The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-08-16

| The following letter by Stanhope
Huyck will prove very interesting to
his boy and girl friends. especially that
part of it referring to the dropping Of
the club.
Gogebic Lake.
July, %, 1918
Dear Ones at Home,
''This is Sunday a. m. and more
beautiful day never saw. The sun
is shining and cool, clear breeze is
coming from the lake, waiting the de-
lightful smell of cedar into my window.
There is a woodpecker pecking away at
the tip of tall balsam fir and every
now and then chipmonk runs up the
side of the cabin and peeks into my
window. The steady tapping of the
waves also mingles in. This morning,
early, though it was going to be
poor day as had rained all night and
was raining still, but it cleared off. l
did my chores, cleaned some fish, wrote
to Pierce and went swimming. swan
half way across the lake and back l
know that / am good for an hours
steady swim.
"Am glad to hear that it rained in
Clio, for besides adding to your COM
fort, it helped the crops. and good crops
will make the farmers better fit for
another Liberty Loan, should we get
one. Thus far we have had only two
very warm days-last Saturday and
Sunday. The guide told US that that
probably would be all. for now we are
starting to have regular August wealth
er, cool days, cold nights and slight or
heavy frosts. We have had one slight
one already. The guide said about the
18th would be the best fishing, especi-
ally for bass. Maybe you would like to
hear my last few logs:
July 25th- did my chores and
went over to the Antlers where prac-
ticed throwing spear at target. In
the afternoon / put on my moccasins,
made cap with red bandana and two
feathers and painted my face with rot
ten cedar log ground up. l took
knife and club and followed a fresh
dear track about half mile in the for
est, saw a fawn and heard a buck
sort back in the bushes. went up a
tree but nothing happened. Mrs. May
and l met two skunks in the woods.
They were beautiful. sneaked up on
couple of men that were in front of
the Antlers, by going up on the roof
and then up q tree. The foliage
screened me and / dropped my club
near them. Now they are little sore
at me. l followed them back to the
hotel, keeping on the edge of the forest.
We got mail at night and 1 received a
letter from Eddie Beeman. / thought
he was in Hope. also received papers
and magazines from Bud. We are hav-
ing cool and stormy looking weather.
July 26th-I did my chores and then
Ernest and spent the remainder of
the morning looking up different trees
in the Scout Book. We found a good
deal of cedar, birch, maple and elm also
little hemlock, pine and balsam fir.
After dinner we let Philip wade in the
water. He enjoyed it. Ernest took
his picture and | sent the films home.
l went swimming. We had an early
supper ard drove to Marenisco. We
had tire trouble. l received letter
from Herman Pierce. Earnest and l
saw the beautiful sunset from the ho-
tel and had good talk with the guide.
l have a trace of my hatchet. We
have been having nice cool weather.
"July 27th--I did my chores and sawed
back log for the fireplace. Ernest and
| went out to the car to fix the tire but
we didn't have patches so we had to
wait until Ormes could send some cut.
There is always something the matter
with Buick, anyway, but I wouldn't
dare tell Eddie Beeman that. / went
way back into the woods today. Every
time l &C | follow the trail little
farther. am now about three quar-
ters of a mile back. Ernest and /
stayed around the hotel until about
supper time waiting for ormes. After
supper we put on the tire, got some
fish and went swimming. | stayed
out in the middle % minutes and | do
believe that could stay there an hour
without firing. We had very cold
night and slight frost.
"Well these are my last logs up to
date. received the stamps and was
glad to get them. Thank Bud for the
papers.
Love to all.