The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-07

until they were thoroughly dry. quite.
enjoyed watching him 1t work. evenings.
WITH tool 10 a Which he had ssep a9nF
had caused him TO make the error OF
over providing. Still, bringing too much
Is good fault: he might have n needed cd
BUT, said Hardy, ''the woods supply
everything. j ( he had needed a como
have no doubt John could have made
enc. +.
horn beam, worked 1t out careful and
polished 1t with scourins rush, the kind
we use for cleanin.,, knives, and it lasted
me hull winter. 2i
George. NJ al8! tS Il En- as5ss
"a trout's backbone 4 is good enough
for me. unless there's; cnlnp'ny comm J,
and then i smear n sucker. 66
II have been puzzled, * said Hardy. 'to,
understand how YOU put in this camp the
low OF wooden pins that are about an
inch thick and six or eight inches long; ;;
pack ba ske's on. inside he camp and put.
our rods on. outside the camp under the
leaves. can see hat no anger holes
We're bored for them. y.
ci the most Important Of the small cons
psnafasss eamp aea 1aa sas sns
lin lengths three inches longer than you
t Mas lon e. ta az na Make e nice
lob of this sharpening and the pins can
easily he driven three inches in any
sft-wood log Neatness and goo order I,
camping. and with plenty Of these wall
pins5i Is easy to be tidy. You are right
lay boy. in concluding that the woods
supply everything, that Is, everything In.
fcas son. III - 3ll S$s11 sass y 3 IS N
You can't always tell what you'll'
reed, said George, specially when You
the minister was here five years ago:
he missed the only shot he had. ana
come Sunday. of course ne wouldn't let.
any hun,in' be done. Ora win pay for
Sundays and all, I didn't mind settin'
dogs that hadn't conc in, and lowed I'D
step out In the wood s 4 piece and look
fer him had AN tdee Of strikn the
can,p.up North, E.iby for there was
might n led snio IT. There vas no nes,is
o: carryinf lunch. for I knnwed one Of
the guides there and of course he'd ask
ME 70 stay Z. dinner and I'd get a change
hnckiin on my belt and chain. he was
al for goin' along. he'd calklateds on
f,oi-1 alone and tain more sure of retttn I
ss d,nner and pfr.'a s ,1ls noun
The virgin wilderness and the holy
t.mple on the Sabbath day and lit out.
Sothin could stop him
les, as ] figured TO- but the parry was
eons They'd left that mornin. for the
asises was hot, and they were good
camper for ttes;d burnt al! the food
rice and yerfnin; but i made il bad
for IL. The only thing found was
Lille JOrk grease. ard i getnered hasfui
n ,nrshrootna ard fried en-. but the
minister 6r3esned asin II; called fem
iosasiools.
Then we struck Of about four miles
10 Indian Gsearin where ] d ieatd siioot!nf
THE day before, and perhaps my dog mad
Tsss ibsre would ask us to eat With EN-.
] fraeTe, see q worse lpckin' patty. i.san W.
found They SAID no strange dog had
ct.sse In AND Of cf'i31se. ] didn't teiic,e
| ssra and began jookf;i round. careless
Ike. f,lt they WAS zap eaaaut and 9eetned
10 wz5; ~ get rid or ai6 SO boxed
tor the minister. 70 take MIN away and
starr sgr home. asd there tie WAS Siandin'
cred as s.s srns3ied ifse 4s2fee ana when
b. looked ~ tfse paty&dses3 III split and
| tiarted out :eafsY 10 Ds3le, ne Sest arpiec:
bui they, nerfr evea AZ ttfn 4 ne had
KS queer 81 ID John, t,ifJw many min
| isters do come u ihsts words I've seen
n good many In my iifiGs, tneret,i dozen.
! reckon. and gently grid ores If
| pFpDaUlS int UthL III hlft liEfa GDi'lef, .Upl
] don't Know haven't sceh one out
side since was a boz One September
| ] vas n few nliies above 1sTs IN the river
| With my hoat. II was about z o'clock
and had stspped haci. on tllf barG ord
| fiat tn where the colonel mad cache
| stub, There's spring brock there and
i was cookin a uevi ~ vtfteIf1 Wher J
j heard two rife shots IN Inc llne ~ ny
boat, and. Of conrsc, ] stamped nsi ~
res mfe on I IL Bank opsesi' 5 Teg VII
j they'd seen my boat and noticed 4 mas
fresh grounded on the bank. ard Thought
i they'd find the owner Of IL by Afsg q
4 couple of shots. go,B 10 ark or which
I side the trail led dom ms riser
1 y brought 1en over anb ttfn't ask
:. cate en-. Course. ! noticed hey stsppea
In a boat right and knew hgW 10 take
care of Hthemselyes. though tfahy Wsre
strange to This country. Their shoes
WAS good, hut The strings rad brsn oroke
except few. places ixed Win safety
lpps, 50 It waa pretty Alit* thsg'G come
,rom lndain' River way, tilroakti M ois
A didn', ask for help, but i could aee
|tkings want altogether pleasant, 10
i aaked ,ern to take Il meal with rnf,
4 Seemed as if could hear thsir fsstn
click when they accepted, 50 stepp4d
across 10 the coi6nel's maple sOr some
Tore provisions dug gu, MS f5otttt
and nut II with a lin cup ny ti.,. stfittj:
Therc they Was waafin' gp fEst
could see thnS ~aS al rishL fcf my
ok only about an ounce apiece. va
y, con find out Il good deal ab0sst EiI3n
by the waS ne treatf WHISKY. ipeS
Mere tender 1f II ard sh0Wed tflsY iDCS
\ II only when twas nefted.
After dinner TIE older maj tod M
lie used 10 cpIne ~ the Wpp1s Hffn ~
" Vas. SpGng He'd been 8 fnssrin1ary "a
4 7 ufkeg Or somewhere HaS on #tnJsl al
MS life and SINCE tea fpnIe mex
MAntfl Ia. u.Iltlin irr.aLYl kLMustf