Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1898)
. ?Tr.3agsp5? v-?N!a5r- Kte&rtrs' gyjnwu't KHTfC.::y'--!!V8fg1''' l"t"r-' .-' - .-.- - f He courier. .'VS MOUNTAIN ECHOES. Edith L. Lewis.) yVe had determined to see a Colorado r sunrise. Hut at five o'clock on a cold, jfray morning the will was not pitched to inflexibility, and when we awoke our first movement was weakly to ward the window, our second precipi tately toward the lied. Theie we sat ami meditated. "Shall we?" 1 said. "Shall we?" echoed IMaisie. "I)o you want to?" "Do you?" "What shall we do?" "Toss a penny!" (roping half awake in a drawer the penny was at last and with mirthful triumph brought to light. In. obedi ence to the fate that turned it heads up we rose and dressed. Then, filling our pockets with crackers, we set out. Maisie gasped and shivered as the first touches of sharp air caught away her breath. Then with a backward glance, she whirled away, and I fol lowed strewing a trail of crackers across the tennis court. The Loving Cup is a hill of rocks upon a hill of sand. Towards this Maisie headed, and up this through the chill, dank air. fresh with cool perfumes, we leap ed ami scrambled, until at last', stand ing upon the great Cup's rim. we were looking down upon a valley, drenched with dew and streaked with light. Far in the distance, through vistas of pur ple mountain and blue-black pine, great." Evans rose with delicate distitic ness. a very dream mountain'.crowned and creviced with snow. The whole world, was asleep and with exultation and a general sensation of chilliness we sat down. Then the sun rose but so flat a cli max! Xo clouds, no Tays of color, no glory of light. It was the same sun we see at noon day that slipped from behind the mountain opposite and gilded the limbs of an arrow shaped pine tree. Disgusted, disap pointed' and very sleepy, we curled up on the cold rocks in the bright sun shine and fell asleep. When we awoke it was broad, clay, and hand in hand we ran laughingly down the hill side to breakfast. "Oh, Thomsing bad an oP gray miik, An' he druv him roun' in a cart. He loved dat mule an' de mule loved him, With all his mulish heart.'' I looked up. There sat Maisie. astride a gray mare, her wide, felt hat pushed back on her head. "An errand to Rrookside," she ex plained imperiously. "Come- with me." So I hired a horse and we started. It was a cloudy day. a. delightful day. full of cool winds and the odors of pines. The horses galloped In those short, high bounds of irrepressible spirits, up and down the windings of the road. The -way lay first through tremendous gorges and ravines. Close to the road was the tumdling creek, and enclosing the water path and the ground path, sheer walls of stone sprang sixty feet in the air. sheets of sombre and splendid Color, overgrown with gray-green' lichens. Pale yellow butterflies fluttered over the rushing water, back and forth between the painted rocks. But a gray sky bent overhead and presently, as we linger ed, a roar of thunder swept through the place ami sent us hurrying on. Maisie glanced apprehensively at the sky. "It's going to rain," she said de cidedly. "Let's get out of this!" She swung the quirt and the spir ited mare laid back her ears and sprang forward. We raced over the narrow road with desperate energy, until the walls of the gorge liegan to widen and lower, and changed at last into steep hill sides covered with brush and sage. Maisie pulled up with a laugh. Her small, pale face was quiv ering with excitement. Drawing a long breath, she looked again at the sky and laughed again as she felt light (Imps of rain on her mouth and cheek. Then her big eyes grew seri ous, and 1 regarded her uuxiniisix. This little figure in its scarlet jacket and short skirt w;i my prophet and oracle. "We must cross the ford," she said. "There's a big storm Coining. If we reach it before it rains much, we're all right. There's a house beyond." Hut the wind was rising. Clouds of mist swirled about the mountain tops and veiled them from view. Hursts of thunder rattled along the hill sides, and' the sound was flung to and fro in interminable echoes. Then the rain came down. 