Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

II mountain and ford: even in the
short summer it is only in the sheltered
valleys where some tortuous mountain
stream comes tumbling down that one
may find a warm and balmy day. But
it is in the long winter night that the
cheerless and forbidding aspect pre-
sents to the traveller from the warmer
climes a picture of desolation and pos
tive repulsion. Yet to the hardy and
sturdy Inhabitants of these northern
lands there is a charm, fascination
SO deep that even those who after years
of soiourn in other and warmer lands
are still filled with that nameless long
ing for the home land, of the mountain
and the ford. Indeed, this feeling is
bred in those of foreign birth who nave
had occasion to dwell for any length
Of time surrounded by the rugged yet
wondrous beauty of this tangled wen
of sea and mountain.
Steep and rugged are its mountains
whose higher reaches are covered win
pine and fir and whose loftler peaks
rise into the eternal SHOWS OF the ages
In the lower lands, broken by many
deep canyon and defile, are many beau-
tiful valleys where the simple anu
home-loving folks love to dwell tnefe
tending their small ftocks of mountain
sheen and goats, content If only the
WELD enough to supply their few ana
simple needs. The scene in these Sc
cluded glens is one of Arcadian loVeu-
ness. Along the seacoast many deep
and tortuous assures of the mountains
allow the sea to run far back INTO tne
land. Along the shores of these lahu-
locked inland waterways the hsner lolh
of the country find employment ana exc
out a scanty existence from the bounty
from
mountains little streams pour out tnelI
waters of melted SHOWS and ever ana
anon may be heard the tinkling splash
of some tiny waterfall far back IN the
wooded glens. The steep walls OF these
fiords sometimes almost cut OIL en-
tirelv from the sea, afford wlnd-Iree
todv of water which in the long tWl-
iioht of the country presents piS
tire of wonderful beauty, ma5eS.y Io aiio
noyer as it lies in the quiet Oh tne poto nn
moonlight, unsurpassed anyM5le ond
earth. OF such striking u aiot MANY
suhlimity are the scenes tiiaI ILL., III,
o,,s have failed to adequately descrlpe
tbair almost supernatural loVellIiess.a,
onats have been intoxicated, artis1s
bave stood in awe and the spllI. -
nnusic has failed, yet poet anu a. tDo
l.i.itar and musician have each 1elt lha
indascribable charm ana ehcliIs.li a.,
insnired by their sweet anu ''l.-., ;r,o 9
a,,ance Beyond description, 1t reillai,iI s,,Il
co.. the soul alone to drink IN Iie -,
sigpificance and battle in tine peau''
displayed. -,,.,. - was that in
s,irad the sturdy viking OF olo ~
his mighty deeds, now told III SUI, eore
and story to the peace-loVlhs ueooo oi,
dnu+s who dwell in this search u, roth ~
ho,,nd land and in whom runs SUI, sun 1is ia
BLOOD of valor and nobility 1ne Otu
snnos of arms and war and ihlsnIS M
onaic+ have been mellowed by @ @tlle
80 the weird beauty and qualnlnesS1
80 +ba folk song of the country, anu
,taad ol of heroes and pagan godS a9
nn3ors in the stirring scenes Oh pa
a. Tho woodland nymphs ana water
e,er;+es now take their place. The Woou
,da ~ nlans and waterfalls, the mis- anu
1.oi,aIs the mountains and the streaills
vi s1eak in an eloquent language Vi
atry az and song to the nature loV,hs'
lp'Ir1erstitious people who dwell IN close @
oIp,o,,,union with the rustic and open
1--WE In song and poetry nave M lne
,o.oa,+s and the objects OF nature
Saan 90 ingrafted into the ianeuase
oe 4be ouiet folk, that to them tne
VI +arfa1I is as much a part or IIlSil
W. as the citv street is to those VINO VINO
line IIan in the marts Of the outslae
,vorld They idealize the mouhsa,nf,, a,f,,
tbev idolize the fjord and they oeilS
the winds and the streams, peoplinS
III with the inhabitants OF the lalIy
,,,or,d Close to the great ana uhciFio
lied heart of nature live these peopie