Ghost of the glacier and other tales . he precipice ceaselessly andpowerfully. They enlisted the power of sharp, jagged rockswhich crashed upon the shelf of the waterfall, grinding merci-lessly. To the aid of the waters, during times when theywere not employed elsewhere, came the elfs of the frost andthe ice, prying into interstices, then forcing away giant piecesof the bed of the cataract. Bit by bit the fall decreased inheight, bit by bit the great lake above was lowered, bit bybit the gorge was dug, and one day the waters ran tranquillyalong a gradually descending course. Where the mightywa
Ghost of the glacier and other tales . he precipice ceaselessly andpowerfully. They enlisted the power of sharp, jagged rockswhich crashed upon the shelf of the waterfall, grinding merci-lessly. To the aid of the waters, during times when theywere not employed elsewhere, came the elfs of the frost andthe ice, prying into interstices, then forcing away giant piecesof the bed of the cataract. Bit by bit the fall decreased inheight, bit by bit the great lake above was lowered, bit bybit the gorge was dug, and one day the waters ran tranquillyalong a gradually descending course. Where the mightywaterfall had been one giant precipice lifted itself almost per-pendicularly one thousand feet into the sky. The facing walldescended with gentle grace to the very edge of the river. While these elfs had been at work upon the throne room,other legions were as diligently employed elsewhere, pre-paring the foundations for the chamber of the queen, forthe great banquet hall, for the cathedral, for the rough MOUNTAIN HOTEL,POCONO MOUNTAINS,. Copyright, 1900, Dcir^it 1Iiltugrapuic Co. quarters of the fighting hosts and the dainty apartments ofthe attendants of her majesty. Starting away back in the mountains to the west, to the SCULPTURE OF THE ELFS. SILVER THREAD FALLS, dingmans FERRY. north and to the south of the great waterfall theselegions began their work. Some burrowed into theearth from a thousand different points, mingled theirforces and gurgled up, bringing white sand for thefloor of my ladys court among the distant hills, bear-ing it away in little rills that cut deeper and deeper asthey sped onward. Other myriads of the water spritesgathered in rocky hollows of the towering range, finallyto force their way out to journey toward the rills ofthe springs. Each labored according to its force,this legion making a line of deep chambers, that onlya shallow bed in the resisting rock. Many gainedpower from the declivities of the mountain sides andtheir speedy journeys leaped from s
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