The Pulaskian., 1920-02-13

acre block in the corner or It, WulCA I started to cross diagonally, when l saw what looked like two tall tents
 among some small pine. It looked like an Indian wigwam, or rather two
 of them, and looked as though it had
 been patched with dark-colored hide, or else it looked more like two hay
 stacks with the snow on them just melting through in patches showing
 the brown hay beneath. But it was
 not snow, for it was nearer a summer
 day than winter It was near the
 corner of the forty to my left which
 I had intended to miss, but now 1
 changed my course to it and found as
 I supposed natural rock chimney,
 as they are called in Colorado, pro-
 iecting up through the earth where it
 had been forced by some volcanic up-
 heayal while yet plastic enough to be
 shaped to it's present form. It was
 now, however, cracked and shattered.
 I followed this ridge on to the timber,
 which 1 entered and soon came to
 pretty little mountain creek, which
 could tell was full of fish by the move
 ment of the water The creek had
 widened here to a small lake about twenty feet wide and 100 yards long. I knew I was right about the fish
 when I saw on the other bank a reg
 ular camping place with the fresh
 tent pegs still in the ground, as though fishermen had only left it the night before.
 After this I returned to the road 1 left Noticing a lot of crystals on the graves at a church I examined them and saw that lots of them were of pink color. Just beyond it is some of the most famous crystal mines in all this section. Crystals from here have sold for $25 each and more in Hot Springs. 1 found this a very thickly-settled community, but the flu" was ahead of me and it was getting dark, also the roads were travelled so much by loggers from the Fourche lumber camps, that I was constantly taking the wrong one. At last l concluded I could not make my destination so, when Peach Taylor told me he would keep me if I coula put up with his fare, but that his wife was away from home, I put up with him for the night. The next day when I mentioned l would like to go upon top of Crystal Pinnacle I was advised if I went up there not to come back, because it was only two and one-half miles from the top of it I to the Muckers' camp at the end of the tram. At once 1 was possessed by visions of being home for supper.
 On top of this mountain is the end of telephone wire, and 1t was until lately the headquarters of the gov ernment foresters. There is high watch tower on it, which was used as a lookout for forest fires, and from the top of this on clear day you can see with good field glass people walking along the main streets of Hot Springs, which is only thirty miles away.
 l did not take much time to look for crystals, but I am satisfied if I had could have found some nice ones.
 My two and half mile walk turned out to be fully ten, for I missed my way. When I reached the camp it was after dark and I had some trou- ble finding place to stay, for most of the men had gone to bed Finally was directed to the skinners' camp, where found lodging but no supper. When l entered a. young fellow grabbed my satchel from me. Il thought he was going to search it for Then he remarked, Give me your walking stick and hang LID your coat and get out there and go to cutting the pigeon-wing. Now get out there with him, Cob, and let us see what you can do for this old man is a dancer right; he is the man who brought dancing into this country; he used to dance in shows" Cob re- piled, "No, I won't dance with him for l might lose my money" It appeared then that Cob had just bet $32 that he could outdance anybody in the crowd, and it was not whiskey the boys were after, but fun. They kept their singing and racket up until delegation from the adjoining build ing came in and asked them to quit. which they did just long enough to hear the delegate announce that he had stopped it, then they resumed with more n0iSa than avo,, ,,r+;l i n on