The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30

tent settlements within a short ride
Of the city have had many complica-
tions to overcome. The chief OF these
is trying to entertain friends who in
sist upon visiting the campers. No
sooner is the camper installed in his
tent by seashore or river than his
city friends begin to hint that they
would enjoy a weekend out of doors.
The way the city friends figure it
out is this: Living in tent is cheap.
We should certainly be no extra ex-
pense to the camper and he should
be glad to see his friends and put
them up for the night. We don't mind
roughing 1t bit, and he knows it.
II the first hint fails to bring an
invitation there are more hints and
then some more. Finally the camper
comes up with the invitation. He
knows that it will disrupt the daily
routine of tent life, the quiet life he
has chosen to recuperate from the
grind of business, but there is no
way out of it, he thinks.
But there is one way out of it and
that way has been discovered and
put into practice by one of the camp
ers now in the city of tents on Long
Island not far from the Rockaway
Park Station. John Engler is one of
the campers there. He loves the tent
life and has been camper every
summer for many years.
: 1T is an expensive luxury, this liv-
ing in tent" said Mr.. Engler, the
other day. ut costs more to live down
here than it does in the city. Ones
friends who have never camped out
do not know this. They think it is a
cheap way to spend the summer, and
they do not think they are asking
much to be put up in the tent over
Saturday and Sunday. Well, it's all
right, this entertaining business, once
In while. But when you have lot
OF friends the bills run up to large
tgures. Food is high down here. Then.
too, one does not care to have a lot
OF visitors taking up all the room in
the tent. When we come down here
we expect to rest. You can't do that
and keep open tent to your friends.
1 put up with it for several sum-
mers. This season / decided to put a
stop to the visiting. And have done
1t. We are living in peace for one
summer. And the only reason | am
going to tell how the visits were stop.
ped is to let other campers who have
experienced the same thing know how
did It,. 4 know that my friends will
be angry when they see this. But /
am making myself a martyr in a good
cause, SO here goes:
We had been here less than a week
this Year when we got the first bid to
entertain a weekend party of three
friends who considered that we ought
to put them up Saturday and Sunday.
Come along told them when the
subject came up, we shall be glad to
nave you. But you will have to nut NJ
with hard fare and hard beds. We are
living next to nature out here, and we
haven't~nny of the Injuries that city
life gives
Oh! we don't mind that a bit. re-
Piled the enthusiastic friends. If you
can stand it all summer we can stand
it for couple of days. and viii be-
glad to-
SO the three friends were booked
to arrive the next Saturday morning.
MY wife and l hustled around to the
supply store and laid in a stock of
salt fish. We also got some saltpeter
and gave the fish an extra sailing
down. Then we got some ccrned beef
and gave that an extra sailing. We al
so bought some bareback.
Our friends arrived according to
schedule. We had breakfast prepared
salt fish and salt beef and hardtack.
The three visitors ate with a show
of relish Then they went out for a
dip in the ocean. My wife and got
out some real breakfast and ate it.
Then we joined our friends on the
beach,
For dinner we had salt fish, salt
beef, and bareback. The guests did not
eat so heartily. After dinner they went
out and my wife and got some real
food on the SLY. For supper the guests
were also served with salt fish, salt
beef. and bareback. My wife and |
made excuses for the scant fare and
told the guests that we had adopted
that diet on cur physicians order, as
we were not very well. The guests
ate scarcely any of the salt food at
supper, and afterward they went out.
and suspect they made straight for
hotel and had square meal
when bedtime came we showed