Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-28
the night but when he saw that our
program wouldn't hermit ii ne declar.

greatly appreciated
The spot where the Rogers camp IS
set Is most beautiful one at the
forks OF the Tecolote in wild glen
where the tent Is almost hid among
the thick timber and two streams Of
sparkling pure water dash along
| beside Il. Here is also the famous
Grindstone cabin of the miners Of 1880
and 1882 where tools were sharpened
BY forge ana grinding.
The canyon Of the recolotebelow
this point for half mile Is quite I'm
passable being extremely precipitous
| and broken A beautiful little faIi Of
about ten or twelve feet Is in the
| stream at one place near but we
/ hadn't time 70 10 see II. The Rogers
cattle We're gathered on a lovely
grassy slope along the creek and they
looked fat enough for any butcher SO
plentiful has been the pasture this
| summer
| After a little rest we started up the
/ right hand canyon toward the John
son mesa stopping TO look at an old
mine working where a tunnel now
1 caved In had evidently extended some
distance into the hill side. The trail
led upward along the little stream
by such an easy grade that before we
/ realized II we had gained the top of
i the divide between the Tecolote and
the south fork OF the Gallinas. Here
Our kind friend cf the afternoon point.
/ cd out the way down to the GalliBas
and with many thanks for the guild
ance we parted company.
The trail down into the park was
cnce d wagon road over which an ear.
lv settler named Johnson hauled hay
! from the fine, high meadow that vet
/ hears his name to his home ranch on
the river. We readily followed !.
downward and were soon at the bars
of my fence While | was opening
!. them TO pass In Charley glanced ~,
i ward the house and said, "See. wiias
Is that running across the flat?'
looked. quickly but the animal. what
/ ever II was had disappeared. A little
i further on we saw some signs OF a
struggle on the soft ground across
| which we were riding but could no.
account for 1t. Next day Mr.. Harvey
told us that deer had been killed
vtmsrsa rew .dsSs ncfofe 6y some tll
mountain cat or lynx. and that, ne
doubt, was what Charley had seer
running so swiftly across the littl'
open.
We were soon at the vacant house
on the park ranch, had the horses un
saddled and tied In rich green grass
i and then went inside and swept ur
the place, made fires In the stove and
fireplace, both. after which Charley
went out to fish for some trout for
supper and ! prepared bed for the
j night. Trout refusing to be caught
| put into an old frying pan remnants
of fried chicken from Duyall's and we
soon had good supper on the table
before the cheerful fireplace. The bed
looked mighty good to IFS after otir
/ long ride even II Il was composed 0i
old rag carpet laid on the springs Tor
! mattress and the covers were mainly
I strong smelling saddle blankets.
| Next rorning early we We're In the
saddles and on the trail for Harveys
where we arrived Just IN time for
second table breakfast. oh, how good
that breakfast tasted with the nnllmit'
cd sweet cream. the genuine Boston
baked beans mrs Harvey Is from
Boston) brown bread, wafiies and ma
pie syrup from old Vermont tMr. Har'
yey Is from Vermont)
| After breakfast did the chnrnine
which had to be done even II IT were
Sunday and Charley worked the but
ter; afterward both drank the rich
sweet buttermilk as pay 90 for our
industry. Dinner time came too soon,
almost but we did Justice 70 the fare
all the same. There was a pleasant
company there, Miss Althouse and
Miss Thomas Of Philadelphia. the
I Swinford sisters Of La Pension; Steth'
en- A. Douglas. Jr,, Doctor Mueller OF
1 ST. Louis, (not Las vegas) Mr.. Mac
Lachlan, Prof. Dempsey OF the Fra.
tcrnal Union and Ell Sweeney Of Chi
cago together with the genial people
! who work for Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey.
Prof. Dempsey the day before was
peacefully riding UP the Harvey trail
when his sharp eye detected Wild
animal perched on log above him
looking as II he intended taking q
leap upon any passer.by. Mr. Dempsey
had his rifle on the saddle and y