The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-02-24
THE CHINOOK.

(The folplwng verses were written by
Mrs. J. NJ. A.. G. Jacks, daughter OF
Mrs. c. 5. Corum, who is now visiting
her son Mr.. T. l.. Corum here)
Sighting, signing through the, pine trees.
Murmuring gently through the pine frees.
Came the mild wind-the Chinook
With its warm breath softly speaking
OF the Spring time and the flowers.
Governed by his gentle hand.
Signing still and signing louder
Louder. louder. through the pine trees
Sweled he to a mighty wind.
To strong and mighty wind.
Strong but gentle, firm, persuasive.
Hnliv'ins. winning. cheering ALL
Sighed he gently through the feed yard.
Stole he softly through the feed-yard
Speaking of the grass and Springtime
To each starving, -shivering cow.
70 each long haired. hungry horse.
rill he tossed his name in welcome.
Weighed and tossed his name in welcome,
Welcome to the kind Chinook.
Spoke he softly to the snow drift,
TO the high and glittering snow-drift
Till it yielded to his voice.
Melted. yielded to his voice.
Mingled all its substance
With the streamlet flowing by
wooed he well the lovely snow drift.
Wooed the pure. white. virtuous snow
drift.
Wooed and won her for his bride.
For his spotless bride,
And she yelled to his kisses.
To his firm but gentle voice.
Yielded as pure young maiden
Yields unto her ardent lover.
Gave to him her life.
Spoke he to the little streamlet,
To the quiet, little streamlet
That meandered by
Gently rippled by,
And it swe.led into a torrent.
To a great and mighty torrent.
That went rushing by.
Swelling fast and even faster, -
Fed by SHOWS from hill and valley.
Rushing to the sea.
Murmured to the grave old hillside,
To the grave and quiet hillside,
And the old sage slowly. yielding
Slowly, slowly yielding
Laid off his fleecy covering
And the bare, moist ground appearing
Soon was covered ore with verdure.
Covered Ger with mantle green,
And the mantle spreading. spreading
Penetrating nook and corner.
TO each frozen nook and corner
TIL it glowed with genial warmth,
Glowed and doomed with Springtlme
warmth.
Still he murmured through the feed-yard.
Through the lone. deserted feed-yard
With its hard discolored snow,
With It's packed and trampled snow,
Hardened, trampled. packed, discolored,
Trodden ore by numerous feet.
Lonely desolate. forsaken,
Deserted now for pastures new.
To the hardened and discolored
Softly spoke as to the pure.
To the broken, .trampled ice
U.ike a wretch to passion lent
And 1t yielded slowly. slowly, -!
Hardening with the slightest cold.
Till 1t too It's substance mingled
With the streamlet passing by.
Murmured he ore plain and valley,
Through the forest, ore the river.
And each frozen field and hilltop
Yielded to the gentle voice,
Melted, yielded as the heart
Frozen, hardened by vice
Yields unto the sweet Influence
OF gentle, pleading voice.
Yielded to the soft Chinook wind
To the firm but gentle wind,
Till the land in gracious beauty,
Turned her smiling, beaming face
Upward to the cheering sunlight
Basking in the genial warmth.
And the people-God's own people
Looking on the glorious scene,
At the thriving cows and horses,
At the growing. blooming flowers
Turned. also. their faces upward
Thank God for. the kind Chinook.