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Notes of Travel 



FROM A. I. ROOT. 



Wlu'ii 11 railioad goes over th*' mountains it 

 ulinost invariably inns np a oanymi. and, as a 

 mattor of saving I'XptMisc. the bniidiMs laUc ad- 

 vantage of (ncry dcpi'i'ssion: therefore when 

 yon go over oi' throngli mountains on tlie ears 

 yon ean not get a viewdf tliewoild below at ail. 

 f(n' yon simply see ont of tlie car-window the 

 sides of the canyon: and when yon reach the 

 snnimit and go through a pass, this also is a de- 

 pression, and seldom gives any view whatever 



/riNNKI.lNG FOH \V.\ rKK AT KA tON (ANVO.N 



•of the val'ev below. There are some partial ex- 

 ceptions to this rule when the road goes up the 

 «id« of the mountain dike the trail on Wilson's 

 I'eak). but not many: and it seems to me. loo. 

 that one must go at least part of the way on 

 foot to enjoy thoroughly the monntain scenery. 

 To get health and enjoyment there must be a 

 ♦•ertain amount of enthiisiasm. How shall we 

 get it? I liave been thinking a good deal of 

 this laU'lv while writing these papers. Some 

 may sav they have not naturally the imagina- 

 tive disposition that fnrnislies these " flights." 

 In fact. Mrs. Root has said the same thing a 

 good many times : but she has enjoyed the 

 mountain scenery almost as much as I have. 



Now. please have faith in your old friend vvhen 

 he tells you hitir to have entliusiasm. Ask (Jod 

 to give it yon. .\sk him to give yon love for 

 and enthusiasm in your daily tasks. Keep 

 praying: and i)efore yon know it your pray<'r 

 will t)e answered. < )ne element of enthusiasm 

 is a clear conscience — a conscii'uce void of of- 

 fense toward (Jod or man. I do not see how 

 one can make any ical prayer without this. So 

 if you undertake to pray, your' inconsistency 

 will rise up before yon — that is. if there /><' any 

 inconsistency. Now. don't keep it back if it 

 wants to come. Let tiie still small voice spf^ak: 

 and wlu-n it tells yon wlieii you have wronged 

 a neighbor, stop praying light s(iuare ott'. (io 

 and make it right 

 with liim: return 

 1 bat bori'owt'd tool, 

 or |tay liim for the 

 damage you have 

 done it: then, and 

 not befoi'c, linish 

 youi- prayer. Is not 

 this almost exactly 

 what the Savior 

 >aid ".' See : 



•ThiM-efore if tli.iu 

 IjiiiiK thy tiifl to tlie 

 ;ilt,ir. a nil there le- 

 iiicinbei-cst t)i;it tliy 

 ln-dlhcr liath aufrlit 

 :i;;aiiist thee, leave 

 ilu'ie thy gift before 

 I he altar, and go thy 

 way; tirst be recon- 

 ciled t(i Xhy brother, 

 and then conie and 

 offer thy gift."— 



>1.\TT. 5: :J3, 34. 



Then shall you 

 have enthusiasm; 

 and with the en- 

 thusiasm shall 

 come a love for 

 wholesome exer- 

 cise; and witli ex- 

 ercise and a clear 

 conscience shall 

 come health. 



I have before 

 mentioned the pic- 

 nic dinnei' we had 

 at the foot of Mt. 

 Wilson, after our 

 tri]) down. You 

 know I mentioned 

 also how I envied 

 peojili' who could 

 drink all the pure 

 walei' they want- 

 ed, at any time and 

 on any occasion. 

 Now. the water 

 that supplies the 

 beautiful city of 

 Pasadena comes 

 from a mountain 

 stream that tumbles down tiiis same Eaton 

 Canyon: and as the waterworks is somewhat 

 extensive and complicated, an old gentleman 

 remains there constantly as superintendent ot 

 the works. H<' seemed glad to see company, 

 and pointed ont to us the best drinking-water. 

 I drank consid(M-able I do not remember jttst 

 how much; and as it did not produce any dis- 

 agreeable effect at all. at dinnertime I drank 

 a tremendous quantity of lemonade. Friend 

 Steven.son and Mi.ss McClurkin assured us the 

 lemonade was (irst class, because they picked 

 th(i lemons from a tree that grew in their own 

 dooryard. The boys that were along declare 

 that I drank lirclrc >ihisses: but I think they 



Till-: FOOT 



Mr. WILSO.N. 



