Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-29

denly, after several hours of this un-
canny region, we came out upon the
regular road. But, as it forked at this
point, we had to get down to study
the fresh mule tracks again, before we
could determine in what direction TO
90 on. Soon we were winding around
a high cliff, ever going up. Here we
came across the third class Of con-
struction, which is used in this country
for mountain-roads. | have already
described the other two ciasses-that
of the spiral stairs, found in the chalk
cliffs, and that of the parallel grades,
one above the other, found on the
rocky lodges. Here we found the most
common construction-that OF long
sweep-curves, built up like inclined
stairs, and paved with irregular stones.
1t is wonderful how dexterously these
mountain-bred saddle-horses manage
to go up and down these steps, with
out once stumbling. We passed a
man who was cutting corn in a per
pendicular sort of field, on the noun
tain-side, and [ asked him to sell me
three ears for roasting. They proved
to be so ripe and hard, that we had
great difficulty roasting them that
night,-and even greater, trying to eat
them. We did eat two of them, how
ever, and treated the horses with the
third.
Reached the House Of CorrectiO n
Late at night by urging the horses
over very bad roads, we managed TO
reach Ell Correjidor (the House of
Correction). Just before we came up to
the inn there was no settlement, or
,wn), we caught glimpse, on the
other side of the deep gorge that
seemed to be materializing in front of
us, of narrow stream of water, fall
ing sheer four of five hundred feet,
into the vale below. the fall was so
great, and the volume of water so in
considerable, that it was all converted
into mist and spray, long before reach
ing the bottom. Altho we had seen
numerous beautiful rapids, this was
the first falls we had come upon. We
were told that there was similar cas-
cade on the other side of the gorge, be-
yond Ell Correjidor, but for reasons
that will be obvious presently, we did
not see it. vs-
Altho we had had difficulties from
the first in securing food for the ami
mails, here we seemed to have met our
Waterloo. No, there was nothing for
any animal. Yes, they could be put
into the pasture, but there was not
even water in the pasture. It had
been quite dry for some weeks. No,
there was nothing that could be cut
for them. Yes, that was coffee in all
those sacks. They could not be ex-
pected to eat that! After an hour of
this sort of useless talk, the man adj
mitted he had green cane growing,
but there was nosone who could be
S ecured to go for it in the night. Mr..
Williams offered good pay to any man
who would lend him machete, and
accompany him to the field to show
him the way HE did not ask anyone
to cut the cane. He would cut 1t him
self, if he could find the way and get
a knife. Finally Caesar offered to go,
and induced some of the dozen Indians
who were lying around to- go with
him The cane was cut, at last, and the
monotonous chop, chop, commenced.
They hagg'e' the cane into short
lengths. with their machetes, and the
horses eat it aH-root and branch.
Dogs Chimed in the Concert.
| Then began the conversation in re-
gard to our comfort. No, there was
no room one could have for the family
apart from the rest. All travellers over
this road stopped t.this inn, and they
all slept on the floor of the long room,
that served for a dining room. What
was good enough for others ought to
do for US, even if we were foreigners
AS there seemed to be some where be-
tween dozen and twenty going to
sleep on that floor, and this was to
dangerous region for sleeping out IF
doors, Mr.. Williams persisted, until
he secured permission to sleep in
room used for storing coffee, that
opened into the yard, where all our
horses and mules, together with sever
al others were stabbed. These animals
ate and quarreled all night, and the
horn word FOULS with the dogs