The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10

nustiing about his cave with I'M
usual animation.
Tho cave was on or in the top
D., ,.,,l, spur Of the Catskills that had
"',.J down to the rivers edge. and
t"'i.,y.nr a ferry ticket had to stop
l0' rr,b iiuu mountains were densely
MI and we're infested by ferocious
~. and woodpcckers that forever
s.r.,..d he MINER transients.
IT.. .,i q sewn strip Of white braid,
..I,-uilrd road ran between the
- skirt Of the hills and the foamy
-, tho rivers edge. dim path
MI from the comfortable road up
INDY heights to the hermit's cave.
Wv o,u. mn stream was the Viewpoint
., ,yh On summer folk from the
.,,rr l.iying cool. electric famed
.,,,.,,.Yf. mat they might Ice driven
ap.., In burning sunshine. shrieking in
tr, lunches. hy spindle legged
,n.,,.ls ,,.,r.rg the blankest of shields.
rim ,.ur lur.nette upon the hermit
al t,t YOUR eye receive the personal
,cu.h thu. shall endcar you to the nero
man II 90. Judging him fairly. with
p,.. hair curling at the ends. dramatic
400. and "a fprkcd brown beard IKE
,.....,n.f were imposed upon the West
,orL wears ago by self-appointed "di-
vim. n,.l ,i-' who succeeded the grass
hammer a, %. Ills outward Nesture APP
ns,raI cd %, a kind Of gunnysacking
en-, and made into garment that would
have made the fortune of London
,,t,or His long we'll shaped fingers,
delicate nose and poise of manner raised
Inn h..h above the class of hermits who
t1r water and bury money in oyster
cans In .hc.r caves in spots Indicated
Nc rude crosses Clipped in the stone
yal. above.
Tn. lcrmrS home was not altogether
, r,,. The cave was an addition to
M. N,.mitarc. which was a rude hut
mae If poles dauhed with clay and
c,y,rrH with the best "a lily of tust-
pr,u' enc r. otug
In ,ur house proper there were stone
aaN- for .rl.s a rustic bookcase made
Of unpaucd poplar planks, and a table
formed af d wooden slab laid across two
ppr..hf pieces OF granite-something
between th, furniture of a Druid temple
AMI thar Il "a Broadway heefsteak dun
roor Hung against the walls were
skin, II Wild animals purchased in the
vicinity ~ Eighth street and Cnivci 81 y
pa.. E.N York
Tile, tour ~ the cabin merged into the
cave TH.r.'hc hermit cooked his meals
on 4 rude stone hearth With infinite
patience and an Cd axe he had chopped
natural shelves in the rocky walls. On
ihem stood his stores of -four, bacon,
Urd talcum powder. kerosene, baking
powder. sodam.ut tablets. pepper. salt
and O.v.-Crpmn Emulsion for chaps and
rrr.'u,-- uf the hands and face.
The hermit had hcrmIt;e ed there for ten
yclr. lie was an asset Of the View
point Inn. To its guests he was second
In interest only to the Mysterious Echo
in the Haunted Glen. And the Lovers
Leap beat him only few inches, fiat
footed He was known far Cut not
very wide, on account Of the topography
as scholar Of brilliant intellect who
had forcsworn the world because he haC
been ited in love affair.
Every Saturday night the Niewpoin
Inn sent to him surreptitously n basket
o. provisions He n ,er left the imme-
dlate outskirts of his hermitage. Guest:
Of the inn who visited him said his store!
Of knowledge. wit and sCinthlating phi
bsophy were simply wonderful, you
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