The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-22
FOSSIL HUNTERS

do you think Of these LOr your collection
Oysters. over thousand years old. found
lin beds almost at the top of the Rocky
Observation-Disclosures Merton told me 50
sand said he'd go along only-semething
or other about mine. but he'll tell Us
just where 10 hunt is we won't touch the
bones OF the three-toed horse that he's
catched near the artor Ranch. Just think
of a horse no bigger than a sheep. dead
Sor hundreds Of years, being worth over
a thousand dollars
What are you talkin gabout? Hunt for
WHAT" I asked laughing "As usual
you are of at half cock, with your horse
behind your cart"
But it isn't behind the cart this time.
but very far ahead. and were going 70
hunt till We find it-aad there's cameIs
and n,astodons. and turtles and To- Is.
and teeth enough 70 stock q dental sur
geon for the rest of his life-snd III have
TO wear overalIs and a cowpunoher's Stet-
son. and short skirts. just like Dick and
papa"
Think 1 see Dick and your father
wearing short skirts
"Oh, mamma. how ridiculous, YOU know
didn't mean hat. But its all perfect
ly splendid-And Dick Harley knows The
way" and the girl paused TO set her
breath.s
A eery pretty picture she made. stand
lag under the circular. slylight in the dim
hallway. Clear gray eyes an expressive
though far from perfect face. framed
In soft brown hair. and a mobile nou h
with full red tips as yet untouched By
care, and others there were beside nv
partial self who thought a more wins me
maiden would be hard to find.
4 We, her parents and his. had planned
from her babyhood that she should be the
WIFE ca their only son, thus uniting fam
lily and fortune. hut never whisper TO
her OF our loving scheme. Yet all uncon-
sciously she had played into our pan
For once. with propinqufty as an an-pow-
erfui henehman, the course of true love
was running very smoothly. Like two
lair flowers in q beautiful garden they
had grown. and none who looked upon
them could doubt his love for her. But
ahe heart OF a maiden-ah, who can tell?
And what does your father say to gath
ering oysters on mountain tops. and hunt
ing for prehistoric horses in old lake
be-is?"
That Is just what I came TO tell you
about. He's been talking all the morning
to Professor Merton and a couple of De-
partment men from Washington out on
the Geological Survey until he's got il
worse than I have. There they've been
This entire morning down by the Black
Eagle Falls, perched na fossil palm.
oil 4
the matrix OF the sapphire, until he's go
ing TO Sapphire Bar TO hunt for gems, and
on to Deep River for a load Of pe.rifac-
lions that will astonish the world. Now.
mamma. you needn't laugh at my slang.
its catching IN the west just Ike bucking.
even thorouShbreds brought frCm the
east TO go TO bucking like bronchos in
little whiIe--its something in the air.
don't you know? Didn you say of at
half cock" and your horses behind your
cart?' -
When Irma and her father propose TO
do thing I usually submit with as good
a grace as possible, having LEANED by
experience that i is Ear the Ger way.
They are always doing such unexpected
things" is the verdict Of our friends. and
do not employ the commonplace,
Never wear rut SO deep you can't
look over the sides. is my husbands
favorite maxim, so I was not az all sur
1<rised with Ben Varroni to talk over the
proposed expedition. Fen wa some Of the
ferty-niners' and an authority on every
thing pertaining 10 camp life He vas
old and sIIrUGken and little His wooden
foot was the joy Of his life. Proudly he
showed Us how he kept II on ''Chawed
BY a grizzly: he'd 10 hev the foot ampa-
tated." When he talked he screwed up
his hickory-nut face. half-closed one
green eye. and gesdculated with his en-
tire body. Don't / know the way 10
Deep River Canon?-thcugh mostly they
call it Smith, with good camping places
ell along. ef you jest know where 10
strike EN-. Lor, l recNou I do-wlth hunt
ing and fishing and forage Tor your
horses, and scenery till yer can't rest
Don't 1 know what scenry Is? Lor.
shud think ! Go. way up. Hewitt I slep
many a night under the sky. with the
stahs shining like nuggets of gold in a
pan OF blue skinned milk. an the noun
tains poking their frosty noses into heav-
ems front door without waiting 10 knock.
with coyotes cutting yer harness. an bear
sriffing yer grub box for sugar an meat
an bobcats an mountain hon screening
like the opery2 Reckon yer amt afraid
OF such. fer Yer mighty liable 70 run agin
EN- most any tine up Smith River Canon,
snd there's the place yer want to go.
Easy road enough ef Yer any driver Fust
rio l.
the Avalanche. an there amt anything
inside or out Of Montana to beat HeIs
Gate fer roczy sceneries-but It's all too
rip roering Tor a campicg place. some one
pretty powerful was on tear when hey
split and wrenchad and twisted the rocks
TO make them canons. Bat Lor If Dick
karlay's going TO driven ] reckon h
is-tsint no use OF uy telling you no,h-
ing. Dicks tromped these mountains
sence he was , kid-knoUs eve-y inch OF
the way blindfold. Went along as packer
when them scientific Crauks from Prince
ton was bone hunting. Dick used 10 call
the hess Pop an his pants count ~ his
sleeping duds-him as used tyo brushes
without any haudies-to oncet-to sick
his hair with Dick sab. thy lowed IL
used ter be hot IS Africa. ard found
tweaty-three sorts Of animals that dou't
live now"
\ week later foun~ Us enroute fer SIN, tn
river. VIA Fort Logan and Siilisan's Pass.
Our outfit consisted OF 3 strong mountain
wagon drawn By four su9e-fcose3 rance
bred horses \ sleeping tent fer the ven
en-. an extra wason sheet bsi-s az sun
Client for the men. who pIeferred T. sleep
In the ops nia this semi-alii e. innate. oS-
cept when therate1ad by han or q pass