Ghost of the glacier and other tales . nng shades otyellow\ The shumack burns a cardinal f^ are gray in the sleepy light of the sun. Theriver reflects all of the colors of the rainbow. Browngrasses cling closer to the earth, dotted with red and yellowand purple and amber and gray. White rocks on the riverbanks gleam and glisten. Birds join in a farewell chorus LACKAWANNA RESORTS, with the singing brooks and the sighing cataracts. With awhirr of wings a redhead flashes across from the hills andsplashes into the water, A quail pipes in the brown squirrel laden with chestnuts c
Ghost of the glacier and other tales . nng shades otyellow\ The shumack burns a cardinal f^ are gray in the sleepy light of the sun. Theriver reflects all of the colors of the rainbow. Browngrasses cling closer to the earth, dotted with red and yellowand purple and amber and gray. White rocks on the riverbanks gleam and glisten. Birds join in a farewell chorus LACKAWANNA RESORTS, with the singing brooks and the sighing cataracts. With awhirr of wings a redhead flashes across from the hills andsplashes into the water, A quail pipes in the brown squirrel laden with chestnuts chatters saucily. So autumn passes, making way for the scene of the snowand the ice. This is the realm, far-sweeping from the Delaware to theSusquehanna, of Majesty and Beauty. DELAWARE WATER GAP, PENNSYLVANIA. A\ithin a radius of a few miles of this pretty station withits adjoining park, which commands a full view of thefamous notch through which the Delaware Riv^er flows, is BIRD S-EYE VIEW, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY. ^ k^. included, a writer of note has stated, more scenic beauty,greater possibilities of comfort combined with recreationand sport than can be found in any other equal scope ofcountry. It has been a summer resort of wealthy NewYorkers and Philadelphians and easterners in general sincethe first summer boarding-house was constructed there in1833. With the years its habitues have increased steadily,and the means of comfort and luxury have augmented inproportion. While the gap itself is the center of beauty it is sur-rounded by delights which weeks of exploration can notexhaust. Eureka creek comes down through a wild glen inminiature cascades. A beautiful rustic arbor by the roadside LACKA WANNA RESORTl at tlie entrance of the glen stands as a memento of GeorgeW. Childs, who builded it years ago. Mount Minsi, guardingthe Pennsylvania shore, rising 1,400 feet from the waters ofthe Delaware, gives one of the most magnificent views inthe world. Its favorite lookouts are The
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