Show ON TAHOES SHORES Evan Stephens Writes from the Famous Lake A CLIMB UP TO THE SNOWS Husicns Finds a Paradise this Side of Monterey Monte-rey and Tarries There A Sail on the Lake After a days ride In tho cars over the sandy hot desert of Nevada one is in a suitable condition to enjoy the cool mountain moun-tain breezes laden with odor of pines and wild flowers The waters of the rushing rush-ing Truckee river look so refreshing that one dislikes to part with them So much was this the case with me that on arriving at Truckoe station I deserted my Pullman sleeper and quietly let tho train pull out b without me After spending tho night at a comfortable hotel I took stage thonext morning to find the source of the stream I the much praised beautiful Lake Tahoe After a delightful ride of fourteen miles along the river bank between rugged crags whose base was covered with sheltering pines right up to the rivers brink we arrived ar-rived at the lake at the point where the river takes its departure from its beautiful beauti-ful parent only to be lost in the deserts of the Carson Sink about 150 miles away Expecting so much of the view before me I scarcely felt either delight or disappointment disap-pointment at first at the sight of the glassy t mirror that lay at my feet with its surroundings sur-roundings of pine and snowcovered I mountains I expected tho surroundings i1 to bo more rugged steep and picturesque However I had to admit the sight was by no means a commonplace one It took the wonderful effects of a gorgeous sunset I to thoroughly capture me Our entire surroundings sur-roundings was transformed into a alry land that was indescribably beautiful A slight breeze seemed to veil the surrounding surround-ing mountains while the surface of the lake changed from its deep sky blue Into < all the colors of the rainbow only softened Here the colors of the sunset were ro 0 < fiected from the sky on to the bosom of tho i placid lake Yonder a slight breeze ruffled it just enough to efface the mirrorliko reflection re-flection the water retaining its deep green hue while here and there surrounding and ia above it all like a frame glsamed patches r of glistening snow on the mountains Yes k Lake Tahoe Indeed beauthul r FIVE MILES THBOCG1I PINES TO THE SNow r As I was in no hurry to leave this cool romantic place instead of taking a boat to L ride around the lake I started out to ram blp through the pines and up the mount tains bent on finding some snow flowers a strange scarlet like flower nearly a foot in length that emerges almost out of the snow like a mushroom Of course In addition addi-tion to the flowers I anticipated a fine view of the lake from tim mountain tops I walked on and on through forest after forest It was very lonely and I admit the thought of meeting a bear was not very pleasant finally when a deer timidly sprang out and then left mo in full possession of my lonely road the sight startled mo I fear more than it did the deer More than once I sang song after song to arouse myself and perchance per-chance frighten any wild beasts out of the trackat least to warn them of toy coming Finelly after olimbing about four miles I heard the music of numerous cowbells and there was a wide flowery meajdotf stretched before me with a number of cows grazing upon it Fortunately I thought I shall have some good fresh milk even though 1 getno snow flowers Farther on beneath the steep cliffs where gleamed the snow was the humble cabin of the dairy man He kindly directed mo to the snow which I reached and some distance away found my I I flowers and also had a fine view of the valley I i val-ley or lake rather as it leaves no level i shore It looked like a vast mirror fringed I around with trees On my return I also got the coveted milkbut it was sour 1 I was weary and footsoro before I reached my hotel still J would not have missed my walk A RIDE ABOUND THE TAKE Tho third day being rather sore from walKing I took a trip around the lake in the snug comfortable little steamer Tod Goodwin christenod by the way after a son of our townsman Mr Goodwin the son being named after its genial old captain Mr Todman Hone falls to fall in love with Taboo at first sight ho cannot but do so the moment ho begins to rido on its beautiful waters the wonderful blue and green around and beneath you the perfect picture of the distant mountains reflected in tho waves created by tho boat not ten feet away is wonderful and the scenery surrounding it becomes more and more picturesque as one nears old Mount Tallac Emerald bay is an enchanting enchant-ing nook with its brilliant colored waters its island trees and waterfall with great frowning crags and melting snows in the background It is the finest spot on the entire lake though Tallac and Glen wood are very nicely situated When on the lake one realizes what a basin it is all in and as he looks on the deep blue waters the fact that he is parhaps lbOO feet above the bottom still would not comfort him if a severe storm camo up He would have a noble tomb iJ he sank as bodies never come to the surface sur-face in this lake Once down they stay not even a scrap of clothing has ever been seen from a sunken one This is difficult to account for some believe there are undercurrents un-dercurrents in the depths of the lake that carry everything no ono knows where or perhaps the depths of the water is too cold for decomposition to take place though near shore it is not too cold to bathe in with comfort Today there is breeze enough to keep the waters all alive with i here and there the least bit of a whitecap the boat rocks a littlewhat would it be if a raging wind came upl Well I do not care to find out All in all it is a most interesting in-teresting ride on the mountain tops The trout arc tine and it must be great sport to I catch them I see people bring fivepound ersin but have us yet resisted all temptations tempta-tions to try my luck Oh dear when shall I get a HERALD Musicus 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