Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-23

passing through uranus Fass' shV
Rambler would wonder at the motive
that started each on its long journey,
Were the travellers finding all the
pleasure In the trip they had so fond
ly anticlpatede Where were they SO
ing. and whys Was the fellow who
paid for the gasoline getting his
moneys WORTH
The Rambler used to spend long
evenings In the Riverside park auto
camp getting the point OF view OF
the traveller. One time he found be-
meath the pines camp that In Its
appointments bespoke the luxury OF
life In the open. There We're two
autos OF q make that did not hint
Of tlghtened purse strings. The
golden monograms upon their sides
told OF common ownership, and
Los Angeles was given as the home
port. The Rambler was accorded a
cordial reception In the camp, aud
the traveller from Los Angeles soon
indicated that ut one time he had
lived at Wallace, Idaho. Did he know
Pete Holohan. and Milt Flohr. and
all the other boys that the Rambler
used to meet. and occasionally beat.
at the traps! II was like a breath
from home. They had hshed the
same streams. had hunted deer and
elk and bear In the same beloved
Bitterroots. The traveller had In
vested In stock OF well known Coeur
d'Alene mining property. and now
his hardest labor was In keeping
track of dividends.
As the Rambler and the traveller
probed deep into the days OF old,
there came up from the waters OF the
Rogue echoes OF the merriment OF the
scores OF bathers enjoying q dip In
the river on the hot August evening.
The hundred-odd young people. and
others not so young. attested the
popularity OF the Riverside park
bathing beach. From out OF the
dripping throng there came young
man who entered the camp OF the
travellers.
Dad. want to take the big car"
he said. as ne approached the man
from Los Angeles.
Asked where he was going. he said
that he had met a Grants Pass fellow
down In the river and the two OF
them were going out for ride. He
spoke the names OF two OF the local
girls as their companions. The
traveller cast knowing glance at his
wife. The two made haste TO clear
the big car" OF rs baggage as the
young man changed from his bathing
suit In the tent. When he came out
and measured the gasoline. the father
simply admonished him TO "break no
Grants Pass speed laws" and to re-
member they were to go on the next
day. and with whirr. the car sped
down through the park. The father
then told the story Of the boy.
Fred is only II. and last spring
he got the worst case Of puppy love
I ever saw. The girl had II Just as
severely. and there was nothing for
them but orange blossoms and Mem
delssohn's wedding march. told the
boy to forget 1t, for there were rea-
sons why the match was not good
one even II the kids had been old
enough to think OF getting married.
We made up this trip, mother and /,
to get the boys mind of the girl.
and for six weeks we have been look
ing at the big trees, and taking in
the sights wherever we could find
any to take in. But oil Fred could
see when he looked at the big trees
was the Outline OF q girls face in
the fieecy clouds above, and even
Tahoe reflected back the sadness OF
the farewell that morning at Los An
geles. Every day for the first weeks
a letter came, and every day one was
sent back. This is the first time the
boy has shown evidences that the
cure was working. It Is the first
time he has even given thought to
another girl"
Then from out on the Crescent
City highway there came back the
honk-honk OF a familiar auto warn
ing. Say, Mr.. Rambler, II can
get few OF those flies from you
think we will stay over tomorrow in
Grants Pass. This is mighty pretty
place In which to camp, and back
yonder aways saw stretch OF
water like that long rifle above Fer
rell's on the 81. Joe where the red
sides used to lfe."
Over in another OF the camping
places the Rambler found a young
man from a town up In northern