The Colorado Collegian Oct1896-June 1899 . creek, a clear, sparkling mountain stream,from which Manitou takes its water is a charming little cascade, and therea quiet little pool in which one might notunreasonably expect to find a few sparklingmountain trout. At one place the creek dis-appears altogether, and its gurgling may befaintly heard down beneath a number of hugeboulders which have fallen in its course. Alittle farther up Artists Glen was reached,where, turning about,we enjoyed a magnifi-cent view of the Gar-den of the Gods, thegreat plains stretching After proceeding a sho
The Colorado Collegian Oct1896-June 1899 . creek, a clear, sparkling mountain stream,from which Manitou takes its water is a charming little cascade, and therea quiet little pool in which one might notunreasonably expect to find a few sparklingmountain trout. At one place the creek dis-appears altogether, and its gurgling may befaintly heard down beneath a number of hugeboulders which have fallen in its course. Alittle farther up Artists Glen was reached,where, turning about,we enjoyed a magnifi-cent view of the Gar-den of the Gods, thegreat plains stretching After proceeding a short distance farther, wesat down on some railroad ties and ate oursupper. While enjoying a very hearty meal,we also drank in the wonderful beauties ofthe sunset. Up to this point we had walked enoughso that the novelty of it was all worn when we had finished our supper and haddonned some of our extra clothing, we startedon prepared for the work of the night. Be-fore us were fivemiles of unbrokenascent,— up andup and up, untilthe. SCENES ON THE PIKES PEAK COO RAILWAY. away to the east until the dim blue horizonline suggested the ocean, Camerons Cone,and, running through the midst of it all fromour very feet, the line of the cog-road downthe picturesque and wooded canon. A little more than two miles and a halffrom Manitou is the Half-Way House, a de-lightfully situated log house of regular moun-tain style. Quarter of a mile beyond this isthe old Colorado Springs water works. Herewas seen a herd of mountain sheep—a some-what rare sight in the mountains now-a-days. Youth who bore mid snow and iceA banner with the strange device,Excelsior, seemed a very common-place mountain climb-er compared with ourselves. As the daylight faded and the stars ap-peared, the Peak before us and the surround-ing mountains took on that cold, majesticlook which at the same time strikes one withawe and a kind of fear, and holds one spell-bound in admiration. Distances become verydeceitful; and
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