taineers and guides then at Yeddar's 

 lounged to the place, until there were 

 nine able-bodied men ranged in a row 

 watching the freighter dig out his 

 wagon. No one offered to help him, 

 but all contented themselves with crit- 

 icising his methods freely and inquir- 

 ing after his politics. 



During the third week of our stay, 

 Uncle John raised the price of our 

 board and such board ! giving as an 

 excuse that when we came he did not 

 know that we were going to like it so 

 well, or stay so long ! Please place 

 this joke where it belongs. 



The charm that held us to this rough 

 place was the abundance of game. The 

 very night we got there, I was standing 

 quietly by the cabin door at dusk, when 

 down the path came two of the prettiest 

 does that the whole of the Blacktail 



