The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . oking through which we saw the lowhills, their delicate grey-green shades contrasting beautifully with the deepred of the great boulders. Passing through the gateway we turned and sawthe Rockies, towering through drifting mists, peak behind peak, snow-crowned, vast, and rugged, with Pikes Peak capped in snow for agigantic background. Then passing on through the garden the clouds to thewestward swept away atid the pure silver sky shone out behind the dark- The Garden of the Gods. 15 green foothills, while above, the white mist coiled and uncoiled abou
The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . oking through which we saw the lowhills, their delicate grey-green shades contrasting beautifully with the deepred of the great boulders. Passing through the gateway we turned and sawthe Rockies, towering through drifting mists, peak behind peak, snow-crowned, vast, and rugged, with Pikes Peak capped in snow for agigantic background. Then passing on through the garden the clouds to thewestward swept away atid the pure silver sky shone out behind the dark- The Garden of the Gods. 15 green foothills, while above, the white mist coiled and uncoiled about theragged summits, and a sudden rift in the clouds let a single ray of sunlightfall on the gleaming snows of Pikes Peak, which rises to some 14,400 the sea level. On we drove, past the clashing Rainbow Falls to thedelicious iron spring and to the wonderful cave. Here, lamp in hand, wepassed down a narrow pathway deep into the ground. Curious and beautifulstalactites hung dripping above us, with crystals glittering like Fig. 12. Mother Grundy, Garden of the Gods. We stopped in one vast dim cavern, where the rocks over our heads shelvedup into a great black void, and from a sort of balcony a man played on anatural organ formed of stalactites of varying size. The sweet but hollowmusic echoed weirdly through the great vault in faint tones. Then ourguide struck another formation, which gave forth the deep ring of a chimeof bells.
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