Protection of the Yellowstone Park 



tion was a minor or unconsidered subject. 

 His "usually harmless fusillade of tourists" 

 reminds one of Paddy's remark to his master : 

 "Did I hit the deer, Pat?" "No, my lord, 

 but you made him I'ave the place." For his 

 time he was exactly suited ; he penetrated 

 every remote nook and corner; built roads, 

 blazed trails, and in general made accessible 

 all the wonders written of and described by 

 Mr. Langford. Protection was not yet due, 

 but it was on the road and close at hand. 



For this part of the work Major Harris was 

 an ideal selection, and he came none too soon. 

 Austere, correct, unyielding, he was a terror to 

 evil doers. And, after all, is there anything 

 more disagreeable than a man who is always 

 right? I believe Major Harris was always 

 sure he was right before he acted, and then no 

 fear of consequences deterred him. He once 

 arrested a man for defacing the formations 

 at the Upper Basin. The man confessed that 

 he had done it, but that it was a small offense, 

 and that if put out of the Park for it he would 

 publish the Major in all the Montana papers. 

 He was put out, and the Major was vilified 

 in a manner with which I am personally very 

 familiar. The next year this same man was 



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