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Show 126 TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS. a sublimer herqism, than did the noble-souled Bishop whose translation to rest and peace we now commemorate." CHAPTER XXIX. GEORGETOWN. Georgetown is a lively place of between three and four thousand inhabitants^ located at the base of the Snowy Range, about fifty miles from Denver and three thousand feet higher. It is picturesque and romantic, nestled amid the eternal mountains, that stand like gloomy sentinels guarding it from the world, and guarding at the same time with morose and forbidding exterior the shining glories in their own deep hearts. As they stretch away in their mighty upward slant, they are dotted with cosy little cottages that lend an additional charm to the landscape. Along the principal streets the houses have a comfortable, home-like appearance; the windows are garnished with boxes of blooming flowers, and vines climb in graceful beauty around them. We telegraphed ahead for a carriage to take us to Green Lake, and we found it waiting-a large, over-grown spring wagon, " lined and bound " with buffalo robes; the finest type of a mountain vehicle. It was drawn by four very handsome horses, and the driver was evidently proud of his turn-out. Green Lake is only two miles from Georgetown, yet two thousand feet above it, reached by what is called a good mountain road. It was the most remarkable road I ever saw. We wound in cork-screw curves, with only the road between |
