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TT PWARD it drives, into the very province of the eagle. Yet so gradual
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rlnndland that the first intimation of change is the cleaner, sweeter breat'
the unforgettable respiration of the hills. ... , . ,
a j .1 .1 ..-U nr.:; r.t Viarlr a Mirtain in aKmnt npautv. the (treat tid
of the Columbia moves in silver silence far below, through bastions of vivid rock, e
- with regiments of evergreen.
There is a flash, a glimmer of thrown sunshine, in the depths before you. i ha
was the turning pinion ot a rish-tiawK. mgn over me Diue redtuw i
far beneath your vantage ground. "
The Columbia River Highway! Your car purrs ltt delight at the gentle grad
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There are shy strange flowers by the way, strangers to the dusty lowland truft
t n L- r Tm-if Vi hotanist and hind thr nature!
mountain roiK-oi uic wicjuu v-uuimj "-'"i" - --j
lover. They fling themselves in squads upon wee patches of perfect turf, or trembii
in the shadows ot clitts. where the mown spray ot ccascicas -s""'"
Back of it all, such cliffs, such wonderful, colorful ramparts of living rock :
fringed the faerie land when Jack fled with the Giant's harp. And always that grea
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