Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 1926

nations from the backs of our horses
but, for the most part, we went afoot
as many of the most interesting fea-
lures are off the trail.
AS Sam had said, we found carl
catures of people familiar to us in
every day life, and by exercising a
little imagination could pick out fa-
nous historical characters. Especially
did they appeal to us as depicting
Biblical events. Cain is there, doing
away with Abel, as are also the Ark,
and many of the animals that Noah
took with him on his famous voyage.
Mrs. Noahs pet duck and hen are COM
fortably settled on high perches, and,
occupying a prominent position, is the
Evil One himself, Haunting horns and
hoofs with no attempt to disguise him
self. The serpent that deceived Eve
is mostly in hiding, displaying his
wicked head only. And Eve, still inno-
cent of clothing, stands against a set
ting of blocks of granite and the green
foliage of Douglas pine. Rebecca has
climbed a pedestal by the side of her
we'll, patiently waiting for Isaac to
appear.
Nature further disports herself. She
has indulged in whim after whim in her
modelling, hewing' great stones and
fashioning war vessels, oriental pago-
das, and a lighthouse that rears itself
skyward fully 80 feet. Terraced dwell
ings are formed not unlike the ancient
Cliff Dwellings, built for the folks
that left their flapjacks untouched"
according to Sam, who were the prob
able owners of the pottery left strewn
about And surely, this is where Thor
the Thunderer lost his mighty mallet
the day he forgot to use his iron gloves
and his most priced possession failed to
return to his hand, as was it's won't.
For here it is, a perfect hammer in
gods could have welded
Under the magic influence of these
fantastic figures, our guide lost his
last trace of apathy. He seemed to
consider that he was the host, presiding
over his own domain and that he
should not allow us, as guests, to miss
seeing any of the things he thought so
interesting. His comments were very
humorous, and some of them betrayed
him as a rather wide reader.
Look here, ma'am," he said. Here's
why men leave home. Look at this
woman fussin' at her husband"
what do you think the argument is
about?" I asked.
"His cookin's maybe don't suit her,
maam," he replied, with a sidelong
glance at Laura
mot at ALL" said that person, con-
fidently. HE is just home from a
night out. That's Jonah, and he is
offering that whale story as an ex-
PLANTATION as to why he didn't get home
when he should have"
We came across three figures, evil
IDENTIFY a woman and two men. Sam
paused for a moment when L asked for
his Interpretation of the group.
They're out for a stroll, and you
can see it's a case of three's a crowd
where two would be company" he an
swered.
He designated a gigantic sheep as
being one of those that Bopeep couldnt
find, gravely giving as reason for its
failure to come home the loss of one
of it's legs. And when urged to ex-
plain what had happened to the lost
member, he pointed to a frightful
dragon and sententiously replied: "Bit
off, ma'am."
We found Tige, his teeth firmly i'm
planted in an intruder's anatomy. This,
to Sans notion, was Noah's pup, the
one that got a permanent attack of
lcold-nose by "hogging" the north door
of the ark.
ireland is represented by Paddy and
h ;c nj 70 oh o111r0c1x a
A sailor, true to his reputation, has
found sweetheart in this port, but
has selected, to my mind, depressing
place for his courtship-thes stones
nearby are so palpably tombstones.
| Then there are Thee and Me. They
are engaged in earnest conversation
regarding the queerness of all the rest
of the world. 1t is easy to distinguish
Me from Thee, and to see that Me has
Ijust arrived at the conclusion that
"Thee art little queer at times" A
little further along post separates
two, evidently in fighting humor, dar-
I! ing each other to cross the boundary
! line. But, as contrast to their
quarrelsomeness, we found two in per-
feet accord, lovesick pair, beyond
the shadow of doubt, the lady's head
confidingly placed on her lovers
manly shoulder.
Before we had finished viewing these
odd formations, our guides idea of
what was humorous was fully vim
dicated. Even Laura was forced to
smile at some of his whimsical com
ments and admitted her error in
doubling his ability to see a joke in
most satisfactory manner-through
the culinary department. Inadvisedly,
made the mistake of complimenting
her on her change of heart, and she
resented it by refusing to see a like
ness to any of the characters of his
tory in the many busts or heads out
lined in bas-relief on the stones which
II pointed out, snubbing me severely
when 1 called her attention to gi-
gantic chair of stone by declining to
admit that Solomon ever sat on it.
On our return to Douglas, the most
diligent inquiry failed to reveal the
extent of the area over which the
rocks are scattered, but we did gain
some information that rather had the
effect of robbing Sam of some of the
air of Importance he had been wearing.
These grounds are part of the Cor