The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14

In the sagebrush. took on humorous
aspect, all the world was friendly, ana
the major certainly looked good" to
us. Mrs. Myton appeared, too, the
very figure OF charming hospitality
and soon had the ladies of Ghe party
sitting around a hot fire in the big Sib-
lev stove that adorned her tent.
I And that was the end of all our
woes.
After breakfast the visitors slept
/ You could hear deep breathing from
every tent-the long, rip-saw exhaust
! of tired natures sweet restOrer work.
! ing double shift. Then came the real
| fun of about the best camping expert
ence anybody ever had. The equip
/ ment was perfect: big tents, httle
! tents. a cook wagon and COOK VINO
/ knew his business; Indian police 10 90
/ things, Johnny Reed 10 show us now
/ 70 FISH. horses TO ride. whenever one
| felt like II: pipes and tobacco TO smoke
! and good company for the whole time.
/ THE host and hostess knew exactly
! how TO entertain and they did IL with
! 4 royal hospitality long 10 be remen-
bered.
! The camp was right on the banks OF
/ the Strawberry. with trout exasperat-
inelv plentiful in sight. Even to the
man who regards fishing as a species OF
/ hard work TO be regarded with sus-
! picion on vacation trips. the sight OF
[ the trout was a temptation. Everybody
| fshed a few caught fish. and Johnny
] Reed brought them in by the creeiIul'
] Johnny ought TO have poetry written
about him. His casting is a miracle OF
skill and diligence. He fishes with a
steel-iointed rod that weighs like lead.
but when he gets down TO business he
keeps that rod going as steadily as a
walking beam on a ferry. With anna
teurs casting in vain all around MN.
he lures trout 10 his ereel with tt'
regularity OF a toll collector.
All the first day we slept and ate
and between times watched Johnny
Reed fish. In the evening We gathered
around the Sibley in the big tent and
heard good stories about the Indians
and the settlers on the reservations
the peculiarities OF the game and the
FISH. the romances of early days. and
/ the tragedies. Ollie-she OF the quaint
smile and the coy way that belongs 10
the bride OF Quinatche-had visits from
the women OF the party, and showed
them how she made mOccasins and the
trinkets OF her handiwork. Ollie was
an ingenious young woman, and We all
liked her; had she not presided over
, that blessed coffee pot on the morning
% our direct chill2
After the stories and the camp Wis
its We turned in-the ladies in the big
tent with the Sibley for comfort. and
p the men in a commodious A" tent
l where slumber presided Tor ten Ions
I hours without an interruption. II was
worth the whole journey 10 get tina
hour interval OF absolute uncOn
: sciousness and rise in the morning feel
I ing as though We could run foot race
D over the peaks. and eat the entire con
b tents Of the big army cook wagon a
I / one sitting.
r And the breakfast. Chicken an
: trout and fresh strawberries and crisl
e bacon and good hot biscuit and cOfie
z 10 beat DeimOnicos. No epicuTe Of IN
2 best club on earth ever ate with sucl
e zest- or felt so like a monarch o
{ countless multitudes as We did ~
n there on the banks OF the Strawberry
II That second day We took a lon
n mountain trip down the river 10 wha
q the simple red man has propert
dubbed the Sinking Water. One VIII
a has approached those sulphur springs
4 | even at long range. recognizes instant
= " the felicity OF the name. The tri
Il VAS q good deal ike other journey