| Show r f LITERARY V t ht j I fa 11 1 f i Holiday Park t tAT AT last I had reached my destination n. n I I. I had I-had had been traveling since early morning morning morning morn morn- ing starting out in a Pullman palace car and going from better to worse even to the rudest rude t mining car until finally I was conveyed to a large stage coach On account of the dust and numerous boulders in the road the last part of my journey was almost unbearable unbearable unbearable able and if it had not been for the encouraging words of the driver that we would soon be there which he repeated nearly every half hour I am afraid I would have given up the thought of arriving at camp that night The kind greetings I received on my arrival from my fri friends and anti those who were to be my associates for the rest of the summer soon made me forget the tediousness of my journey It was Vas evening the moon had not ot yet risen but a towering bonfire illuminated the whole cam camp p. p To a person coming as I had from the hot city a more beautiful scene scene could not be imagined However I Iwas Iwas Iwas was too fatigued to observe much that evening but in the morning when I l' larose arose bright and early with the sun I 1 looked upon a world unknown to me me In arriving at night I failed to see th the beautiful scenery of the surrounding country which however only added to the grandeur of my view in the morn morn- ing The of the scene dazed me It seemed as though I had been suddenly uplifted t to to this most beautiful green valley I was so accustomed to being aroused by the newsboys' newsboys 3 yell ell by wagons rumbling rumbling rumbling ing past or by the constant noise and din of the cars that I was lost Instead of towering buildings to meet my gaze I was confronted ted on all sides by mountains mountains mountains moun moun- and the only sound to disturb th the perfect quietness of the place was the 7 morning song of the birds and the constant constant constant con con- stant noise of the water as it leaped down the hillsides I soon found that I was in a most t r charming arming little valley surrounded by mountains covered with tall pines The canyon was very narrow and ran east and west with the river which was on the south side From the valley one c could uld survey the entire camp but the mountains which seemed to hem in the whole place hid all view of the outside world and large pines obstructed the sight of the numerous lakes and the river which looked like a silver ribbon as it wound along on its journey from the mountains tops j k And see the rivers rivers how they run I 4 Through woods and meads in m shade and sun Sometimes swift sometimes slow Wave succeeding wave they go goA goA A various journey to the deep Like human life to endless sleep J x A person not acquainted with this mountainous country would be surprised to o find such a pretty ravine nestled among so many mountains Holiday i Park ark for such it is called on account t of its holiday air is in the eastern part parti i of Utah at the head of the Weber i canyon It is a little summer village cut off from the confusion of the tho general w world it is a spot by itself itself a a resting place for the weary where people tired of the hurly burly din of ot the city can come free from cares and business to toi i tD 4 undisturbed rest quietness and nd e ease s Miss us Leddie u |
