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secure at least one entrance and exit away from 

 the wind. Its advantages over the wall-tent for 

 withstanding stormy weather and for comfort 

 and convenience are generally admitted by all 

 old campers. 



The inventor of this most excellent tent was a 

 private soldier in the Second Dragoons, whom I 



often saw at Fort Bridger, Utah, in '58, but whose 

 name I have forgotten. 



The next day we drove down-town and bought 

 our supplies and on returning to camp loaded 

 the wagon for the trip to the plains, as Tom di- 

 rected. 



"Put the heaviest truck, such as the sacks of 

 corn and flour, in the bottom an' well toward the 

 forward end/' said he, "an' such things as the 

 mess box an' stove that we'll be using a good 

 deal on the road in the hind end, where they'll be 



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