The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-23


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quarters in clubs like the Riverside.
organized and practically maintained
By the city bosses.
One weekend. feeling heavy and de-
pressed end tired Of the city and tn
wars. he oteyed the impulse of =
whim that was later 20 play m sEnpor'
tanf part in his life The desire 10
get out % the city for q vhin q coun-
try air and for q change Of scene vas
the cause Yet. Tn himself. be made
the excuse Of going 70 Glen Ellen for
the purpose Of inspecting q brs !kyard
which Hoidsworthy had sold him. lie
spent the night In the little country
hotel. and on Sunday morning. asiTide
n saddle horse rented from the Gen
Ellen butcher. rode out OF the village
The brickyard was close at hand on
the Dat beside the Sonorna Greek
Resolving 10 have his run first, and
to look over the hrickyard afterward,
he rode up the hill. prospecting for n
way cross country 10 get 10 the
knolls. He left the country road al
the first gate he came to and cantered
through bayfield,. The grain was
waist-high on either side the wag3I
road. and he shifted the warm aroma
of 1t with delighted nostrils. Al the
base of the knobs he encountered
tumble-down stake-and-rider fence.
He tethered the horse and wan
dered on foot among the knobs. Their
tops were crowned with century-oid
spruce trees, and their sides clothed
with oaks and madronos anu native
holly. But TO the perfect redwoods be-
longed the small but deep canyon that
threaded its way among the knobs.
Here he found no passage out for
his horse. and leading the animal, he
forced his way up the hillside. On
the crest he came through an amazing
thicket of velvettrunked young ma
dronos, and emerged on an open hill
side that led down into tiny valley.
The sunshine was at first dazzling in
its brightness, and he paused and
rested, for he was painting from the
exertion. Not of old had he known
shortness of breath such as this. and
mus cles that so easily tired at a stiff
climb. A tiny stream ran down the
tiny valley through a tiny meadow
that was carpeted knee-high with
grass and blue and white nemophila.
Crossing the stream. Daylight fol-
lowed a faint cattle trail over a low
rocky hill and through a wine-wcoded
forest of manZanita, and emerged
upon another tiny valley, down which
filtered another springfield, meadow
bordered streamlet
ut sure beats country places and
bungalows at Menlo Park" he COM
muned aloud: land IL ever I get the
laundering for country life. it's me for
this every time"
An old wood-road led him to a clear
ing. where dozen acres of grapes
grew on wine-red soil. A cow-path, more
trees and thickets, and he dropped
down hillside to the southeast ex-
posure. Here, poised above a big for
ested canyon, and looking out upon
Sonoma Valley, was small farm
house. With It's barn and outhouses
1t snuggled into nook in the hill
side. which protected 1t from the west
and north. 1t was the erosion from
this hillside, he judged. that had
formed the little level stretch of vege-
table garden. The soil was fat and
black, and there was water In plenty,
for he saw several faucets running
wide open. Forgotten was the brick
yard. Nobody was at home, but Day
, light dismounted and ranged the vege-
table garden. eating strawberries and
green peas, inspecting the old adobe
barn and rusty pillow and harrow, and
rolling and smoking cigarettes while
| he watched the antics of several
/ broods Of young chicks and the moth
er hens.
Nothing could satisfy his holiday spir-
It now but the ascentof Sonoma Noun
tain. And here on the crest, three
hours afterward. he emerged, tired and
sweaty, garments tern and face and
hands scratched, but with sparkling
eyes and an unwonted usefulness Of
!, expression. He felt the Illicit pleas
ure OF a, schoolboy playing truant. The
/ big gaming table of San Francisco
/ seemed very far awav prf thora uo~