The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-20

whole situation. Perhaps old primeval
instincts and memories were awak-
| ened-of the times when we slept on
the river bank before the cave-mouth
in the days of the mastodon.
with such fool cogitations I fell
| asleep. About 2 a. m. 1 was awak-
ened by flash of lightning and drops
F.! of rain. The rest of the men reused
and after yelling warning to the
women in the tent, received word to
come in out of the rain
| just in Time.
I'VE took up our beds and
walked'-or, rather, scram bled-up
the bank and huddled in the tent,
| just in time to escape the terrific
| downpour of rain. Through the open
| ing of the tent the scene was grand
the flashes of fire on the rain making
the thousands of drops sparkle like
diamonds, and revealing the BLUSH
brown Of the river currents hurrying
onward and the mistygreen of the
| tree tops swaying in the wind on the
shore opposite us.
by and by the tent began to leak,
but we only huddled closer to the
center, using each others backs as
props. We took comfort in the fact
that tent leaked so much and then
| became as tight as the proverbial
drum and would leak no more. We
! W1AlSQ away lAlO l1Iil0 Will dPPlOPAA
ate songs, such as Tenting Tonight
| Home, Sweet Home and Where Is
| My Wandering Boy Tonight?'
by and by the storm abated and
the soft dawn of rainy morning broke.
Strange to say, we were not tired, al
though we had been to much exertion
| the day before and had not much
sleep. We were all as wet and be-
| draggled as the typical hen caught in
a thunder shower, but more cheer
| full. We followed the advice of the
| immortal Ruth Cameron and made
| the best of it,
This included taking the one or
two fish caught in the night from the
| lines and making breakfast out of
them.
During the meal one of the children
said: "Why there's water in the tent.
1t must have rained in"
"Sure it did" exclaimed the taller
school ma'am. GLOW else could 1t get
there?" Such is feminine logic.
"The major portion of the day was
| spent in drying out effects and In re-
camping in a more favorable location.
| OF course there was plenty of fishing,
wading and eating. We would eat,
wade, fish and eat some more. Mrs.
Bigum is certainly a good cook.
''The second night we tried the will
| low-bough mattress. This did very
well for one night, but couldn't guar
dnL6o the cOIllOTl VI tIlc All a
| long stretch-both of time and body.
"As 1 was leaving the camp l
thought that I had really 'roughed it,
but one of the big boys in the party
said: Some day you come with me
| camping when there are no women
| folk along and then L will show you
| what roughing it actually is."-Bill
Black.
Beginning September 10, the G. A.
r. of the First Congressional dis
| trict will hold a reunion at Garfield
park The program will include a
| speech by the redoubtable Captain Joe
! Waters of Topeka on the evening of
September Is, and also an address by
his brother, Col Louis Waters of Kan
sas City. A drum corps of twelve
pieces+twelve" Gin the words of the
circus posters) will furnish melodious
music.
| At least 500 people are expected. In
vitations will be sent out to all the old
soldiers in the district.
The officers of the First Congress
sionaI District reunion of the G. A. R.
are: President, Col. George W. Veale;
secretary, w. ]. Stage; treasurer, Will
| liam Peterson; vice presidents, B. F.
Boyle, Atchison county; N. r. Nye,
Leavenworth county; L. D. Dobbs, Ma
tional military home; J L. Emery,
Doniphan county; E. r. Murphy. Ne
maha county; ]. G. Hanna, Brown
county; George H. Baker Jackson
county; J. F. True, Jefferson county;
Alex Winchester, Shawnee county.