The Pulaskian., 1921-05-26

grapes, dewberries and blackberries continued to bloom until very late this spring on account of being set back by the frost. It would appear that the dewberries were determined to make crop this year. They would bloom and get killed, then bloom again and they kept it up until they were blooming with the blackberries and I suppose 1t is because they are so late is why the birds are so greedy for them this year.
 Here, while I ate my dinner, I had my rock pile, on which 1 sat, decorat- ed with one bunch of pure white Sweet Williams, one of the lovely blue flowers, which grows on a plant like large course grass. do not know the name of it, but it must be blue lily. There was also horse mint, but no bees. I wonder if the late frost got most of the bees? I have seen none lately. On top of the bluff were more of the same kind of flowers I saw below and lots of a beautiful yellow flower, as we'll as red Sweet Williams. It was a regu- ar flower garden. Just a little fur ther on l came to nice little living spring of water with an abundance of reed grass and ferns. Down at the foot of the mountain srtuck creek, which I supposed was the head wa ters of Red Bluff.
 Red BIuff Falls.
 1 changed my course up stream and soon came to a sound white oak bridge plank, which caused me to think l was below the falls. Con- tinuing my way, the stream began to look familiar to me and l was not surprised when I began to approach the falls. Of all the lovely views of my vicinity this is the loveliest and it would we'll adorn the grounds of any millionaire's home. There are 1.-two large pools with falls above the upper one and another fall between the two. The pools are near twenty five feet across with a channel of bead-like pools in between, all carved by the water out of solid rock. l should judge the upper pool to be ten or twelve feet deep and the lower one eight or ten. The water is clear and you can see the fish in the bot. tom of the lower pool, but when 1 ap- preached they were swimming around near the top of the water. There were about a dozen of them from three to ten inches long in the lower pool, so tame that they did not pay much attention to me. After enjoy ing the view for a moment from the lower side, l climbed up to the upper side of the pool and took seat on the rock near the edge of the water close to where the stream entered from the upper pool. When l got there some of the smaller fish were at the entrance of the water with their noses against the rock, but the two largest fish came and ran them away and took up their position there. Evidently there Is choice food comes in that way occasionally, but the big fish did not stay there long. The fish are such beautiful sight float ing around in the water here that 1 do not see how anyone could have the heart to destroy them and thus prevent others from enjoying this sight
 The rock ledge in which is located these falls Is one of the most massive ones I know of and adds much to the grandeur of the scene. On either side of the lower falls is two small caves, one about two and a half by three and q half feet, the other foot smaller, and both of a perfect ob- long shape. A little higher up is another, large enough to be called a cave, in which there might be pan ther, so of course I had to climb up and peer into 1t, only to find out there was no sign of anything having been in it this year. There were some lovely ferns in bloom and a bush with white flowers like honeysuckles, but nearly twice as large.
 If there were any fish in the upper pool, they must have been large enough to have eaten up the smaller ones, and were wise enough to keep out of sight.
 I left home at 10 o'clock, but [ have rambled around so much that I am now not over two and half or three miles away. There is plenty of old bridge timber there to build shack, and 1 know of no lovelier place in Arkansas for a camp.