The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-06-21
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MOUNTAIN JOE
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BY LEON w. DEAN.



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Mountain House Joe he was CALLED,
II IL was an exclusive bit u seaners1
you wanted, an exceptionally fine trout
or deer In season, Mountain House
Joe would see that you got it.
He was ike any one Of hundred
other Adirondack guides-and differ
ent. Just where tire likeness left Off
and the difference began 1t was hard
10 tell. Whatever the reason, Noun
tain House Joe was considered the
most popular guide In the mountains.
one night In the rugged defiles Of
Indian pass he gave us the first real
peep beneath the crust. We were look
ing away over score of darkening
mountain peaks 10 where Whiteface
reared its lofty head, still strongly
etched against the northern sky.
How sings Horace ?-'mundi moles
OperOsa'-the tOll-wright mass of the
world! wonder what the old Roman
would say If he could look upon
sight such as thls?"
II was Lieutenant Golden who spoke.
Joe, squattlng on his heels by the
fire where lac was preparing the eve
ming meal. turned his head abruptly.
IF he were modest he would say
that you had JUST given him credit for
what rlghtfully belongs to Ovid. re-
The temptation had proved too pro-
voking and our cook of many merry
excursion had suddenly become II
scholar of the classics. But strai3ht-
way he was Mountain House Joe again
and no amount Of urging on our part
could complete the metamorphosls.
"What the deuce Is the matter with
the fellow? whispered Charlie Os-
good after series OF inglorious at !
tempts to invelgle him into CONVERSE
ton. .
Despalring at length of story from
Joe. which we had come to anticipate
as part Of the regular evening pro-
gram, we turned back to the papers |
which the ladies had brought with /
them, now several days old.
II was full and the annual Yale .
football battle was only few
v eeks distant The papers were full
o! 1t.
We were It Harvard crowd and felt
Itee TO express our minds.
"All Brlckley," said Dick Valentine,
turning the pages, "All Brlckly and
Harvard"
1t was Mrs. Mabel who saved the
lay. Mrs. Mabel was Dicks wife, but
hat didn't happen to help Dick any
N this instance.
She laughed, and when Mrs. Mnbel
laughs 1t Is irresistible. "Well, guess
We clean forgot that Cambridge wasn't
he center of the EARTH" she said.
And Ii wasn't any farther back than
'ur own day when the Blue was treat.
ng us as we are treating them. You
ion't forget one Chase. do you, boys2"
Forget Joe Chaser | reckon not.
No Harvard man Of our time Is likely
% do that. He beat us for two years
With poor eleven behind him. No,
Ne aren't forgetting Joe Chase"
well" continued Mrs. Mabel, ST
hink Dell knows ever II little more
lbout Yale and Joe Chase than the
est of US. How about lit"
All eyes were turned lnQuiringly on
DELL.
I'VE were to have been married."
he said simply. ..a
l saw Mrs, Mabel colCr to the ear
lips.
Dell alone was undlsturbed.
Father and mother had picked out
he man they wanted me to marry,
md II wasn't Joe Chase. He had more
money and therefore more social
than Joe. Father did the
'nly underhand thing l have ever
Snown him to do In his llfo and sorely
has he repented. He told Joe he
wasn't In our class. Joe had often
ried to tell me the same thing, but
wouldn't listen to him. He was proud
md dad must have used plain lam .
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