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Show the bubbling Ogden river. A railing guards the right hand side of the road should Jho team be . new to the scenes and attempt daticing quadrilles where the margin is too mrrow for such manouven. But Tom and Jem-, f IIs h' y"u la years, were old hands at the Ogden canyon drive, aud they behaved wuh the accustomed steadiness. steadi-ness. We drove on to the saw mill iatsy all the while keepiug silent, with her eyes on tho turbulent river-turbulent beyond. its wont just now. The water was very high and flowing and tumbling with a roar that was almost deafening; and the beautiful blue tint of tho river as I had often seen it before, be-fore, was gone, "a muddy impurity' having usurped its place. At tho saw mill I saw an old frleud, one of the Wilson brothers, standing in front of his ' resideuce, so I stopped. Wilsou is always genial, and he stepped out aud shook hands. I introduced him to Daisy, who assured him that although al-though sho had never seen him before ho was uo stranger to her. We chatted pleasantly for a few minutes, Wilson lelliug Daisy of the wonders of Waterfall Water-fall canyon which lies not far off to tho southward. Then we drove on. Occasionally we stopped at some one of tho numerous springs which flow iu sparkling purity from the overhanging mountain, and imbibed a draught of the most delicious water iu the world. At these places Daisy was taken up with the magnificent growth of watereresses which line tho cliurtning little rills running run-ning away from tho spring which gives them source.- Nowhere iu the , world does the watercress grow to such perfection, per-fection, and nowhere does it possess a liner flavor. I had told Daisy of these cresses, and the thoughtful darling had provided herself with a salt sprinkler for the occasion, which sho now produced. pro-duced. ,- We drank tho ice-cold water aud we ate the appetizing esculent, laughing aud switching each other with tho long trailiugs of the plant freshly pulled from the crystalline water and dripping diamond drops of prismatic splendor. Again wo drove onward. Beautiful little parks, all of nature's handiwork, were constantly passed, the large hawthorns haw-thorns with which they abound scenting scent-ing the glorious mouuiain air with a perfume exhaled from tho bridal cos-tumo cos-tumo the trees put on at this season, far beyond any invention of Lubiu or Colgate. Col-gate. On tho river side of the drive, creeping vines covered the rocks, and gaily illumed midgets of the feathered tribe darted in and out the shrubbery so bountifully provided by Dame Nature, Na-ture, making their tiny pipipings heard above the din of tho roaring river. It was noon when we reached "Win-slow's," "Win-slow's," aud I said, "Daisy, are you hungry?" "Well, now that you speak of it, I think I am; but it seems so prosaic to come suddenly back from these granite walls, this lovely river, these beautiful little parks aud these delightful wooded slopes to the matter-of-fact realities of every-day life. Hungry? Yes, I am. Can we eat here?" I assured my pet that we could, and as I spoke, my dear old friend, Mrs. Wiuslow, whom I call "mama," eai ne out to the carriage. Daisy's was a strange face to tho good soul, but when I lifted tho lit tie woman to the veranda and introduced her, Daisy suddenly disappeared iu the voluminous volumin-ous folds of a motherly embrace. Then we had luncheon, aud such a lunch! or was it the drive, the scenery, the bracing brac-ing mountain air and our keen appetite appe-tite that made it seem so good? We had fried chicken, cold tonguo, sliced corn beef, pickles, bread and butter, cheese aud pie; and had Delmonico's been iu sight all his temptations would have proved as naught in presence of Mrs. Wiuslow's homely fare. It hail been our intention to drive on toHuntsville and then return, but remembering re-membering that our train left Ogden at 5:40 for home, we determined to go no further through the canyon. So after giving Tom and Jerry a good dinner and a good rest, we started westward. New surprises in store for Daisy; for scenes 0GDEN CANYON, L over the Rio Grande by One of f P the New ""Eli" I Trains. llZERLAND'S GLORIES FADE. pc Word-Painting of a Most En-I En-I trancing Bit of Nature's I Handiwork. let's go to Ogden, Daisy." IverjMvcll, my dear; I'm ready," , Lt'8 Daisy's style; she's always t, I remember, a good while ago, li'wewere .living, iu '$ow York, I io her ouo Friday eVcuiug, "Daisy, I you he ready to take tho Parthia LiToiv afternoon audugo with mo to ,ncf" Her reply was characteristic Ilieiittlo woman, "Yes, dear, I'm lv now, if you wish it." Another L' afUTward, I was hastily called to Lrther side of the Rockies, aud I lied Daisy for company. .So I said r "Daisy, how would you like a licross tho plains and beyond the Itrtintiuenlal divide?" fviivdo vou ask?" sho replied; "you L iivniiid enjoy going with you Ivliere." ' . I 'ingoing lo