'A mountain fetorm is not a trivial thing. A thousand stouefilled gullies, a thousand dusty ravines, 'lie dry through weeks of sunshine, only To turn- with the rain into small torrents that pour their burden of wood and stone ami water down a mouu'tain side, across the road below, and into the roaring creek. The way itself lie comes a bed of shifting sand, and' the horses and rider are encompassed with a host of difficulties, if not of dangers. However, we pushed on. Half blind ed by rain, I yet kept that little fly ing figure on the gray mare well be fore me, and in time we stood on the hank of the ford, looking into a rac ing flood of black water and muddy spray. "It's got to be done." said Maisie. So we plunged in. close abreast. It wa furious work. Urging the mare here, checking her here, coaxing and scolding by turn, my attention lay fast riveted on my horse, until sharp cry drew my eyes to Maisie. Her horse was loosing footing and the Cur rent was sweeping it down-. A moment later Maisie had flung herself from the saddle and was standing waist high in water, pulling at the bridle rem. Stumbling, gasping, breathless, they reached the other side. And then 'Maisie didn't faint, but mounted again, and we rode swiftly to the nearest farm house. They built a fire, for us and we dried our dripping clothes and drank some strong coffee, and rested from our labors. That was my first mountain1 storm. "b4b4 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmf mmmmmmmmmx Mia A.t.xxx& Rivett J jiairdressirvg, Shampooing, X AND Scalp Jreatmertt. X Aire. Stiookey, i CHIROPODIST. ' Manicure. Corns, Bunions In- Z growing Nails and other oot, X iruuuics ireaieu. 81 3e AS Bj&r Rilr. ,. VMMSXSSXS)MmM A m r m. - ,-.. . ien.1." .32 1 -. rim 1 O llrTIlF AV mtr 1 WU.Q)JirttNDlvJ 1L V Everybody surrenders to Battle Ax. There is no greater hardship than to be de prived of your 0 Rajjsfefc PLUG w and any one who has once chewed Battle Ax will give up most any thing to get it. 10c buys a larger piece of Battle Ax than of any other kind of high grade quality. Remember the name when you buy again. A REMARKABLE SCIENTIFIC AND ' WONDERFUL SCIENCE. MJflfjv magunmvj m "p"" " " a mm YOUR FORTUNE TOLD. TH OULT TRUE BCIEBCE BY WHICH tOUB FUTURE CAM TRULY ABO ACCURATELY BE FQBETOLO. XAXAX. tb mUflwnid Erntiaa Aatmlonr. wa ha hti matin u. toauhawat thonmfhaat Kami for th pact a jtti. will rin a tnthfal. acranla. plaatt horaatep itolioittom ef joar life II will fin joar ptnoaal appaaraam. dia- I peaiuea. cuncw, asuuj. am, pmww mb(u 01 iw, poanfti accutata. adrie aaa "fr"" " " , --f , twiAm , .p .. -..,, intiri. UL ' mi Tl V HT THE Tom am iafona joamlf tbonUj mmwma m n awt, I n am iou aaa 0 ur otccr qaaaau tf jhi i p 1. prom man wan lix. A SM6LE AMSWEI MAY LEAS Y9U TS HAKE TlHWAUtt OF MLUUB. I 84 10 etatt and (ire exact oat of birth aa4 I will imsMdiattly ntura joa a mm noreaeop RMiifai year w, aaa proT it to M all in oy touau. 1 1 taia aaar aa a was snai. aii coamaaieauoa ttncuj rMMBS " Zaiafc Ik aOTBouaaa I eanatarj spaa laalajmili mad Klaatlaa laCataaaV 1 rtrictlj eoaSdaatlaL Ad4n mU waaaarfkl pnaktlaaa aaa I 1 (I! M&llTS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. If you are willing to work, we can give you employment with GOOD PAY, and you can work all or part time, and at home or traveling. The work is light and easy. Write at once for terms etc., to 1HE HAWKS NUR3ERY COMPANY Milivaulcee ivia. First publication Aug. 6. 4 In the matter of In th? County the Estate of A me- Court of Lancaster lia H. Howell, de- C County. Nebraska, ceased. ' To the creditors of said estate; You are hereby notified, That I will Bit at the county court room in Lincoln, in said county, on the 3rd day of Janu ary, 18S9, and again on the 1st day of April, 1899, to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their adjustment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is Biz months from the 1st day of October, A. D. 1893, and the t'me limited for the pay ment of debts is one year from the 1st day of October. A. D. J898. Notice of this proceeding is ordered published four weeks successively in the Courier, a weekly newspaper published in this stat3. Witness my hand and tbe seal of said county court this 1st day of August A. D. 1898. S. T. Cochran, County Judge. By Dudley Cochran Clerk. ;; THE. (m CAPITAL CITY WIDOW ClUB Will furnish instrumental music for parties and receptions at rea sonable rates. Address jB jB John Benson, Union Club g eaS NATIONAL ENCiMPMENTG.A. R. 918.60. CINCINNATI AND RETUBN. $18.60 The Elkhorn line (Northwestern) will sell tickets to Cincinnati and return for above occasion, Sept. 2, 3. 4, at $18.60 for round trip. Upon payment to joint agent of deposit fee of 25 cents, return limit may be extended to Oct. 2ad. For further information apply to A. S Fielding, C. T. A.. 117 So. 10th St Sept. 30. Subscribe for The Cocrier II a iea -,-.