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Show VAKEMAM'S WANDERINGS rnovt B0WNC&3 to chasmcm:, AMONQ THC EN0U3H LAKE8. Formee Itoniet ef Tennaeon, deralil Mae. aer, tre. Ilinum III.. ll.Mln.au, "Chrlataptiee Monti," lie. AmeM.tl tarda, worth ami ltllf Coletltlte "Utah, bearing" el Anelent aleaainaee. lOoprrit til, Iwl, br KJer U Wektnian. Ameuuiuit, tjiglmn.l, Mar 4 -A Ueruian writer hat trulr aal.l, "Tliere ran bu no mM to lover of uature but lhat Ion It-telf." It-telf." No pen pMntrr vtho liaa rr Heed or ill Iter lite baa llmneil or caii trer depict In ptRt or a Uk tU laaullet of be Kn iillab. Uko rriiton. 1 lirre nerer hat keen rlnteil an ailetjuate guLlet ami trrn were tin lt one tint couM Ui inula proTltleil, the traveler who comet hero to too with tjret anil heart woiil.l tulTer greater from 111 Inatllllclencr tjn flnil ilelliilil In IU ex pinltlotia. Ihla la trrn beeaiiae In Hit lint pUc no ono vrllh n or trueli no prelum on 11 .Inula paw or tinm i tingle .lctun coraprUlnit manifold eipmulon. It would bo human IrapuMlnllltr to comprehend In any aerlei o( ileecrlptloiia or palutlnga tbf uijriad dlithict and glowing accnea "H0!1 .'.''. rrl"1 '"'"I'll"- An.l ton could IhULetloiie, then thrro would tun I lacking all tuoM glorlout prouiptlnga to t motional enjoyment from uioclallet In Ureal which the brl.ol.lir of the aetutl trine can never l.av. Interpreted to l.lln br auothcr. Kvervwliera la tcenlo glory ht ra Hut the wild, lattl undertone that trcui. bl In tverr leaf and bladoof graaa, that eound In every tumbling waterfall, that nre borne 011 mtrj pualag breeae, form tho Ineiprcaaltile vrlichery which thrllli tho being when these lotion fienll dwell. Take limply the fete Inllca, rbapa ntue, from Hownett north throuvh Indcnucre, AlublaelJl and lljjal to Uraamere, to II lu.trale tho aupcthuinan taak run wonll ban In attempting to come to another what one m, recall! and frele throughout tl.e entin lako rrirlon. Vou coul.l meat a great volume full of glorloiu i.ilntlnga, wlluomedtitctlplluni,eiriulalto Incl.lclita, memorlea aluioat aa fumi.rehenalto aatho wide domain of Ilngllali lltrratore, and avicct with tender lhllo.opl.UlnK, and then but havo barely hinted at tho rnajetlle book of nature and rcinlnlacriire which lira open for tho cno) incut of all who coma. 1 ho tillage; of llowneaa la ono of the qnalulcat and mettetl old nilt In hngland. It Ian dreamful man of Ion-lrlciibleatreett,wboee Ion-lrlciibleatreett,wboee faoum an alinoel wholly covercl with roara and ley Tlit out window of Ita tquare towered Utile church la ono of tho oldeat In Knglan.1, having lavn taken from that once tLOet toaiiullloeiit of all nngland'e ancient tnon-Dutloedlficea, tnon-Dutloedlficea, FurneitaAbljcr The place la hidden beneath clsantlo treea on the eaaUrnahon of tho queen of tho Kngllali lakee, Windermere. Climb Ilrant 1VI1 behind It. The Itke. ImnieUUUIjrbcotath to the weit,atnlch-Ins weit,atnlch-Ins from the lower t'urncu Fella, In Ivm-raahlre, Ivm-raahlre, lo Anibleahle In Wntuiorcliml, forma n UtuI.1 Tallejr of blue, aet with l.nm-bciirM l.nm-bciirM emerald lalcta, Ita muuntaln ahorra Ineruluiflutopurpledcptbaatthofariiortli, tihen Ktlm llrlrcllrn llru Ita cortod crcat larond the aubllme laohtlon of lnlil.tr Helm Crait. Tho rt-rau blue of MorecamU Jtar K'lnU bcjon. the puce aanda of liin-cajiter liin-cajiter to the aoutu. Kthwalte And ConLa ton Water dimmer among t.e woatern fella,. and llanl Knot ami CouUton Old ilan form rululitr aootluela In the Uek-arrouod Uek-arrouod In tlie dlrrctlou of tho frith aea. It