start this eveuing at 0 tit" i saui. ' jl'hal's nil right,". s'1 Daisy; "I'm Ivuow." .' : '. '; Li s Daisy for you. I I a. return: Daisy and I availed I, ves uf a kind invitation from Mr. li'itaud weut to Ogden yesterday le of the new "Eli" trains of the lOramlo Western, leaving Salt Lake ;0 a. ru. It was a beautiful '.train. v car, of dark maroon color, was l new. So was the engine, a ruon-(built ruon-(built by the Baldwins, and stand-Isrango stand-Isrango at that. The run of thirty-piles thirty-piles was made iu an hour and ten l ies, and while we rode we recalled I never-to-be-forgotten trip between I York and Chicago, made in lily-two hours and p, half, liiis is uot the limited express," Itoy, "lint it's pretty close to it." Io you cull this fast, Daisy?" I lot quite like our ride from New I to Albany," she said, l'ou remember how we made Potigh-Isie Potigh-Isie in oue hour and fifty minutes, finilleil up at the Albany bridge in l hours and twenty-five minutes I leaving Sew York? But this is I all the same." Iras half-past nine when we alighted I Union depot in Ogden, yesterday fig; auJ waiting for us was one of In & Full's best rigs drawn by a loibays. "You dotxlt kuowjV. J. I do yon, Daisy?" I asked.. -.. t , ilear; but I have ofteu heard you r. of him." I ell he is a Canadian," I said; " he I west somewhere in the early six-land six-land went to work for the Central iV railroad west of here somewhere, ecaiiio train dispatcher, and was in I'os'.liou when the graud wedding i' two great continental highways, '.'lebrated at Promontory, May 10, He afterwards was appointed ion superintendent of the road with quarters at Ogden. This position M for years,, when he resigned to into the livery business with old friend Charles 'Nelson. is now an aldermau f city and chairman of tho com-f com-f on streets. This team belongs to l-m. (let tip Toui.and Jerry," aud e rattled on our way to Ogden on. this is Ogdeu, is it," said Daisy, as ore through the lower part of the ions little city. Daisy had never )?den before, but she had heard a f it. "Yes; but you won't appre-its appre-its beauties until we get to the li of the canyon." c turned out of Washington ave-"to ave-"to the delightful roadway run- that we had missed and turned pur backs upon during the outward journey, jour-ney, now faced us in all their beautiful array of spring garments. It is true of this lovely drive that it affords delights both going and coming, and there is not tho least sameness iu the two trips. Daisy was charmed, declaring over aud over again that in all Switzerland there is no equal to this western trail through the Wasatch range. ; ; We drove leisurely, stopping every little while to gather a spriug flower, to pull cresses, or to drink the cool water, and it was well ou to train time when we got to the livery stable, where we left Tom and Terry, aud walked to the depot. Promptly on time the Eli moved out of Ogdeu, and promptly ou time wo reached Salt Lake: not tired iu the least, but feeling that it is good to live, good to be able to enjoy nature's bounties, good to have a kind friend like Mr. Bennett, who provided so splendidly for our Sunday outing W. m wtly east, and which is bor-hy bor-hy pretty residences, green trees, 'ndiil grove and numerous gar-I gar-I burst forth again. - h.v. how like this is to one of those English lanes we saw in Kent, wso long ago; only it is wider." "I'w turn to the left aud another "glit brought us to the wooleu log idle, but picturesque in 'UiToiuidings. ' Then ot'ei- a nS road across what was ' wilderness of sagebrush, wo lie-gradual lie-gradual ascent until at last I 1 P Hie horses right at the mouth canyon. "k hack, Daisy," I said, and her 'V stood up in the carriage and l,,e wwl;' Daisy didu' t speak for ') minutes, but I could see by hght that sparkled in those 'i-uivn eyes; by the heaving of ' "He hreast; by the half-parted ue prettiest mouth in tho world, ti wom:mwas experiencing were on an eminence overlooking aiul fully soo feet above it. "s "ay an expanse of three and a "('s, with glittering streams and nvay running through it, the " the little rills shining with the jSn-'tm foliage of early spring "fi their course far away to n-J' tell into the mysterious sea, 1 'ay the city in all its beauty, ' n the peaceful slumber aWiath morning, while off lh westward, ' stretching for r,iu.cl ln'les, was visible in -orions loveliness the Great Salt 9 rface dotted here and there 'uuutitam islands, standing ou nei the waters which lap their isn't it. beautiful ; exclaimed J. there-5 'nothing in Europe ''' said she, stretching out her the grand vista. ;enwined there ten minutes, 'dn,ll"g up and gazing all the Tl sl)e sat down and I saw ,s,m those dear eyes. Not a say, and I did not care to ' 'ne train of thought thatI . Passing" through her atiind. Q jo Tom and Jerry instead, ntiy we turned abruptly to .entered the canyon. - at this point is quite narrow 3 IuiJy a hundred feet above , |