Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-25
THE BUSHES So
OF LIVING
A PAMpERED DAUGHTER OF EASE
REVEALS THE DREADFUL DIS
COMFORTS OF MOUNTAIN

Tell us about your experience this
summer" The ladies of the neigh
borhood Red Cross Knitting club were
in session in Eleanor's living room.
Mrs. Fillmore says you had quite an
exciting time while you were away"
Mrs. Weeks looked reproachfully at
Eleanor. Exciting! ! think she must
refer to some one else or she is in
dulging in sarcasm"
well, l call sliding down a noun
tain exciting" laughed Eleanor.
do tell us about it." chorused the
ladies.
In the first place it was not a
mountain, only a big hill: do not ex-
aggerate. My sister -in-law is very
ford of nature began Mrs. Weeks
ecmurely. "and to get a view she would
cuale q ladder to the moon If that were
possible She Is great on the golden
rule, so if she enjoys anything she
forthwith pokes it down the threats
of everybody in her world
L have noticed that the golden rule
Is often used to make people uncom-
Portable" Mrs. Carr spoke with con-
piction.
about, 1t takes imagination to use the
golden rule put in Eleanor.
'"Imagination!" What do you mean ?"
asked Mis-. Black aggressively as she
worked to pick up dropped stitch in
lei knitting.
IF YOU cannot put yourself in your
neighbor's shoes you cannot tell where
they pinch" Mrs. Sperry's face wore
such a nirth- provoking expression
that the laughter was contagious.
Well, I'd like 20 hear about the
mountain climbing, said Mrs. Black.
Her knitting was going all right and
she settled herself to listen.
There isn't very much to TELL" be-
gan Mrs. Weeks. Carolyn, as ] said,
was fond Of views. and SO she pro-
posed that we climb the high Mill be-
hind the shack to see the sunset Now
l do not object to views; indeed / like
to look at good sunset when l can
be comfortable, but if / am all
scratched up with briers and half of
my hair has been clawed out by dead
branches that have caught it while
l have been climbing like a cat on
cushion, literally by my claws, why
-" The gesture expressed her in
ability to appreciate anything beau
tiful under such circumstances.
IF your sister in law had been up
the mountain before, l should think
she would have known it was too
difficult for YOU" The speaker was
a little doll of a woman whose APP
pearance was the most important thing
that ever occupied her attention.
"Oh, 1t was nothing to her. She
has climbed so much that she knows
how; besides that is the sort of thing
she likes" replied Mrs. Weeks.
Didn't she get her hair pulled and
tangled?" asked the doll.
"Oh, yes, that is all in the game
and is part of the fun" The note OF
scorn in the little Iady's tone told of
heartburnings on tho subject.
Wasn't the view fine after you got
there?" asked Eleanor.
"Oh, the view was all right, but
live on such an animal plane that
cannot rise above scraped shins and
scratched arms enough to enjoy view
when ! am nursing those injured mem
bers." An expressive little shrug &C
companied the words.
Wasn't coming down easier?" asked
Mrs. Carr.
TT was swifter. BY the time Caro-
Ign had soaked up all the sunset she
wanted 1t was nearly dark. We must
hurry down or we will not be able to
see the trail she announced, coming
to with a start. Sit right down and
slide. And we slid, all right"
Go on" begged Eleanor, for she
had stopped.
when we got down to the trail 1t
was so dark ,that even Carolyn could
not keep on 1t, and we wandered about
In the dense woods. falling over rocks
and plunging into ravires till ] was
frantic with fright and called out--of
course she was a rod ahead of mel
am going to stay here till Ralph comes
after me- / cannot go farther. That
frightened her and she came back and
reasoned with me- Finding that that
did no good she told me to stay there
till she took look around. The moon
had come up and finding an open
space she got her bearings and soon
found the trail. got home more dead
than alive"
(To be continued.)