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Show Manager L?hi IIa.nmck Dear Sir: As you remember wr left Sitiinlu last for Greeley, Colo. Somo of th eight and incldonts we sa-v may hoof niteieHl. In (raveling toward the rising sun Kiid ncaring those lofty peaks toweling tt-y w inl oiu- is enchanted at tin' ma:i freaks of naturo displayed on every li.imlt Aftur leaving 8piinvllo we commence com-mence to asdend and cuntluuo the up ward grade until wo reach tlio Soldleie Snuini't. At tiiis point tho water in stead ot coursing toward Uiati Lake now llowa oastward into tho 1'rico iier. Hero wo commence to giadually descend passing tho several sinatl towas and tlnally find omtelvcH out on tho open desort where not a green tree, brush or jlirub 1M to be boo:i. Wo travel aud travol ortwanl pasilngsand banks and mountains which ah-jv that tho wiilrfl". ing and whirling winds centered their, airy upon th'a lofty npot. As we epeud onwcpiutu slgu board in tills desirt ipotupon wnich is inscribed "Solitude". V more appropriate word could not bo found for this lonely spot, which appears 10 bo of no earthly uso only lo hold th0 earth together, but aa wo speed onward tho steno changes to ono of grandeur and one is delighted aud charmed ns he commences to ascend, viewing In tho distant forests of lofty pines and cedars which r.uvor the mountains for hundraJi of ruilee. As our train was more than two hours lato wo did not leach Grand Junction Junc-tion until thoshade'a of evening had lall-en lall-en which shut out our vision of that noted city, but it was' easy, form tho noiso heard in every direction, to lnnrn ,hat it is a city where much business is transacted. Darkness having closed the scene lor tlio night we settled down leaving tho outside ecoucry which had so delighed u in Mi i arms of nature. The air and the pulling ot tho engines gavo us to understand under-stand that wo wero getting in a very high altitude for the a.r becamo very cold so much eo that an overcoat was ot good service. Wo are now nearly 10,000 ft abovo sea lovel being almost above the clouds. This isa point whore wo have t leave the II. G, W. to reach Lcadville having reached the highest point on our Journey. In my next I will try and tell you something of what raw wo in cojiing down again . You Know. |