The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
Continued from Ninth Page.


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Out Of a cleft hard by came tossing
the crystal Of a mountain stream which.
damned above. through q succession
of rock galleries supplies Rive with
Incompatible drinking water. 1t was
so tempting that I had a deep draught
of 1t at this. its fountainhead A
surprise view hewn In the cliff fac
from the heart Of the last tunnel
showed me the great height / had
now attained. and brought the vast
slopes Of Monte Baldo. still aglow in
the western light, very near across an
expanse that had begun to take on
various prismatic hues.
And now came the final turn, and I
was gazing down into the Val di
Ledro and across the chasm where Is
installed the plant which generates
for Riva its electricity. I left the
road which wound in wide loops amid
the heights above and so OF into the
narrow valley and followed a footpath
to a bridge which spans the gorge.
Below the Ponale, which Is the
outlet Of Lago di Ledro, goes foam
ing and dashing amid innumerable
boulders. On the further side q cas-
cade spread a white veil along the face
Of the precipice: above a Titanic cleft
penetrated the inner mountain fast
nesses. The day declined sharply as
| swung downward. and I have q
memory OF a long procession Of upland
dwelling folk patiently plodding or
driving homeward, some having bur-
dens, but mostly empty handed. hav-
ing disposed of their prOduce-their
fruit or grain. their oil or wine-in
the markets Of Riva town.
Nv.
Fritz drives a smart steed, and a.
the animal had been little used for
several days he took me at a swift
pace out OF Riva on the road to
Narone. Fritz, upon the box above,
was rather imposing, with his Tyrolese
hat and its bristling cockade upon the
back. Indeed the ~grenadier aspect
was well carried out by Fritz's bushy
mustachios, which stood out pom
either side OF his earnest face like
wings.
The Varone road leads between walls
fully ten feet in height, above which
white and purple grapes hung tempt
buN ~ "o'A' -
and adventurous small boy who would
have e~ndeavored to scale one OF these
barriers, however luscious the lure.
The highway is narrow and winding,
and must, when the midday sun beats
upon II, be nothing short OF an in
ferno. Fortunately I had chosen an
hour for my tour when II lay almost
wholly in the shadow Of the mountain.
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breeze crept down.
When our progress was interrupted
by a donkey cart, as not infrequently
happened, Fritz whistled shrilly and
simultaneously the beast and its
master made way for us. Fritz's
whistle was like a steam siren. I
succeeded in making him understand
that I marvelled at his accomplish
ment and he grinned at me broadly.
calling to my attention with a wide
hand sweep at the same instant the
town Of Trenno perched upon the
heights ahead. it's castle, handled so
rudely by the French in one OF the
wars which they fought so frequently
n few hundred years ago, showing a
stately squar tower above engirdlinG
roofs.
As we approached the village OF
Varone the vineyard walls lessened
in height, and in fact in places gave
way to hedges, so that / might, had
been thievishly inclined, have helped
myself to the abundant fruit. h
whole plain reaching northward from
Riva Is one great marvellously fertile
succession OF vineyards-vines grow
ing upon trees, upon trellises, upon
poles and stakes and stumps, indeed
upon every conceivable kind of sup
port.
At Narone the ground rose, n the
hamlet's one long circuitous street,
through which Fritz drove with a
loud hulloa and ~clatter, was a steadily
ascending slope. The villagers acted
as though they We're in the habit of
being invaded with this noisy manifes-
tation and scuttled into alleys and
DARK 6oorways without so much as a
murmur Of protest.
There Is a mill for the manufacture
of paper at Narone, and in a stream
near a portion of 1t now in disuse Ca
huge wheel idle and millstoncs piled
against the walD an ancient 'fig tree
fourished, its branches leaning
athwart the road. With a grand air
Fritz drew up in the open space from
which the path climbs to the water
fall. The cleft in the mountain Is Sc
shrub grown and tree emhowered that
was able to get NJ impression OF
what ] was about to behold Far
above showed a tiny line of glintinp
spray, but this was straightway
swallowed in the chasm and only
servcd to whct the curiosity.
The spot Is private property, ant
at the entrance proper-a tall iror
E~ateway-therc Is a boXlike cabir
from the window Of which pccrcd tn,
Custodian. Having placed my fee be,
fore him and received the ticket which