laoauUlmeaictacle. Hut along with It letLe cer welcome clement of eoftand tender beauty. Ihe lower maaaoa of larch turarratthawater'aiHta ant like gigantic plllowa of emerald. Thcao merge In graceful grace-ful llnce luto the mora eoniber fir, w hlch, lnk on bank and ware on wato abore, roll upward In noble undulatlona, often to tho tcrj errata cf lofty mounuhu, while half aeen rotugra peeping from mountain aldee, KTaycld chnptla litattllng In patchcaof auu light, eplendld bulla and manor houaea lurched utton lower prouiontorlca, and countlcaa plcaaure cralt apecklng the flr watera of Wliideruiere, n.1.1 to the exulta tlon of an exalting eolltudo that happy ronacloiuniwa of re ruin, If l.olnte, near-rieae near-rieae to man. Hut whoae peu can adeqitate lr tell the calm wl.kli perradea tl.oo won. tlrouaacciiear If allenca can takeon iwr aonltlcatlon of taatueaa and mijoaty. Dit will be conacloua of nil tli4t here. Ithaa aucb lutvoalty that one fvela a aeiiae of ex fating In aoma upitcrworll from whoae face and firmament aouml liae bt-en ban lahotL And It la ao lint.rraalre au 1 palpable palp-able that ut tlmea all objocta arem but the Imagery of reality, all luotlng thlnge aa the unreal mlmlcfy of dreauu, all fwraona but the ahauVa of men. FcoataayuutJiay at naluro'elavlau board the urulrrtonea an cter hetrd. Oter you der by ConUton Water, gray and acow IJng John lluakln, a prUouer In hla on n home, lotcly Ilraotwoo.1, preaaea Ida pale faco ngolnit the w Indow pane and atarea with atrangely lighted eyea at the wondroua world without, but knowalt not, for wad ihantaaluipoaaeaahtaihrWilied tntn.l. Yon cau ace a uundrwl dalea und gletia which WordaHorth loved and bauntel. Near llrantwood It Tent Ijodgr, where Iril Ten nyaon once lived, dreamed au 1 wroU. Near, gentle (lerald Moaaey wooed thoae peualt e aplrittwitli whom ho now holly llted, and In whoee actual though Impalpable prea-encn prea-encn he no undeniably Ulievod. Then a aturdUr tot aptear. Juat beloiv Howneaa to the left Uuirra Hall la teen. It wat hi ra that In 1K auch glauta oa the ataUamun Canning, tho phlloaophur, novellat and jHet, 'chrlatopher North" ll'rofoaaor Wl. aon), tho laureate of Kngland and bard of Ihe lakee, Wordattorth, and tfcntland'a grratiat romanoir, Sir Walter Scott, nut and held high mental carnival, while dla jmrtlng like a bury of achool toya, and li r-mlnated r-mlnated the lllualrlouaocciulonby abrllb lint regatta on Wlndrrmen lu cliarg of Wllaonna"adll.lralofthlikua." llwoulil hatoUtn worth n) oar of ordinary naniby pambylifelo have aatallent among them an4 lUtened durlug thoae rare and radiant data. ' Windermere, but a continuation of How neaa, fa modern. Tho fondon and North-weatcm North-weatcm rallaay iwnctnttoa to tbte point. In the plan I f How neea, w Mill ll now left In dreamful quiet, II hat Itttomo tho aoilthcriiliittrcixiltaof the region, Juat nl Keawtck, to which ou can come by rail from the northeaat, la the northern mf trogolla. Ihe altuatlon of Windermere It entronrlug It la ttately lu eplendld luna and aurruundlng country aoau almllHrto the grand nianalona along the lludaoti. 