The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-03-23

way among the many pools of bubbling,
boiling water to the point a half mile
or so distant where the stages had driven
to await our coming, feeling that we
had seen one of the most wonderful
sights of our lives.
Will had, of course, been busy with
his camera throughout the whole after
noon, but his best opportunity came
when, after the stage had rounded sud-
den turn of the road, the driver pointed
with his whip at deer that had come
out of the woods and was about to leis-
urely cross the road in 'front.' of US. The
stage came up and stopped. while the
deer remained motionless by the road
side, cycling US curiously. Will cautious
ly focused the camera, and when |
whistled and the deer pricked up it's ears
and gazed at US intently, the shutter
snapped. Our friend Mr.. Hays, the
Wylie agent at Salt Lake City, has
called the resultant picture ''the finest
game picture of the Yellowstone he has
ever seen," and engagements from the
negative have been universally admired.
The next points of interest were the
Silver Gate and the Hoodoos, the latter
an undesirable tumble of Jagged rocks
in strange and fantastic shapes, which
covered the sides of the mountain for
many acres. The Silver Gate was named
from the silvery gray color of the rocks
which at that point ere massed in solid
wall high above the road The Silver
Gate paled into lnsigpifcance, however,
In comparison with the more impressive
Golden Gate, mile beyond, which we'll
deserves it's name. A splendid viaduct
has been built there, around the sheer
rocky wall of canyon through which
flows the rushing waters of Glen Creek.
AS the name indicates, the rock forma-
ton is of a vivid yellow. AS the stage
rolled around the viaduct, "ohs'' and
''ahs" of admiration arose from the pas
sengers. Straight ahead of us the Rus
tic Falls splashed their way into the
depths of the canyon, and their foamy
! wilderness, the green of the evergreen
trees on the mountain side, with the
yellow background of the canyon walls,
made an impressive and beautiful pict-
ure.
A turn in the road Immediately after
leaving the falls, brought US to broad,
open meadow, near our nights stopping
place, Swan Lake Camp, where warm
welcome awaited US from its hospitable
matron.
| Cold from our long ride as we were,
the rows Of little tents looked most in
| viting, and we learned with pleasure
that we we're to be assigned one of the
! new" ones, little bungalow like affairs,
with wooden frames-a decided improve
ment on the older tents. The "pack-
| rats" had brisk fire burning in an air.
! tight stove. and the little tent was so
cosy and warm, and its appointments so
! inviting, that we then and there decided
to advise all our acquaintance and
friend to tour the Park by the "Wylie
Way" The camp consisted of row af-
ter row of little tents ranged around
three sides of square, the center of
which was occupied by towering pile
OF wood, ready for the night "camp-
fire." An office tent, which was the
official camp rendezvous" postoffice,
general store, etc., a dining tent, a
kitchen, and recreation tent for dane
ing, occupied central positions. The
camp was beautifully located at the foot
of sloping hillside, and the dense ever
greens of the forest behind made an
ideal background. In front s!oped the
broad meadows down to "Swan Lake,
a pretty little sheet of water probably
so called because there are no swans
there. The circle of snow-clad mountains
on the horizon completed charming
picture. The stables were we'll away
from the camp across the meadow, but a
visit to them proved most interesting,
and the great number of horses, as we'll
as the splendid animals to be seen there,
reused no little surprise and admiration.
Before supper was served we four
''dudes" wandered away up the hill into
the woods to explore our surroundings.
The view from the top of the hill was
we'll worth the climb, and we gathered
specimens of several odd varieties of
| wild flow ers before the panps of hunger
called US back to the dining tent. We
fingered awhile in the vicinity of the
garbage barrel hoping to see the bears,
but they were wary that night and re-
fused to come while we were watching.
| After supper the huge campfire was
lighted, and ''dudes" and ''savages''
alike gathered around its genial warmth,
and popped corn and told stories while
the darkness gathered. Mindful of our
early start, scheduled for seven O'Clock
next morning, we sought our tents early
and were soon deep in DIRE amless sleep
in spite of our novel surroundings.