The daily sentinel., 1912-09-07

small pigs in his arms, and, return
ing, deposited them in a gunny sack
and placed them in the stern of the
boat, not paying any attention to us
at all.
Seeing that there was little use of
parleying with him, we withdrew to
consider further plans, when We OBJ
served that he had returned to the
/ pig pen and was having considerable
trouble with the pigs mother, as was
evidenced by the discharge of a
broadside of profanity which must
have shocked even us but for the
opportunity it afforded. Dismount-
ing and hurrying to the boat, we
pushed 1t into the water, and, trail
ing our horses behind, were in mid
stream before our host perceived us;
when, with a wave of his hand, the
colonel bade him a fond farewell
coupled with the most profound
thanks
Reaching the opposite bank, and
expecting him either to jump into
the stream or pull down a gun on
us, we prepared to Illustrate his de-
signs by covering him with our own
weapons; but were surprised to see
that he was unarmed and, further,
that the coward dared not trust him
self in that kind of water II his
profanity had been surprising before.
1t was simply beyond description
now, as he saw that we had beaten
him at his own game. But, as his
words could not hurt us and but few
of them were audible on account of
the noise from the water below, we
paid little attention TO his appeal,
but proceeded to enjoy his hospitality
and that OF his dogs. who received us
very kindly, tapping our hands ana
assuming that we must be the friends
OF their most humane master.
Scraping together the embers re-
naming from the noon meal. | re-
pienished the fire and Investigated
the larder OF the cabin to find it
well supplied with all of the neces-
saries of life, q generous hand of
navy plug tobacco, pipes and fair
sized bottle of Old Tom, besides 9TH
er minor articles such as flour. ba-
con, ColIee, etc, after which | re-
iieved the horses of their saddles and
tethered them to small stack of
wild hay which previously had been
guarded by raWhide fence, but
which now served as a corral for our
jaded stock.
My companion, donning his white
apron and cap. busted himself with
the frying pans dutch ovens and cof-
fee pot while | gathered from a near
by wood pile sufficient cedar and
pinon to erect n bonfire, which, when
fully aflame, lighted up the scene
with a CHEEKY glow and added to our
comfort as the night had fallen and
the chill of the mountain was creep
ing down from their snow-capped
peakr
Rafnrptptr % from IN al
which gurgled from beneath near
by hemlock, with "A bucket cf its IL
quid ambrosia. we proceeded to per-
form our ablutions,, repairing to the
feast which had been spread for our
enjoyment--a feast indeed fit for the
gods; and, as we had partaken of
nothing but all<ali dust and stagnant
water since early morning, it was
relished with a gusto which preclud-
ed any and all thoughts relating to
others, not excepting our generous
host who had been the unwilling
means of our present happiness.
My companion had been engaged
for some moments removing some del
icate morsels from a roast rib of one
OF the pigs. who had accompanied us
us across the stream, had washed
down n large quantity of blueberry
and was about to light a fragrant
":lavana,' when we were aware of
lull in the continuous roar sent up
b. the rushing water and there float
ed to us over the murky waves, in
cross between shrek and a groan:
For Gods sake, won't you come and
get me?"
Carefully wiping his silver knife
and fork. dipping the end of his fin
gers into the ieweled finger bowl
and deity applying them to his sat
isfied lips, and, after requesting the
waiter to bring another bottle of
Burgundy, | saw the colonel open
his lips and heard roar which must
have been eNcruciatingly audible for
at least half a mile as it rolled
across to our friend on the opposite
I bank, saying Say, there a hell of
good crossing bout twenty miles up
the creek"