'Ihe pUre with Ita modem auggeatloua nnd rountlraa arriving and depirtlng coiuh loada of tonrlata alula out of tight Ivneuth Ihe giant fonat tmt when )ou hate climbed to tho tummlt of Orreat Head, wherothe proaptrt la ttlll groniter than that from Ilrant Kill, Itblnd llowneaa, for you are nearer tho head 1 tha vale of Wlndiruiere, whin tho eucrouchliig mountalu wnllt are hlghitat andthenoblt lake lUtlf makea Ihe broodeet oxpantra. Hut near lie thla la to thetleam whlallo and coach horu, tho uudurtonea are eten litre, from Urreat Head, tht haunla of rtrypoit or pro writer of the region, earethoao of Coleridge audBhelley about Keawlrk, nn again tlalble, WIllderlneK, with lit glorloua foreground of folhge.lt oon In In entlro lentlu lUnge nlur range of lake mountain! rlae beyond It to the writ. The valUy of Amblelldt lie! Ilba.k-.lr laaoad alen of purpU to I be ----- "rl1n 'lafkening at III engea, cnaliging to iitw green along the Mtiher rangea, 1110 tragi of Helm, t 'airfield, and Nab gc ir forming great peala of aun kl-anl aplendor an. to. a maw of niotintaln to and inlatypoatea Ilea lowani Lllawntrr In the "or'lt. Along the rldgea, towar.1 the xorkehlre moon, one purple furrow thowt when waa Ml the plot of "Hubert fcla nient," In Ungtleddale. Healdea, hero nee the woodt and watera of Klleray. No I'mi brlan home ever hel I a bigger frame, a greater heart or a loftier an I tenderer tout than lha maunlon of I- lleray. The place la now juit ai It wat when It mu'Vhrlilo-Pher mu'Vhrlilo-Pher North't" earthly paradlao, with "act-tral "act-tral roofa thelvlng away then In tho luater of lorelleat llcheni, i-ocli roof with lit own A-aorlmeiil of dotea and plgcom preening their plnloni In the morning pliaaaunce," and tht giant lycamon, of which l'rofewr llaon hllnaclf tald, "Not eren In the tint t olthoDrul.lt coul I there liatelavn uth another inf." ttlll tbelton Ulcrny With lie mighty arma. Hut alt mllea to the north of the village of liidrrinrra Ilea Amhlralde, mora nn I tlent, In that It waa once an Important 11 niamlatlon, than any other village of tho I lake nginti Like llowneaa, the enllra place la hid tall In ma.ara of follagoand bloom. Numlierleai tiny mountatnitreimt tumble through It, and one tiirm tht wheel of the qualntiat nnd mott lctur caqut old water mill In l.nglan.l. Herein a tetv momenta' walk one romee to the fa mumrJtoikUhyll Korea, and to the eal and higher ttlll rleee the huge ridge of Wanalell, with "III tlalonary lnajatlea of light." aa Wordattorth tang Kromlttaitm mlt grander pnopect meet Ihe e) a than at lluwneu or Wliitiennere Yet with all the eiitnnclng exciirtloui among tha erenla gtorlei routidalmut mora pllgrlint come to Ambletlde becauae one woman gave Ita namelo the whole world That woman waa Harriet Martlnean. "Skeptlo" tome callr.1 her bhe held that the had uueed theboundtrlnof lkrplkl.nl nnddneltln A lite of lliaolute f tllh. No one tired grieve .orbcr"tlewa"wteniliey rrtultrtl In ao grand nnd diligent a life. No woman ever llrrd who Accomplialied mora actual liter ary labor, or In that labor did more for the world't progenia an I humanity at larvn Her old home, "Tht Knoll," It not a etiuie'i thntr from Iho highway, but li ao imlieil dnl III foliage ai to la? Invlilble from It. JuktAfewalrpt through A maulve gate wty, over a drive ahailowy from bun I, hawthorn, leechre and holly, brlnga you to A tunny terrace allaine Willi flowera, and theufaclngal-out.theontllnraoftliehouM are gradually traced through tn-iaaea of try puahlng to the very rate. The gray old Wratraornland atone can only here and then be aeen. 1 he large bay w (ml .wa nro half ht.hlin by J umlnc. limbing mm and fuaalon flowrn. And tl.e huge chlmiipyt and gablet hint nf I he houaiw of Klllala I li't time. Tht older tlllagcra any Ihe light nf Ambletllt Wont out when they bore liar rlUMartlneau tlaaly lu Ut grnto In the old cemetery at lllrtnlngham Hut It aet ma to rue her gootl and kindly fare muet allll tat ahlnlng then with the blcawoma froai thoae great bay wlndowa. duat Infon you nnchetl