The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-17
4 RAMBLE IN THE. SIERRAS
Mack Erwin Joins i'm sn Indian
POw.Wow.
Dear jumbo:

Dear jumbo
Your favor of recent date just
received and with the help of five
| interpreters, seven California phil
osophers, nine doctors, thirteen
! lawyers and one hundred different
breeds of scientists, lunatics and
numerous other monstrosities
have unrayeled the mystic missive
and suffered no violence, but num-
Der of my heIp-mates have hydro
phobia, philosopberic pains, foolish
rigors and fun sweats.
| Since / last suffered the agonies
Of wiring to hobo correspondents,
have made another fatal step as a
single barrel tourist that viii, be-
yond the twinkle OF a doubt, add an
other epoch to history both sacred
and profane, - savi-de-buro.
| Jumbo, it has been my desire to
affiliate with the wild concerns OF
nature and the gratifying of this de-
sire has been one Of the most de-
| hghtful undertakings of life. On
the morning of May the eleventh, !
awoke early and began to make his
tory. Never shall / forget the
ecstasy that thrilled my anatomy
when / deposited this delicate frame
OF mine astride 'hurrow" tmoun-
! tain scad) or In Texas language a
darn fool mule and began TO journey
1 i'm the direction of snowy peak 5.
( had a guide who was an excellent
commander aud he made the trip
very pleasant. Our mode of navi-
CATION was rathe" foreign TO me,
/ hut nevertheless. the little scad
proved equal to the occasion and
I his conduct at times caused me 10
/ compile a few good strong sentences
Of that profane history.
/ For fear YOU might iIatter the lit
/ tie mule as a rtdlculous piece OF am
I innate flesh, / viii give you bis COM
position and traits Of character.
/ Ninety per cent ears, ten per cent
hair. hide aud hoafs He has the
/ iteuacity Of bull dog. the fortitude
+ of a Roer, can stand mere squeezing
Z k4fhf AttA t&ha iA3fAA+t At# n tEtNfsAt NhAkNt
I his modesty does not refrain his
passenger from using language to
suit the occasion.
Slowly we began our march with
the better half Of ms body swing
! ing 10 either side Of The mule. The
first of interest is Tuiare Lake sit
uated at the foot of the Coast
Range. This lake is fed altogether
fro1n melting snow from two ranges
Of mountains. Al this season the
I lake is comparatively small as the
snow has not yet begun to melt in
the mountains Along the edge of
the water OF the lake We perehanced
To see fowl species that were indeed
featnered curiosities-tiEg all
eolors and sizes. The famous sand
hill cranes deserve mention.
could not give a better idea of this
tribe at birds than To say they have
aud display the airs and agouies OF
a street dude with their go to h
collars aud d0uiutquer pants, bott
are tall and handsome; neither have
brains nor prudence; both have legs
and instinct; aeither pay poll taxes
nor board.
Soon we were In the foot hills
ascending, descending, jumping
gullies, battling our skins against
rocks and occasionally few drops
of ice water from some cliff woulC
take refuge IN our collars all o1
which inspired as To build our rec,
ord and leave more data for profant
history.
The scene was changed, but noi
for the better. We are now on tht
Needles. The name suggests the
nature OF the hills. They stanC
very close together and the little
mule was SO economic with his en-
ergies that he would jump from
peak TO peak. Before my mule haG
committed many such capers | hat
my arms around his neck, however
the animal took no EXCEPTIONS.
suspect the embrace was common
demonstration of the tourists affec
tion at this stage of the game
CvDrges and canons grew deeper ri
we neared the tops of the mountains
and as | gazed from those preeipi
tous heights, / felt, What If
should happes To take a tumble, ,
and great would have been the tun
Bile. Ali Jumbo, you know when
fellow thinks he lis about TO fall sew
eral hundred feet he studies abou
making sacred history and he 4
as humble and pie a-tis-tic In hi
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