The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-03-25

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Presently they came out Into a
lumber country where the mills bud.
died In the hollows. over the streams.
Huge fires were blazing on the river
banks. Their tawny red glare dyed
the snow for lonE distance. making
enhancing tints OF rose and yellow
and tho dark green OF the pines.
against this background. looked
strangely fresh. And then. without
warning. they plunged into the dim.
ness OF another long wooden tunnel
and emerged into lovely spring. The
trees we're In leaf and not alone tho
trees; the undulating swells OF pas.
ture land aud roadside BY the noun.
tains were covered with a tender yer.
dure: and there we're innumerable
vines and low glossy shrubs with faint.
ly colored flowers.
This Is like the south" said Miss
Smith.
Archie was deyouring the scene
Doesn't II Just somehow make you
feel as n you couldn't breathe. Miss
Janet1" said he.
Are you troubled with the high
altitudeY" asked Mlllicent anxiously:
Il have prepared a little vial OF spirits
OF ammonia: I'll fetch Il for you"
The colonel had some ado 10 rescue
Archie; but he was aided by the por.
ter. who was now passing through the
car prociaiming: you all have seen
Dutch Flat Mr.. Bret Hattie wrote
bout; mex station Is Shady Run; and
eve'y body look and see the creates
scenic traction OF dis or any oddcr
railroad. Cape Hohnl"
Instantly. Mrs. Melville nshed her
guide book and began TO read:
There are few mountain passes
more famous than that known 10 the
world as Cape Horn The approach
20 Il IL picturesque. the north fork OF
the American river raging and foam.
ing in its rocky bed. 1900 feet below
and parallel with the track"
DO you mind. Mildred. n We look
instead OF listenf" Aunt Rebecca In.
terrupted. and Mrs Melville lapsed
into an injured muteness.
Truly. Cape Horn has a poignant
grandeur that strikes speech from the
lips. One cannot look down that sheer
height 10 the luminous ghost OF a
river below. without a thrill. n TO
pass along the elf Is a shivering ex
perience. what must the actual execu.
ton OF that stupendous bit OF engi.
neering have been to the workmen
who hewed the road out OF the rock,
suspended over the ABYSS Their
dangling black figures seem 10 sway
still as one swings around the curve.
Our travellers sat in silence. until
the Cape" was passed and again they
could see their roadbed on the side.
Then Mrs. Melville made a polite ex.
cuse for departure. she had promised
Daughter" whom she had met at
various "biennials" that she would
have a little talk with her. Thus she
escaped. They did not miss her.
Hardly speaking. the four sat In the
dimly lighted. tiny room. while noun.
tains and fields and star-sOwn skies
driftcd by. Unconsciously, Archie
drew closer 20 his uncle. aud the older
man threw an arm about the young
shoulders. lie looked up TO meet
Janets eyes shining and sweet. IN the
fash OF passing station light Mrs. |
Winter smiled, her wise old smile.
With the next morning came an.
other shift OF scene: they were in the |
fertile valleys OF California. At every |
turn the landscape became more soft |
iy tinted. more gracious. Aunt Re |
becca was In the best Of humor and |
herself as having the jour
ney OF her life. The golden green OF
the grain fields. the towering palms.
the pepper trees with their fascinating
grace. the round tops OF the live-oaks.
the gloss Of the orange groves. the
Gala lily hedges and the heliotrope
and geranium trees which climbed
10 the second story OF the stucco
houses, filled her with the enthusiasm
Of a child. She drank In the cries OF
The enterprising young liar who cried
Fresh figs" months out Of season.
and she ate fruit. withered In cold
storage. with a trustful zest No less
han three books about the fora OF
California came out of her bag. A
certain vine called the Bougainvillea.
she was trying 10 find. II only the
ears would not go 80 fast; as for poin.
iettias, she certainly should raise her
)wn for Christmas. She was learned
IN gardens and she discoursed with
Miss Smith on the different kinds OF
and whether the white
Jasmine trailing among the gaudy
clusters was Of the same family as
hat jasmine which they knew In the
pine forests. But she disparaged the
'oses; they looked shop-worn. The
colonel watched her In amazement.
BERTHE, | make you think OF that
title dwarf OF Dickens don't ~" she
'ried Miss Mufiins. Muggins? what