His Splendid Views.
An English traveller stood looking at the glories of Yosemite for the first time. He had journeyed three thousand miles to see that wonderful valley. Before him in solemn grandeur rose the Cathedral Rock, the Threeßrothers, ancl the Sentinel Dome. The Bridal Veil Falls, dissolving in a feathery mist as the waters descended the tremendous precipice, lit up with varied tints the sombre majesty of the scene ; while El Capitan, mighty, overpowering, unapproachable, seemed to frown sternly over all. The traveller became conscious he was not alone. At his tide, apparently lost in wonder, stood a stranger, looking at the marvellous scene. He addressed the stranger :
"Is not this stupendous 7"
The stranger bowed his head, a? if he felt the inability of to describe his emotion 0 .
"Do you think," pursued tLe traveller, "that tlii-3 terrific gorge was caused by home Titanic upheaval from below? Or is it the remit of glacial action.' What arc your views, if any, as to " "My Mews," blandly interposed the stranger, opening a bag he carried in his hand containing photographs, "are only one dollar fifty cents a dozen, and cheap at twice the money. Permit me to short' you a fewsamples."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 10 April 1901, Page 69
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202His Splendid Views. Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 10 April 1901, Page 69
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