"Travels in Alaska 



side of the bridge and down over the western moun- 

 tain like the merry band that had gone the same way 

 before them, all keeping quivery step and time to 

 music too fine for mortal ears. 



While the gay throng was gliding swiftly along, I 

 watched the bridge for any change they might make 

 upon it, but not the slightest could I detect. They 

 left no visible track, and after all had passed the 

 glowing arc stood firm and apparently immutable, 

 but at last faded slowly away like its glorious prede- 

 cessor. 



Excepting only the vast purple aurora mentioned 

 above, said to have been visible over nearly all the 

 continent, these two silver bows in supreme, serene, 

 supernal beauty surpassed everything auroral I ever 

 beheld. 



THE END 



