. Reminiscences of Nathan T. Frame and Esther G. Frame. st gigantic chasm known on the face ofthe globe; and near by are the petrified forests ofArizona, and on the mountain sides are the ancienthomes of that marvelous people, **The Cliff Dwell-ers. But all told, the desert is not an attractive dwell-ing place, and yet there is an attractiveness and fas-cination about its wildness and desolation. As alandscape it is the most sublime of all natures crea-tions. Nothing can equal its majestic masses of bar-ren rock, its graceful sweeps of wind-blown plains,its infinite stretch of sky. Then there
. Reminiscences of Nathan T. Frame and Esther G. Frame. st gigantic chasm known on the face ofthe globe; and near by are the petrified forests ofArizona, and on the mountain sides are the ancienthomes of that marvelous people, **The Cliff Dwell-ers. But all told, the desert is not an attractive dwell-ing place, and yet there is an attractiveness and fas-cination about its wildness and desolation. As alandscape it is the most sublime of all natures crea-tions. Nothing can equal its majestic masses of bar-ren rock, its graceful sweeps of wind-blown plains,its infinite stretch of sky. Then there is the intensityof its sunlight and the flaming coloring of its atmos-phere. The heat and the dust particles in the air pro-duce not only wonderful tints and golds at sunset, butthey throw iridescent veils about the mountains andweave opalescent mirages over the sands. Mesilla Park, New Mexico, March 10, 1902. We arrived at El Paso, Texas, March 10th, 1902,and went from there immediately to the home of ourdear children at Mesilla Park. Here I remained. Itasca F. Wootox.
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