162 SADDLE AND CAMP 



nerves thus tuned ^nd drilled they were not 

 frightened by sudden and unusual noise. 



I was now in Sevier County, and an hour 

 after the automobile passed me entered Rich- 

 field, the county seat, a prosperous little city of 

 three thousand people. Very cosmopolitan it 

 seemed as I rode down its long main street, to 

 dismount at the Southern Hotel, where the 

 weary horses and myself were to enjoy a two 

 days' rest. 



