The Story of a Pass in the Aidrondacks

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III Break O'day In The Mountains Through the open door of Seth's house a most inspiring picture was presented to the pleasing contemplation of the members of the party, as they ate their breakfast. The table placed against the farthest wall of the long kitchen, gave them just the proper perspective through the casement of the door and presented the charming scene to them in a most attractive manner. The mist, which had been rising from the warm surface of the lake since dawn, was now rolling back up the valley like a great snowy curtain, revealing the graceful mountain tops, one after another, in all the loveliness of their fleecy green. At the very head of the lake and valley, sorrre seven miles away, was a grand mountain called Ice Cave, purple from its distance and height, while the green or soft timber on it that was intermingled with the hard woods, could be easily distinguished. The clouds of mist seemed to linger around its summit like a halo of glory. The sun, about to push itself above the top of a mountain off to the right, set the top to glowingwith a fierce fire that might almost have challenged the divine fire of Sinai, at the giving of the law; while the mountains along the western side of the lake, in their reflected glory, might well have reminded one of the time Joshua, when the sun stood still over the mountain of Gibeon. For a few brief moments, a streak of dark yellow, like a huge golden bar, stretched across the lake. The sun, having pushed its great, dazzling orb well above the mountain tops, the little paradise took on its wonted midsummer appearance of blue sky, limpid blue water, hazy mountains of mottled green and a celestial calm that was positive. They were all enraptured, even the Kid calling attention to the enchanting scene. Bu...