The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-22

Frank was carried off his feet; Mr..
Buck leaned out Of the coach shouting
to Albert Clark on the box seat, to
put on the break; the Sun correspon-
dent grabbed heavy Mr.. Tombler,
who had pitched forward, nearly
breaking his knee, and kept him from
tumbling out of the coach. Frank
clung pluckily to the wheeler. Mr..
Clark edged over the iron rod between
his own and the drivers seat, having
the lines in his hands, and soon press
ed down the brake with his right foot
This, with the assistance of Frank,
stopped the team inside of furlong,
and the excitement was over.
The streams we're too muddy and
rapid to permit of the taking of trout,
SO life in camp proved of more inter
est.
WOMEN HUNTERS.
A queer group came into Ruby dur
ing storm. The group was com
posed of Baron Won Jensen of Berlin.
robust gentleman of about 40, his
handsome, blue-eyed American wife,
about fifteen years younger, and fom
sinewy guides. The Baroness rode in
merrily on the back of a sure footed
broncho: after a weeks hunting and
fishing trip over mountain trails. She
said that she had enjoyed tlAexcursion
thoroughly, but felt disappointed at
not having been able to kill a bear a
little larger than the cinnamon shot a
short time previously by Mrs. Powell.
The Baroness had kept diary of her
trip, but declined to produce it for
examination. The writer, however,
was favored with look into her
book, in which, with ready hand, the
Baroness had outlined some lively in
cidcrts. In one sketch the party of
six were ranged in circle inside their
tent. Their hands were clasped about
their knees, their backs were all bent
forward, and their heads bowed down,
|ne,a 4chira each other. All this
sasid r., = naat rent in the
tent longh sich the rain was pour
ing. Zigzag stTeass Of lightning we're
chasing each other down the pole and
playing on the sides of the tent. In
another sketch hunter stood with a
puff of smoke curling over his head
from his rifle, watching. with disgust
ed surprise, a majestic elk bounding
away unhurt. Then a fat man was
portrayed ascending steep mountain
by cllnging to the tail of burro. A
companion picture represented the
man and donkey rolling into the gulch
together in tangled condition. The
series ended with the portrait of a
sad looking person with a lngubrious
face. The picture was inscribed "The
man who didn't co."
The grandeur of the scenery and
the pure moantain air inspire women
with a love of adventure in these tow.
ering pine regions. Beautiful wild
flowers of all hues nestle in the shelter
of rugged rocks and perpetual snow
banks. In places large patches o.
little scarlet, pink, yellow and
white flowers run up the mountain
sides to the timber line, beyond which
all is bland and barren. One noun
tain top is ascended only to find tina
there are still higher peaks beyond
Explorers say that in no other part 0
the world can so many of the Gre
ator's spires be seen as on the western
ridges Of Colorado. In the gras
which grows more luxuriously unde
the trees on the mountain sides thai
in the table lands and in most of tn
valleys, elk, black-tailed and red deer
bear, mountain quail, rabbits, squir
rels, and woodchuck abound. Ever
day game. including freshly caugh
trout, is piled on the tables in camp
But this will soon cease. Gangs Q
railroad men and bands of hunters ar
following the prospector and mine,
Giant powder in the streams and tn
repeating rife in the mountains wi
soon. depopulate the waters and ki
every four-legged creature in the hills
This has long been the favorite hum
ing ground of the Utes and Uncon
pahgres. They have, however, bee