Evening star., 1921-09-25

| and we feared for the consequences.
At the east end of the Albany
| bridge we had a gloomy parting.
when our CHEEKY companions were
home. broke. And, accidentally. it
| was discovered they had been taking
| turns sleeping on the new panama.
J We were sorry they found 1t out,
they felt so badly about it. Never
mind. boys. after leaving you it re-
kneaded back into shape with wick
ed list to starboard that makes the
cid man look ten years younger.
At parting we introduced ourselves,
few days later came a heart-warm- :
ing letter. saying they had caught
a Massachusetts car shortly after
leaving us, reaching home early that
The officer at the bridge had OBJ
served our leave-taking. and on max
ing inquiries of him as to the best
route through Albany. we received
our first and only admonition Of the
trip. Mister. said he earnestly, Il
see you have been making pick-ups
on the road. Better cut it out If
you want to get where you are go
ing. Only last night fellow here
got his head Dashed in and lost his
Hna wad promiseS 1nn5 70 be ws esrefn fnanke' MIN
of Lathams, Cohoes and Waterford.
Beyond Waterford the waters de-
scended and the, floods came. with
| thunder and lightning. The Spar
row folded its wings beneath the
| foliage of a wayside tree-a foolish
| thing to do, as trees are excellent
targets for thunderbolts and play
| things of the wind.
Arrival Mt Lake George.
| When the storm had subsided we
cranked up, reaching Saratoga In a
blaze of sunshine and a rainbow in
| the sky. 1t was too good to relin-
| quish for a crowded hotel veranda, SO
we pushed on to Glens Falls and
! then Lake George, arriving in time
| for dinner.
| After dinner we got our thermos
! bottle and lunch-kit filled for an
early breakfast. then went down to
the lakeside and scraped acquaint--
, ance with the loafers and obtained
some inside information about the
roads ahead. particularly a short cut
we had in mind Better look out
| for that road" said one. shes all
| upgrade and almighty narrer, and
the Canadian whisky runners come
| Sunday and they're liable to brush
your fiivver off the mountain"
! Returning to the hotel. we then met
/ some real folks. tourists from Phila-
:
son in camp. The gentleman had
/ been pinched for speeding through a
| little town down the road, and in re-
turn for our sympathy he gave us a
| most excellent cigar, which lasted till
past bedtime.
! The next morning we were up with
: the birds and away on the last lap.
Beyond Warrensburg an ex-soldier,
| looking for a job. asked for lift
I He produced his cherished discharge
| papers from a little leather case. His
lungs were in bad shape. due to gas.
| He had lost his wallet, containing SIS
! his entire capital. Also he was hun
| CRY. The lunch-kit was still full, and
after we had cleaned it out and he
! had a good cigar stuck in his mouth
, he chirked up considerably and was
| pretty clipper when dropped at
Schroon Lake, where he hoped to get
work.
! Coming to the short cut we passed It
| by. Our destination was too near to
| take a chance with "boomin' whis-
! ky runners" so we stuck to the good
old state road for the longest way
| around. At Jay a turn left, up the
west branch of the Ausable, through
Lake Placid, and Saranac Lake. At
! Saranac necessary supplies were laid
in, then a few miles more to family
headquarters.
| And the wife and boy were attend
| ing divine service in the village, for
| it was Sunday morning. We turned
| the Sparrow out to enjoy itself on
!, the grass, went in and took a nap
| We were awakened by exclama-
tIons ard questions. Why hadn't
| they been notified, and suppose we
| had been robbed, killed or kidnapped
without anybody knowing it. an6
what an old fool we were, anyway
etc. But we believe thev were glaG
to see US all the same And Wher