Amblealdo you coud tutnaalde n few ttept from tho l.lnlr way and tee, In Dote?fat, the former home of Mrt. Heniana. Immediately uptHieito The Knoll, when lltcd Ml.a .Marllli'au, though hidden by tho miallc treei which lint tho bnnka of thettothty rtvir, lean oilier line oil manalon, Kox Ilown, wl.tro the gnat Dr. Arnold piurd the bappleat hounot hit life. Then to tl.e right of tho highway, not a mllo from Tho Kootl, liltydal Mount, WorJaworlh'i borne, dr trrlb.il In the preceding article. A llltle Ifyond, almoat at the tilge of Hydal Water, haiit.t of Iho hrmua, atandlna chat agalnat the highway beneath theahatowa of Nab Bear, It Nib Cottage, when Hartley Hart-ley Coleridge dwelt. Thin tlraaimn lake, abut In by 1'alrurld. welnl llumuall Halae and the mighty ptkee of Langilale Jl ac-rcad before you, ant In the tweet old village of Qroamere you will find the former hornet of Wordaworth aul lit Qulncry, and the fombi of Wordaworth and Hartley Coleridge In the grtveyard of tlMamen church. It li In Hilt church, iledlctleil to Ft. 0.M. ao ell Hut llrltUh anllquatinni caunotflxlu origin, that the curloua and ancient cuatoni of "ruahbearlug" boa bt en continued from the mlatt of antiquity o thepreaent time. Trocri of rilahUarlng may be met In tome of tho northern tocall tkt. It haa been rovltiat at Amblrwhle. Hut thla U theone aatrrd eilUlon In all I.u-ro)ai I.u-ro)ai where the cnatom t.at Uyu contlnuoiu from time Immrmorlil. In very anrlenl tliott ruth la trim: toema to hnv. foruivl a portion of the Keott of Dedication, and the procetalonal lwarlng of ruahea for tht renewal re-newal of lloort, whoae place I hey ofteu wholly eupplled, wot atteuded with much pomp an 1 rerrmony. Many of t be nmott rarly Kngtlth chiirehra had no other floora (ban the ban earth, with now and then a lino of rude flage along tht alalca, and Hilt church of Ft. Uawald'a waa provldol with a complete floor only at late at IMG. Up tothnt time tho tinall ruahea which grow uHtn tht frllii, prorluclally known nt "alevet," wen gatlieretl ami brought to the church from I-nngdalo In carta. Tallpolra, often large holly boiighe, wen provld..l forl)in"Uarlnga." Theao, curloualy iln? oratcit with rroamt, bnriia, wreatht and frrquintly with paper flower m-rpeute twining around thorn, wrro rarrled about the tillage, often follow eil by four malili ua with A llonir borderul thiet lllled with thotaired ruahea. Wheu the ruahrt were all atrewn In the church, uaually on clatunlny afternoon, "Jimmy Dtwton," tho fiddler of tlrove cottage, atruck up n"lliuhUarlng March" of unknown antiquity. Hthindetlnpro. (awilon forming at the I lllago hrldgtt. A III r thla had threaded allthe alrtela and wyuda of llrnamero It returned to the old church, when tl.e wnrdena, alter on Ancient uuige, preaentid each of tht bearera with two jienre worth of gingerbread, paid for out of tht church collection!. The HuahlMur. Ingit (Iratmcro now ut curt ou Saturday In tl.e tecond weak of Angutt. Thtpro-rrtalon, Thtpro-rrtalon, ttlll moving forward to tho ttrnlnt of "Jimmy Dawtou't March," followe bt. Oattald'a banner and, acalli ring llotttra and ruahea, proreeda around the enlln vll lege. Huahuarlngh)mui audAhyiiin to SuOattatd are tung. (lamea for children areprotllrd lu the rectory Held. Wreat ling, "puulog tho ttoue," running ami leaping are Indulged In by countrlalde chuiaplonj. Huahla-nrlugh)innannihant til at the church a,!. A choral cv t n aong lining at T o' lock, and tbo old time ilia, trlbullotl of glngcrbrrad,danclligani other rural fuallvltlua an continued until mil night. lOUOAlt U WKCVIAX. |