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Show GRAY'S PEAK. 129 It seemed natural to rush by the "Devil's. Gate," but we would have preferred a more lingering look at the " Bridal Veil Falls." Strange the fascination attached to that veil, whether it be of tulle, lace or water! To my agreeable disappointment I reached Georgetown with my head on my shoulders, and, on the whole, delighted with the trip. In the parlor at the hotel a mining expert told us a very amusing incident. A negro had been importuning him for weeks to look at his mine. He finally brought a specimen and said he had four feet of just such ore as that. Upon looking at it he thought if the negro's story was true, he had something worth having; so he hired a buggy and started off with the dusky miner. When he came to examine the mine he found a little vein about one and a half inches thick. "What do you mean by fooling me in this way?" he said to the darkey rather roughly. The negro turned his head to one side, and in a dazed sort of way said: "Ain't da fo' foot da, boss?" Then he examined it himself; "Well," said he, "if it aint jes like it was when I lef it; but de closer I got to Georgetown de bigger it growd, and when I got da, .1 d'clar fo' de Lawd it was fo' foot." The expert said the sell was so complete and ridiculous he couldn't get angry. CHAPTER XXX. GRAY'S PEAK. The following morning, refreshed and in good spirits, we started for Gray's Peak, the dome of the continent. It is 14,351 feet high. Nature is built on a grand scale 9 |