ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF GOD 



dare, and burst into a sonorous cascade of 

 exultation, which was precisely what the 

 dear old dreamer of dreams intended. This 

 experiment successfully carried out, she 

 "tries it on" with larger streams all over the 

 world, crowning her achievements with Ni- 

 agara, the Kaieteur, and the Takakaw Falls 

 in the valley of the Yoho. Then, perhaps by 

 the autosuggestion of falling water, she 

 works out another idea: if falling water could 

 be so effective, how would it look if rushed 

 up into the air? Why not, indeed, when no 

 sooner thought than done is the watchword 

 of our fair enchantress? 



So, commanding her fearful underground 

 Vulcans, she fashions the geyser as easily 

 as a man gets steam from a teakettle. Com- 

 pared with the tender little folk-song of the 

 brook, the geyser is operatic in its effect, and 

 somewhat more like a tour de force than 

 waters which simply obey the law of gravity. 

 Having successfully run a stream of hot 

 water up in the air, one expects nature to 

 reverse her tactics and engineer a river un- 

 derground, and the dear Lady of Caprice 



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