The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-01
Girls Float Down the
Rio Grande on Raft
CCon,lnuc.i from saturday,

mingled feelings that this entry II
made in the log book. The day did
not begin auspiciously. hut II ended in
joyful singing and heavenly dreams.
The same old Juggling and hauling up
To 10 O'Clock. when to our JOY we
came to u smooth current next "A long,
barren pasture, skirtcd by the first OF
the Sierra hills. cattle grazcd on both
sides 81 the river, dining solely on
stuntcd snake weed. But II Is bright
est before the storm, and oh. what n
storm cloud. II was n huge tree trunk
the forked part OF which lay on the
bank. the other part. almost straight
out from the bank. This was the
part which concerned all hands. As
the ~Suffragette struck, the captain
yelled Dad. we re shipping water
The bosun and crew exclaimed. why.
so w are,' So the captain clambered
up ON the log. the better to enable
herself to use her hands In the rescue
Of the bark the bosun and crew
and the mate proceeded TO fan out
and pull for dear life and all their
worldly goods. IL was not long before
the boat was balcd out and all the
worldly goods stretched u ON the
grass to dry The captains little pink
dress was all "pinkt over promis-
cuousiy by the pinker collar, n all
the stylish go-to-meetin' clothes had
stylish chocolate colorcd stripes at
delightfully."- original intervals. We
were visited by some youthful would
,'e cowboys. who found lots to look
and laugh at. ~ ~ all hands pulled
away from the scene OF the tragedy
and started the winding elusive pur-
suit of the channel. The river wound
through the Sierra mountains. Some
times we struck hard rock bottom
shore. a number OF burros. sleek
and fat. big and little. were seen
which elected such ordinations "Oh
lookee. the darlin' little baby burros''
from the captain. \ dirty little river
came In about half past three. but
did not help much. \ Mexican had
told w a place called sun acacia was
near. so when as about $3.50 we saw
wtndmills and green trees. we plucked
up heart and pushed ON, landing 10y
a sign which read "Zimmers Orch
ard. So we went to ask Mr. Zim-
mcr Tor some water, and Mr. thinner,
whom the tired and thirsty hobbling
crew found to he the most delightful
Sos, imngtrabie seut us ON our way
~,io!cinr First ne gave ms an album
j,,c. 81 deucious cold water from
,b. vfpduu and We we asked II he
womb sell rs any bread. ne declared
n. had none To sell. but would be
glad IN give MS some And of course
ne must take us in and seat The
I dunpida,ed crew nj his dining table
and foliow nm the most excellent
: bra,d with n.wly mnde cnbappIe
teu, and huge nat of sweet fresh
bu,,er which he said was made every
Jsy and then there mrst be AN enor-
mons p,u az roId milk from the ice
box and cold boiled eggs. The cap
tain and the bosun and crew each
drank three glasses Of milk and ate
two OF the big slices OF delicious bread
and l.Ily and nm egg. our most could
NOT be hearty and hospitablc enough
10 tn, hungry strangers And when
On, am the contents of his ice box. he
shaved us am over his interesting
nous, Indian.mnde bird pictures,
lenunrJ skins killed los himself iu
/ south Amcrica. COY rooms and the
iovely flowers In the garden. lie
gaye the captain and mate some beau
,iful mink roses and a deep red vel
20, dnhlia Then ne must needs ac-
rompsn, US To- the boat. not without
firs, having urged an hands To aban-
don a possibly uncomfortable camp
and mass the night in comfortable
quarters ON his front porch. "Out
cup ruuncth over" al this kind and
! ,hourhtfuI offer. but We did not wish
tn tax. advantage 81 such kindness
and nut MIR. Zimmcr 10 such iucon,
venIeuce. So AS we nut OFF at the
! dock. We saw the last Of our delight.
ful friend. his CHEEKY face. smiling
al Us from the bank. his hearty yoic,
bidding us a goodbye and good luck
and MS omen hand waving ID last fare.
wsu The CAPTAIN sighed and said
.Wasu', ne lust the incest man '" IN,
,piniou Of AN hands pu, In five Iittl,
words.
Wednesday. August Camp WA
broken about SD aud progress vat
p fairly good ia the morning. about tn,
4 usual pulling and hauling aud gcttln