New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

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p,oshins clean upon tho rond, thc Distant WV CT
! Inns noontain. tho Wihno,s at al lcNnt pave cot
| tho shnre tho aenao ct rotce hnd ttm"'"o'7'
! rh,tueI ma Al once, AID No rolr,tHd, Wtt h'U'
hesitation a LONG tongue of lanta mule uom 'h'
carry covered VITA a,loae growth of umhrr "'',N
youua bitohts, hul with a few = ma ldm"'''"''
| and paplnls Tho fern. and undcrhruth Nri' h'
thI,k that we could hardly force our way '"""-"
/ them: hut these could ho cut, ana the Hl"""" W"
saw. was dry aud clean. We pinned Ns'''"N W.
g. tbe mast consnicuols tree ON the bank hN way
oC ruhli.hinr onr claim: and the next morning ''u
with two bclpcrs hogan to clear away the tn'o"''
ACtor br,ok fast nj the hotel we used to pack o"I
! dinner i'm haskell walk through the woods ''hc
| boot left for us nj the carry, and row over ~ '
estate watching 1t grow beautiful under our N'''
rs the brush fell before the axe, the 10" n"hE'"s
branches of trees were Topped or clear "u,i''N
opcned on three sides of the point o'''i''"'
carpcting of dry white moss ana wihueIsi''" 60.
neared on the sandy ground, fresh hrer/eS S"''P"E
] back and forth carried away the dea" warm az
! and with il the swarm Of insects. and roma H'.
! L,ou in the middle we looked between white ana
gray trunks Of birch and pine, across shadows ana
sunshine at the dancing blue water. " Here SaIN
! "with the openiug toward that mountain, so that
We can look at its majestic slopes until we iaII
| asleep. we will pitch our tent; ana there Sh"" po
| our table under canopy Of houghs; ana lhS
splendid moss was sitting on camp stool
| and as turned hjthcr and tmther to survey my
little world one of the legs found soft place III the
ground ana worked itself in, and inst here ! rolled
/ over Always the way with those coniounded
things when YOU bring them out of doors ToWled
! ]. rs picked myself mp.
"You had better have a floor for the tent SAID
Diana.
That night it began to rain. The rain seemed
very much in earnest. | shall not enter into par
ticulars: hut il raiucd thirteen days out OF the
next fifteen. The guides kept at work all the
same When Jim came over TO the hotel IN the
evening, called him to n seat in n corner OF the
office and told him that had made mp my mind to
have plank floor for the tent "Howcver' sad
l. we are going to rough it in every other respect
! AMI now about the kitchen
! We'll sir. of course you know you want good
tight wooden building for the kitchen; You can't
do without that anyhow. if You mean to have any
cooking done The kitchen won't take but very
| little time to build. the kitchen won't so long as
| You're going to get lumber and have your tent
! doorcd | can put YOU up a kitchen easy enough.
and he laughed in such pleasant way that lclt
| as if that Job was a. good as done Now NE
! continued "a little hoard shautv about twelve or
fourteen feet square would he plenty large enough;
dining-room the same I'll cut the iostS IN the
woods. and since you're going to order lumber for
the floor Of the tent you can inst as well get
! enough for all
This isn't camping said to myself; tins is aren't
lecture: but suppose 1t can't bc helped. took
IA piece of paper aud began to figure the amount ot
lumber | should need mentally resolving that only
! the tent should he noorcd. Our calculation called
| for about a thousand feet. Better mako IT two
thousand" said Jim; "you'll use 1t all
"As for the roof," remarked, we are eoino
! 10 rough Il. YOU know suppose poles or maybe
! bark -"
ooh. no. sir; we've rot To- have shingles for the
! roots; everybody has shnglc roof. Since vcro
pomg to order lumber tor the floor of the tent I'll
! Acttor order about two thousand shingles at the
Same t.mc Lumber IS q little scarce. hut there's
plenty # shingles think you was saying You
had nails p
thou,ht Il my three pounds of nails assorted
sizes aud SMILED, e shall want them 10 hang
| towels ou,' | answered; "you can order mails
when you order the lumber
The next time | SAW the camp, heavy string
pieces and Shoppers of uuhcwn logs had been laid
for three commodious structures ana my men were
mailing down the last of the three lloors. Sleeping
tent. dining-room and kitchener at least Their
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES symmetrcallv placed in
curved line, fronting the water, and could not
deny that the effect VS. very good AS long as
You were having the tent ioorcd,' sand JIM "
knew you wanted floors for the other rooms and
then we can have kind of covered passage here,
from the kitchen to the dining room, SOS the things
! won't get cold and I've cut ont place for a
couple of doors: and yoa'll want kind of store
| closet and 50 long were getting lumber to floor
the tent ! said. yes. that was what meant to
have all along. Since this sort of thing to bc
! thought might as well pay some regard 70 APP
| pearance- and ! set about a design for the dining
room. 1t should have deep caves, sharp gable
and re-cmcrin. angle in the slope of tie roof
and the front ,hould De all open except for little
ornamental rustic work, for it Is essential to
roughus it HAT you shall eat IN tie open air-or
at least thcIeabouts.
." But what shall We do whel it rains I" said
Diana
! "When il rainsi on" ] answered, with n dash
Of etirontcrv, at doesn't ram often, and when IT
doe, it's from the other side. Aud must say that
don't think you enter into the spirit Of this thing
! as you should
! Jim had assured me- that i'm half a day he could
! cut road from our camp ground to 4 wagon
! track which struck the highway mile from Paul
| Smiths; but | would not hear OF such an invasion
| of our solitude. TO be inaccessible except by
canoe seemed to me delightful And the best of
it was that before stranger could launch his ca
noe on our lake NE would have to carry il nearly
mile on his shoulders. Our lumber to be hauled
across clearing TO an open space the shore
! and the guide was TO get 1t from there by boat
| watched this operation for little while, half the
! lumber having been delivered at the beach together
with twelve bundles Of shingles, and then made
! little calculation. Two thousand feet of lumber
comprised about two hundred planks ten panks
were a good load for boat and each round trip took
! forty minutes. "Jnn." said l. yen may cut tho
road, and Get them to draw the rest Of the lumber
| right in
That afternoon found one of Paul Smiths board
ers Just moving into camp. He had in his boat three
new pine doors-thesc machine made doors which
,.l. In