Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-24

And Epasise rNu don't realize boN
enor RtNs iiFIA region ess3ileFhslS INN
dred@ea miles acfass We're the iAs
outp9 there are four cabins u you
can #lnd them. ia the flrst seventy
tnilek hack 10 town. So thcy have 10
put eokouts on the high points. and
n0w sshey're coming to the use of air
plsnes 80 they cnn keep even heiter
watat. Suowidrd and giri friend
from college gof jobs this summer az
loolAsfis al through the forest seFv.
ice shey are hiring women for the
wnrk They nre more yigiinnt than
mem less inclined to take chances.
aBGf worn cheaper These two girls
have eatstn near q spring. and they
cenK ihgfr own food. md are mixing
whai IL big wages In the mountains.
I'm gaiher hoping she'll drop over for
a few minutes tonight"
~s5ood i.ord--does she travel over
these hills nv the darhhessY
The mountainTey lnnehed--a he
iiFirrd sound that came somewhat
curgnnsiy from the bearded tins ~ The
steFn dark man. "nan. i'il swenr she's
efraia ~ nothing that wniks The face
NJ DE enrth-~apd Il isn't because she
hasn't had experience either Shr's a
dead shot with n pistol for ore thing
sbea physically strong. and every
musrie "a hard as nails. She used 10
have Shsg. tno--the hest deg IN NJ
these mountains She's q mountain
CRIT tell ynu whoever wins her has
rot 70 hc nhle 10 iame herr The
uaitHsaineer laughed again.
rte call 70 supper came then and
h not HE first sight Of mountain
f~h There were rpta'nts uevly
dug mountain vegetables thai were
"Trip and rnld steak ~ pecullar
shape and great howl ~ purple her.
rif's ~ he eaten 9th sugar and creatar
DHsn appetite wat NOS HS rnlc rar,
tieplnriy good fiur evidently The long
ride hHd affected hlws ~ simply
aiisnt have tho moral eauraRr ~ 70,
fNse when the elder i.eahaS hehped
his pisfe.
afisasd heavens. I emit eat all That
he said. as II was pnsscd 70 him. flat
the others IaUsiicd and told him TO
fake heaFt.
~ iooR heart. II was a singular
ifssa tas st That flrSi bite his sudden
caa0AtneH III hts gRsgAf0fy sKHity ~.
most overwhelmed him. so be cut
himself bite u the tender steak
fully half m generous MS the bites that
Bin wnh consuming across the table
And rs arsi flavor simply flied him
with delight.
~wBaf IL this mcntr he asked.
ave certainly tasted II before"
I'm bet few dollars Tint you
haven't. n you've liyed al your NE
IN The Middle West. Lennon mn.
swerrd Maybe you've got what tho
scientists cali an Inherited memory ~
r. Tt's the Kind Of meat your grand.
father used TO live oh--yenlson"
Som after dinner Lennux led him
out Of Che houEe for HIS hrsi glimpse
~ the hits ~ The darkness
They walked foscther ont 10 the
ga,e. across the FIRST Of the wide pas.
lnres whore. 81 certain seasons. Lon
rex kept his catgIeG and al last they
eaHe out upon the tree-eovered ridge.
The moon was Just rising. They could
see 4 casting curious CLINT over the
very fps Of the pines. But Il couldn't
gei down between them, They stood
too clese. too tall and thick for that.
And for moment, Dams only sensa-
tion WA one OF silence.
You have 10 stand still moment.
TO really know anything" Leunox told
him.
They both stood still. Dan was as
motioniess ~ that day in the park.
long weeks before, when che squirrel
hRd climbed on his shoulder. The first
effect was a sensation that the silence
WINS deepening around them. II wasn't
really true II was simply that he
had become aware Of the little con-
tinurus sounds Of which usually he
was unconscious. and they tended 20
accentuafe the hush OF the night. lie
knew. Just aE all mountaineers know,
shnt fhe wilderness about him was
stirring and pulsing with life. Some
OF the sounds were quite clear-an
occasional stir OF pebble or the crack
Of twig. and some, like the faIntest
twttching OF leaves in the brush not
FEN feet distant could only be guessed
at
-what ~ making the soundsY' he
asked.
Tie didn't know II. at the time, but
Lennon turned quickly toward him. II
wasn't that the question had surprised
the mountaineer. Rather II was the
tone IN which Dan had spoken. II was
perfectly cool, perfectly self.con-
tanned.
THE one right close is n chipmunk,
! don't know what the others are; no
one over does know, Perhaps ground
squirrels. or rabbits, or birds, and
maybe one OF those harmless old black
bears who IL curious about the house.
and tell me-cnn you smell any
thing"
Good Lord. iennoxi can smell all
kinds OF things"
4Tm glad. Some men can't. No one
can enjoy the woods If he can't smell,
Part Of the smells are Of flowers, and
part Of halsam, and God only knows
what the others are. They are just
the Wilderness"
Dan could not only perceive the
smells and sounds. but he felt that
they were leaving an imprint On the
very iiber of his soul. He knew one
thing. He knew he could never for
ret this hrst introduction 10 the nioun-
tain night The whole scene moved