THE MOUNTAIN TRAIL 



curves. No one leans back on the 

 cushions of an automobile along 

 the mountain trail. He who 

 would know the trail must leave 

 the comforts and luxuries of civi- 

 lization behind, must be glad to 

 wear great heavy hob-nailed shoes, 

 strong simple clothing, must be 

 ready to live laborious days, to lie 

 down at night weary on the hard 

 ground, to eat plain food and to 

 share in the hard work of camp life. 

 If a man will do this the trail 

 shall bring him great rewards a 

 clear atmosphere such as the valley 

 people never know, the beauty 

 and majesty of mountain fastnesses 

 which the people in the luxurious 

 trains see not, and, when the roads 

 where the great automobiles speed 

 along are lined with dust and sun- 

 burned grass, the trail will lead 

 him into little nooks where the 

 flowers are yet in spring time. 

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