Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-09-30

distance vhich the other fellow u to travel.
And can We find The road al rightr'
mo. ! shouldn't say Il was siK Males.
replied Barnes. Aud a. for hnding the
road. you cant miss IL for there IL only
one, and IL leads straight 70 Moore's board
ing house. where you will probably want %
put up while you are there. II you want
70 go l viii show you where the road start4
in out here back of the house
After a consultation ne decided that vs
would try il, and so advised our host We
did not expect 20 stay long. and would IN
all probability return that evening. a. il
promised to be only about an hours walk.
SO we did not change our clothes for more
suitable ones. Yorker, l remember, was
wearing the whitest Of white linen. late
summer tic Of delicate colors and q nav
light suit just from his tador's
Under Barnes guidance IL was an easy
matter 80 find the starting point Of what
ne sid was a good wagon road. The
other end Of il was harder 10 mud. and In
fact We never did hnd IL. We traced Il cot
into the timber for Always. then unto a
big rock. and then IL disappeared We
afterN ards found traces Of either thst road
Or others, we could not tell which. but on.
and all Of them would appear and disaI
pear With the same lack Of regularity. A
times 10 would be a mass Of logs rolled 20
gether into a slough. over " h5ch the lum-
I ber.nen drag their log slsds in tho wintsr
time, then out upon = rock where Il would
end again Then at times u would be a
path through the timber. and then again
nothing. These paths we would trace into
deserted lumber camps. and out Of them
would be leading a dozen Just such paths
that looked all alike.
We crossed brooks and climbed up an
dcwn the aides Of great rocks that nothing
better than mountain goats among four
footed animals could ever have gotten over
Before the end Of the first hour ne hac
lost and found that road. or others. many
times, but We had not found tie Lake. AZ
the end Of the second hour We still had
not found the lake, but we had walked si
least six miles. So 4 kept on for Eve lon.
hours without meeting q single soul. snC
without seeing L single hsbited building
All traces Of a road. a path or even 4 trsi
had long since disappeared; We we're Lost
Listen" said Yorker.
He's not an ounce under Ave pounds,
came from the dense thickst ahead Of a,
, and we knew that we had found the ash
srmen az Kah-pee- kcg Lake.
The boarding house to Which we had beel
cent had a monopoly CT the business Of ID
place. as we soon learned At BarnssdAle
! u miles away. and II long miles at tina,
was the nearest competition, and Moor
was ready 20 make the best Of the oppol
, tunitles his situation afforded. Six dollar
Q nigh. for the two Of rs was the price ia
Fnsnded-and paid. AT that price We wer
privileged 70 cook our own meals. as Moors
who was host, cook and chambermaid, va
just leaving Whether he intended to Civ
, us q deed 10 the LITTLE cabin or not We neve
knew. nor did we care. We paid the 81
) dollars and slept.
But eventually that SIX dollars paid 70
more than our nights lodging II paid ou
membership Zee into the Kah-pee- kog club
There At the pretty little lake. surruunde.
by dense forests which the hand OF ma
: has hardly touched. We met the Pastor.
and Saith. and Husky Bill" and "Shor
F., Bill" and Tee and others. all Of Their
members Of the ksh-peekos club, good e.
Iowa and good fishermen. They took a
under the protection Of their more extend
ed experience and provided us with the mex
esssries Of life in that wild country. whic
We had been toe isnorznt u provide "a
ourselves.
In the courss a time ~ returned I
2 Barnesdsls 70 present . Just grievance {
Barnes. bat when we ted BIN Of tt
Troubles iats which he Aax Led - hs sol
smiled. and sssnsd 10 sntsy sAs JOKE.
WRIGHT 4. rAFrxNeoH.