The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-09-24

IN. following letter from the North
Noois was written by one OF the four
'lstcrs mentioned, whose mother was
1r several years previous to her mar.
'iage favorlte 10 Honesdale social cir
les, nnd father is Alex. d. Wales, IA
pfoninent Binghamton attorney at law.
|, was no; written for publication, but
'0 ohrohicies such a fine example OF the
duck and epGuranca of some of our
American girls as compared with the
umijity end Incidence of others, WI
t2tl that 1t 10 well worthy q place in the
'olumns OF THE CITIZEN. The young la
dy who wrote the letter is O student at
Eassar College; one OF her sisters, who 10
tgradGato OF that institution, is to have
.aargc of the Y w. c. A. work in the
;;utelts' Association at Missouri Col
lgGe ; u third is trained nurse in New
York GitS, and the fourth will enter up.
N the same profession at the New York
Presbyterian Hospital next March, The
18th memb Der OF the quintette is also a
professional purse OF high standing
CAMP DUxBAK, Raquette Lake, N. Y,
september 18th, 1905.
Such summer as we have had
There are only three left now-Carlotte, Miss
Woodruff, lthe nurse who eampei with us
last year, and myself; but we have such
good fun all the time. Theo went last week.
aud Jean to New York the week before. =
You see five of us, -four Waleses and Miss
Woodruff took a two-weeks trip through
the woods while Jean was here. We took
two canoes, an open tent which we could
pitch anywhere for shelter. sleeping bags,
which We spread on beautiful balsam beds,
which We made every night, and we took
our provisions in pack. basket and ruck-
sack, which We carried on our backs over
the trails or Carries, as they are called.
The canoes each had two yokes in, so We
could put them on our shoulders and carry
them inverted through the woods. from one
lake to the next, and then we paddle-psd.
lle.paddled the rest OF the day. Sometimes
we padded twenty-five miles in a day, then
some days we struck these awful carries
through woods where they were numbering
and logs werefeled across the poorly mark
ed trail ana the blazes on the trees mostly
obliterated. Once we got of the trail and
came near getting lost. This was on the w
G. Whitney preserve, where they were lum
bcring. Some men saId several lumber pick
cts had been lost in there, so they had to ge
out scouts for them. 1t rained within ev
| cry twcnty-fOur hours that we were out *
ccpi two d6ys of perfect weather. don
mean that it ralned all day every time, bu
| Just part OF the day. II was perfect.
h'uWiiW country; down the Raquette Riv
cr lhc water WINS like great mirror, and tn,
| scarlet cardinal flower and blue bottle-gen
| tlgu ana many other beautiful things, to,
! wuudTous to describe, were reelected there
| Going up Long Lake, which is sixteen mile
| long, the mountains in the distance wer
the most delicate blue in the mist. then som
Of them Of deeper hue. Through the Whit
ury prrsorve-on Little Tupper Lake espec
n'Iv-wr saw many deer, and they were Il
graceful and pretty. The first time W
board the looms laugh in their weird wa
Sa- at night, and Oh, how spoOky 1t wa'
hui In daylight. when Jean could imitai
them 20 that they answered her, we fonn
IN, conversation interesting.
\ couple of the carries were over thre
miles long, aud ~ we had to return Away
H'i"f wee iuk"n the duilie over tour phch
-ul-,N 10 sct the canoes. that made tram
Of mn" or ten miles. once we were so tlIt
We decided not to cut balsams TO make
bed, but spT'ad our sleeping bags IN IN
nice son suui on the lake shore FoTtunat,
ly Jean aud Woody took the precautlon I
pitch the tent, though they had 10 cut ou
| uuicThTu-h 10 do II. We hnd slept only
! short while IA the sand before II began I
rain, 20 We had 10 roll up our sleeping bag
aud skip into the tent, and oh, II was
rough, hard bed, on roots, etc. We had hare
lY duzrl of when WE were awakened by
pOrcuplnc wEimpeTlng down the trail n
| W. had TO light the lantern to keep him o
the premises. II was certainly spook
night
II took one day 20 60 up through Uppe
It's a beautiful Lake, but there is too muo
civilization 10 satisfy our wild tastes.
We passed many motor boats on the larg
lakes. aud the people in them usually b'
came very much excited and Interested u
". Once "A party OF young people had bee
gcslIculating and talking about us 80
could hear them at some distance from u
J A. they came nearer, an elderly gentlema
in the party stood up and exclaimed, Wh,
, they're girls BY gosh, they're girts :" an
he took OF his hat IN most gallant eAlut'
the younger men following his lead. This
only Que Instance Of the many things "
heard. You see all guides and Woodame
OF these parts tell us WE are the nrst girls
go through this way without guides or som
male escort. We only had our good top.
4 graphical maps and suggestions from trlend
10 carry uu through. We probably oovere
about n hundred and ffty miles. We ii
. crazy 20 do some more next year, and aI
) already fast plannlng. You'd love the
glorious old mountains and wOOda It's bee
! the shortest summer OF my life.
' As ever, PnARl.