Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-09-28
DIR. AND MRS. C. G. WADEs TRIP
By C. G. Wade
(Continued from Iast weekl

By Monday noon our fiivver was
prancing to go, so we waved a fond
farewell and retraced our way, eight
miles westward, to Ridgeville, where
we found the Washington Harrisburg
route beckoning as southwark 10 the
capital of our nation. Having a long
mid-May afternoon at our disposal for
a fifty mile drive, we .'mosiedo along.
just soaking in the ever changing pam
Drama as we topped one hill after an
other IN that beautiful southern state
Maryland, My Maryland More de-
lightful to just be ON our way, than
to arrive, we deliberately detoured at
Rockville over the Great Falls of the
Potomac where we wandered in the
woods, by the foot and walker line.
coming now and again upon the rag
ing waters of the mighty river
whipped into a foaming roaring rage
because there were naughty granite
houlders impeding its progress. Out of
the increased roar Of the onslaught we
heard the resouhding voice of one de-
tiant old giant say unto another: Why
do the waters continually rage, and in
their mad attack, imagine a vain
thing, since for a hundred thousand
years we have beheld that rivers may
come and rivers may go but we stand
here forever; even upon the selfsame
spot where we looked first upon the
light of day, after the southern sun
had reduced to water that ponderous
old glasier who, bringing us hither,
used us at her sweet win, one day as
pillow points and another as rollers, as
best suited her needs. While many
companion we saw reduced to sand
and clay we are permitted with moss
upon our backs to stand today.
Now the sun in the western tree tops
bade us hike back to our car; where,
turning our rear bumper to the sun we
advanced upon the city that General
Lee was intending to visit, had he not
changed his mind at Gettysburg; and
as we journeyed along the Aquaduct
Road we came ever and anon to the
bank of the river and at certain mar
row bend thereof we beheld the waters
and they were the same that had beat
en- in fury upon the rocks that resisted
them but could not detain them, and
they were retreating in good order and
at leasure, and / killed my engine that
might listen and the waters were
laughing, and l said wherefore dost
thou laugh who so recently did boil
with rage and break in pieces upon the
rocks? And they replied: "Oh, that
was one of our many mad frolics where
they said unto US: Thou shalt not pass
and we did pass. Then said |, Laugh
and loiter while you may; but as for
me / am fleet of foot and cannot wait
for thee, nevertheless / will see thee
on the morrow about this hour at Mt.
Vernon"
And put my heel on the starter and
sped away, knowing all the while that
my heetness consisted in having the
price of tank Of gasoline. On the
morrow kept my tryst as looked out
and down upon broad expanse in the
Potomac; and was sitting on the
great porch where Washington himself
had often sat, and while the rain rained
copiously ! waited long for the laugh
ing waters had hidden "aurevoir" or
the day before, for they were late, and
they were not laughing, and they
moved slowly and ! bade them this
time "Good bye" for knew they were
nearing the end of the journey and
would not be dashing and vivacious
again, but would join the great ocean
and lose all identity. And why not,
after having gladdened the hillsides,
and the hearts of man and beast and
bird in passing?
(To be continued)