tiou OF that stupendons BIT Of engL
neering have been 10 the workmen
who hawed The road out OF The rock,
suspended over the abyssl Their
dangling black figures seem 10 sway
still ~ one swings around the curve.
Our travellers sat In silence, until
the Cape" al passed and again they
could soc their roadbed On the side.
Then Mrs. Melville made a polite OK.
cuse for departure; she had promised
= Daughter" whom she had met az
various "blennials'' that she would
have 4 little talk with her. Thus she
escaped. They did not miss her.
Hardly speaking. the four sat IN the
dlmly lighted, tiny room. while noun.
iains and fields and starsown skies
drIfted BY ~UnconHciously, Archie
drew closer to his uncle, and the cider
man threw nm arm about the young
shoulders. He looked up 10 meet
Ianet'a eyes shining and sweet, IN the
fash Of a passing station light. Mrs.
Winter smiled her wise old smile.
With the ncxt morning came an
other shift OF scene; they were IN the
fertile valleys Of California. AZ every
'urn the landscape became more soft.
" tinted, more gracious Aunt Re-
hecca VA III the best of hnmor and
announced herself as having the jour
ney Of her life. Tho golden green OF
the grain fields. the towering palms,
the pepper trees with their fascinating
grace. the round tops Of the live-oaks,
tho gloss Of the orange groves. the
Gala lily hedges and the hellotrope
and geranium trees which climbed
to the second story Of the stucco
houses, filled her with the enthusiasm
Of a child. She drans In the cries OF
the enterprising young liar who cried
eFresh iias." months out Of season,
aad she ate fruit, withered IN cold
storage, with a trnstful zest. No less
than three books about the fora Of
California came out OF her bag. A
certain vine called the Bongainvillea,
she was trying to find, II only tho
cars would not 20 so fast; as for poln-
settias. lhe certainly should raise her
" for christmas. She vas learned
IN g-fdans and she ~dIscoursed with
Mss Smith on the different kinds OF
trsmpetvlne. and whether the white
iasniiiie trailing among the gaudy
clusters was OF the same family as
that jasmine which they knew IN the
pine forests Hut she dlaparaged the
roses: they looked ahopw0rn Tho
colonel watched her IN amazement
"Bertle. | make YOU think Of that
little dwarf Of Dickens, don't II" shc
cried. miss Mullins. Mugginag what
was her name2 You are expecting
mo to exclalm. Amt volatiley'
Thank Heaven. | am | could always
take Al Interest IN tfines. II has
been M salvation 10 cultivate an In
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