, 1877-09-16

| TUESDAY, 2lst.-C ChfckabIddy Camp was carly
| and busily astir for good and timely scnd-ot1
Of our departing comrades. OF course, VIC all
fe1t-for the 1rsrtime on the trip-a little blue,
as the time was come to say 'farcwc1l.n The
intimacies OF fellowship iu the woods, in the
the boundless presence and solitude of nature
alone, are closer and warmer, nearer and dearcr,
than ordinary association, which is strung light
er and is looscncl or severed with less rude
shock. The peril passed or the pleasure had,
the novelties and exc1tcmcnts of the VARYING
scenes and Incidents, the Suspension or disusc OF
the mere co1.yentionallties, which often are only
masks aud shums Of convenience or policy, and
tue remission to the frank, genuine, and simple
courteslcs aud 1mptonptu impulses If man
hood pure and simple, all neccssitatc, bcget, and
minister to real fraternity where touches of
nature make all seem of kin. This WAS shown
in the dissolution OF our companionehip. There
is "hat IS calcd wn1stl1n5 to Keep. our courage
I'D. So nrth is sometimes only a mask for
solcmDitY. We affected righteousness OIL tic
occasion ot parting, but 1t smackcd hut dis
mally of real fun. The jokes wcrc too Ye:ghtv
to be witty. The mirth was something forced
and grim. We'd rather say anything and keen
It. up to the last, than say 4 good-by,'
We had found we were all such good and r;Sht
fellows to BE- together that VIC ought to keen
together to tue end that, by SO being toeeth-
& er, %e haa naa a. such unity and community Of
something we ali regretted. With this regret,
Which believe VIC a!l shared. NOTWITHSTANDING
we were actually to lose our entirety and scyrr
into parting companies, those Aast:ns and those
deepcr tlan is to be brcathcd iu common OF
customary adicu. So aversc were the men to !
breaking up, that they left the die to be east.
who was tho geing and who tho staying couple,
to the last moment; aud, Us between Tabo and |
Dave, the matter was only settled by lot, Dave
drawing the long twig, which meant go 4 |
little after everything. was ready, and nall
aboard'' was sounded. The pressure Of hands !
IN IT,! tue adlcu vas warm and lingering. And.
tho distance. Hign and both smoke Of the
passage in Walton,-of the parting Of Piscator
and bis companion, and felt his words and A.
Piled them. We arc 10th to part with you uow,
d.. nut' wi when =, you tell us you must 20,
thoughts all the miles Of your way,
md heartily wish you a good io,1rncyi
FOR the kindly and thoughtful David Kako.
ASH, hc of the native, and We Of the foreign,
:,fe ,,1 asla language, re viii wear iii our hearts.
'lcss you!s May he live long and prosper, and.
|ians goi
IL II our our cycS e weIe not really, as Solomon says
'ools Of Hcshhon. THAT is, I suppose. as n
ool naturally would be. satcry,-,re at least
ad no OCCASION to spend time to tlrY or vine |
hctn, and thought the best thing We could do |
. relieve ourselves Of the sense Of loneliness /
nc camp now wore was to dwarf
ur thoughts from our friends to
nc fish, and, to that end. we
urrlea out with the rods, aud, rs the results Of
two hours canoc-cruislnn we took forty-t1ra | G
Fouf. a refreshing shower did us the favor of
aollns tue air. Sunday and yesterday tie heat
as as uncon'fo7tablc, and at night ,Yc dispensed
it'll tue usual illuminipg and warming from,
1e camp ios-hcap fire, and could very wei en-
y our last smoke OF neerschaums, before bed |
me, in shrt-sleercs. In this calnp the house~
res plagued us Ercatly,-more tormentinu]r
ian the mosquitoes OF midgcts 10, Altar
Don sptrt WAS spoiled for lis py rain.
which there was 10 1nt.nn
Franks going away VIC will miss one famil-
object that Is, the portable powder-maga- J.
ne, Witch hc calls IN "amnunition case. II
III no longer be lying around in the tent for j,
10 stump our toes against, or to menace K
me Q! all OF us with an explosion to stthc >.
mutton bow-woTs." It was not more
ecrful companion to hare around than tor In
do would bc-that twenty-tiye-pound case T.,
IS not-when lighted mecrschaums were 20 -
,cly swung about, and the sparks were 1yinp
showers from our breakfast fires. ilinnrT
cs, supper fires, aud our morning aud evening
1T tircs. Those cartridges were Deuison's
is or pfaythings, and his case was opened
encr than the Yalise that had his nnreIQ |
aud nobody could tell just when an ri
governed or wayward spark might play
mischief. lie took out Of bis case re-;