Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-06
~lCopyraght 1911, BY " q. ChApaaa3
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decided. In accordance with that ut
terly irresponsible thing, . woman'l
will. that she would not so aowu the
canon that day after Al. but that sAe
would CROSS back over the range and
strike the river . few miles above the
camp and 80 up the canon.
She had been up In that direction {
few times. but only for q short dis.
lance, n the ascent above the camp
was very sharp. In fact for : little
more than = mills the brook was only
= succession of watsr fall; the best
fishing vas below the camp and the
finest woods were deeper In the canon.
She suddenly concluded that she
would like to SEQ what was up IN that
UNEMPLOYED section Of the country and
So with scarcely = momentAry heai-
tation. abe abandoned her former plan
and began the ascent OF the range.
Upon decisions 30 lightly taken
what momentous consequences DE-
pendf Whether she should 60 UP the
stream or down the stream. whether
she should follow the rivulst to IT.
source or descend It to IT. mouth,
was apparently = matter OF little ne
n1cnt. yet her whole life turned Ahsc-
luteIy upon that decision. The Idle
and unconsidsrsd choice Of the hour
was frought with gravest possibilities.
Had that election been mAds with any
suspicion, with any forsknowiedgs, had
It come - the result Of careful req
soning o. far-sesing Of prostitutes,
It might have been understandable.
but m impulse. = whim, the vaSrsnt
idea OF an idle hour, the ~car4isss
chance Of = moment. and behold! &
life IL changed. On one side wsrs
youth and innocence, freedom and
happiness. 9 happy day, . good rest
by the cheerful IRE 1t night: on the
other. peril Of life, struggle. love,
Jealousy. self sacrifice. devotion, suffer-
Ing. knowledge-scarcsIy Eve herself
whom shs stood apple in hand with
ignorance a1& pleasure around her
and cnlIEahtenmsnt ana sorrow before
n5f. I'D greater choice to make.
How fortunate We Are that the fu-
turo il veiled, that the psalmsst's
prayer that he might know his end
and BE- certified how long be had TO
live Ia one that will not and cannot
be granted: that 1t has been given TO
but One to foresee his own future.
for no power apparently could enable
Us to stand up against what might BE-.
because we are only human bsinss
not auflc GENTLY alight with the spark
divine. We wait for the end becauss
we must, but thank God we know 1t
not until 1t comes.
Nothing OF this appeared to the girl
that bright sunny morning. Fate hid
In those mountains under tho guiae of
fancy. Lighthearted. carefrss. fitted
with nuoyant joy over every fact Of
life. she left the flowing water and
scaled the cliff beyond which in the
wilderness she was to ind altar all.
the world.
The ascent was longer and more
difficult and dangerous than she had
imagined when she fret confronted It.
perhaps it was typical and iorctold her
progress. More than once she had
to stop and carefully examine the face
Of the canon wall for = practicable
trail: more than once sne had 10 CT.
ercise EXTREMIST care In her climb,
but she was q bold and fearless noun.
taineer by this time and at last sur
mounting every difficulty she stood
painting slightly. q little tired. but
triumphant upon the summit
The ground was rocky and broken,
the timber line was close above hsr
and she Judged that she must bo sew
eraI miles from tho camp. Tho canon
was very crooked. she could see only
q few hundred yards OF it In any IL
rection. She scanned her circrur
serlbed limited horizon eagerly for tia
smoke from the great ire that thai
always kept burning in the camp. but
not q sign of ii vas visible. She wa
evidently q thousand feet above Tia
river whence she had como. Hez
standing ground was o rocky ridge
| which fell away more gently on the
other side for perhaps two hundred
feet toward the same brook. She
could see through visfas I'd the trees
the uptossed peaks OF the main range
bare, chaotic. snow crowned, lonely,
majestic. terrible.
The awe OF the everlasting hills Il
greater than that OF heaving seas
Save In the infrequent periods OF calm
the latter always moves: the noun
| tains are tho same for all time. The
| ocean la quick. noisy, living the
mountains are calm, still--dead!
The girl stood as 1t we're on thu
roof OF tho world. a solitary hnmau
being. so far as she knew, in tbs eve
Of God above her. All. but the eyes
divine look long and o far; things
beyond the human ken are all re-
vs-ss1. -va~ OIL tins party Rsn ever
come thia far from the camp In this
direction she knew And she waa
! glad to be the frst. AZ she gatuousiy
believed. TO observe that majestic solI-
tude.
Surveying the great range abe WON
dered whers the peak climbers Nigh.
be. Keen sighted though she wac. she
could not discover them. The crest
that they were attempting lag Ia an
other direction hidden by o nearer
spur. She was In the very heart OF
the mountains peaks and ridges rose
AL about her, 30 much 10 that The sen
erat direction og tbs great range wHa
lost. She Was Ut ths center 81 = gax
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