I t THE WESTERN WEEKLY
I TIMPANOGAS, A VACATION STORY
H (Continued from Pago 4.)
Each one needed a level head, good nerves, plenty of strength and
grit, heavy boots, and a good staff, well shod with sharp iron. For
the most difficult and dangerous passes we had a long rope to use
in any emergency that might arise. Thus equipped, we bade good-
bye to the two who were remaining behind, and commenced the as
H cent of the final peak.
H "The glacier near the top of Mount Timpanogas is a typical one,
with crevasses and lateral, transverse, and terminal moraines and all
the other well-known glacial elements. Many a man has crossed the
Atlantic and climbed the Alps to sec a glacier very little more in-
structivc or interesting than this. It was this glacier that possessed
the highest possible attraction for us, and gave us our greatest
trouble on the return trip. Hut I must not anticipate my story.
"After a few hours of the most difficult climbing, in which the
young lady showed the great advantage of her gymnasium training,
, we were rewarded by reaching the top. I'm simply not going to try
to describe that scene to you boys. I can't do it. 1 can index it, and
that's all. Imagine being above every object except the fleeciest
clouds. Imagine looking over three of the most beautiful valleys of
Utah at once. Think of seeing the wide expanse of two large lakes,
and the course of three of our largest rivers. Think of looking down
upon billows of mountain ranges, that tower into the clouds. Imagine
the glow of conquest when you find yourself, through your cxer-
tion, with nothing on earth between you and the blue heavens.
One minute of such a feeling is worth a year of effort ; to say nothing
of three short days.
"As I finished my first sweeping look at all these objects, I
turned to the young lady. I shall never forget the picture she formed
on the pinnacle of that mountain. With lips half parted, with hair
just ruffled enough by the wind to make it seem like a halo, with
Hands clasped as if in adoration of what she saw, and with her eyes
literally devouring the glorious view, I never saw a picture, drawn
even m the most rapturous moments of an artist's inspiration, to
equal her. I'll confess that then and there I fell madly in love with
her.
"I experienced a most childish fancy. I wondered at whom she
( would look first after completing, her rapturous survey of the land
w! scape. I hoped she would look at me. Somehow, I felt that she
i "Snt t0- With my gaze turned half toward her, I waited. Finally
with a sigh that told more plainly than words her feelings she
turned and spoke my name: 'Mr. Preston,' she said, 'did 3-011 ever
see such a picture?'
"I could not have helped making the answer I did, if it had meant
a plunge from that dizzy height into the depths below. 'Onlv one
more beautiful,' I half whispered. 'You!' She started with sur-
prise, and I know that my eyes must have betrayed my devotion
A crimson wave swept over her face and neck, and I knew instinct-
ively that my love was not in vain. I was intoxicated with happiness.
I tt c ,Tl W,anl i,c.yu"S man. His appearance worried me.
lie semed to have ost all interest. His eyes were only half open, and
( there was a lack- ustrc expression in them that was strangely out
of keeping with the circumstances. I expected to sec jealousy de-
pictcd m IIS facc or his acti0s But .ni 1 ti "3ntf,
1 did not know what to make of it. I saw that the young fady was
also surprised. Hut we said nothing to each other on this matter
I A fir800" WC WCfC lisillff Ur ca,ncras for a H'cy were worth'
H treasure as long as I live, wc prepared for the descent."
I CHAPTER IV.
I 1 supno'loutllo f Cat Uncas.incss as commenced the descent.
; 1,u.PPOse you fe lows have experienced a feeling of fear all the more
I t 'rS'iiSln! ' " r1 know f -Rood leason'o
I we stated 0 PS "Stl1 Th,at was thc fcc,iK with which
I young lady' tint s L w " V"5 pS,e yCt dctcrnl face of thc
I cort with it worried; and somehow I associated her es-
In order to descend a particularly stoon Hiff ; ,.,,.
to attach all the members of the n Jv M necessary
rope, and each one had to inakc the ht Si-fi Y mCra"? f thc
The guide, who was the la ge t and sSwSS o ? Z
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