The Forrest City times., 1901-10-11

fresh meat tor the evening meal
Grouse are almost IF rot quite a.
large as the ordinary chicken. and the
meat Is very much Ike that OF quail
l. fe.l TO tue lot OF W scribe to do the
cooking, and as head cLef Of tie euli-
nary department we were IT, and We
here assure the boys tina it was pleas
ure. re enjoyed seeing them eat be-
cause they had tel and know they dared
not gFumDle, fer | was .ther rule that he
who complained of the fare should him
self Go the cooking. 90 our domestic
pathway was strewn with roses and
tiattefing professions. Gene was heard
several times to matter something Ike
amt this awful and when the chef
covered him with whitening LOOK. lie
would add good" Bat really l must
say IN ny own behalf. and Just % dls.
abuse Your mind if yeu think different
~ that | am tie best biscuit maker
that ever heated Dutch oven. This Is
on the square, and you can ask tie
boys
Tie next day We undertook to reach
a state read supposed to lie some
where II our van. We left al signs #
tran aud climbed over trees. fences.
mountains, creeks, rocks brush. and
what not ard finally came TO the con-
c.usion tia, ~ we lost. Ify0I have
never been ias.. dah'i wait upon youf
opportunities, 20 lose Yourself hight
Low. The sensation is - entirely Of.
ferent ffom anything yau nay expert
euee here in town It's dead easy in
the mountains. because they all look
alike 10 a "tenderfoot L Will depend
Of course upon Your personal character
isticS as to the pleasure of,th.s novelty.
After changing our course to east bY
south instead of west, We finally picked
up a trail and were soon lunching on
the kings highway"
Another Of the morning pleasures
were the capers OF the playful! animal
ridden by our friend Barrow. 1t was
al one of the feuces-d0Wn timber
thrown together-that this steed could
not be induced to jump. Gene had
! diSmounted the horse auG mounted the
fence where he pulled, and begged the
animal TO come on over" but he ap.
! peared rooted there. Perhaps he wait
ed for me to come up. He may have
+ wanted 10 see man. and took me
/ for the cantiniee. | dismounted and
urged him with my riding whip, but in
! stead Of going over, he came backWa Ids
/ with ears iaid back and heels newly
Shod, aud | retreated. Being in some
/ haste, did not notice large stone
| that .aY J4s. behind NE. and over this
spilled myself, smashing into smither-
] Gems the Cen pany's canteen which lay
ID M pistol pocket. was dreuched to
the skin. They al. saidi was too bad
and | asked what" and they said
f that You can't be trusted with great
+ sp0nslbld,ieS OF words to that effect
and the horse Went on over the fence
just as though lie would rather lump a
lenee than eat corn. and We presume he
( would, as he probably never tasted the
latter. aud therefore had no appetite. .
These aud other iudicr0us, exaspera-
ting, pleasant, or really perilous situa-
+ tons furnished fun and excitement
every day, and there was not an hour
Of dulluess. We travelled the State
road over Cameron pass without ua-
necessary delay. This pass is said to
be ll,oQo feet above sea level. but as ii
/ Is not up 10 or even quite near timber.
line. /, al least. am inclined to doubt
! If il be more than 10000 The road is
magnificent piece of engineering. and
grand and picturesque. even sublime
scenery abouuds. We passed through
miles Of eharred and ruined timber. A
recent tile had destroyed thousand of
acres Of magnificent pines. This ire
RACED while We were AZ Campton's. bat
had been extinguished at great public
expense some days before va reached
the pass
BY this time We had travelled about
10 miles. perhaps 100, and that after.
noon camped on the banks of the Mich
! lgac river. The horses were hobbled
aud turned loose in North Park" in
grass to their knees, and Gene and
"Jinks, Nh. Camptonl climbed up to
a snew-capped peak probably 1900 feet
above sea level. They had almost
reached the very top they were far
above timber line-and with a splendid
pair of held-glasses were beholding
the coantry for perhaps more than an
hundred miles distant-the thin atmos.
To Cur Cold in One Day
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