taken from aching backs, hobbles 

 snapped on forelegs, and with much 

 joyous kicking of hind-legs, frisk- 

 ing and rolling in the dust, great 

 solace to an itching skin, the 

 'bunch,' kept together by Daisy's 

 bell, ambled afield. Surplus pro- 

 visions were all stacked neatly in a 

 pile ready for the morning, and 

 covered with canvas in case of 

 showers; provisions and utensils 

 were clustered near the cook fire, 

 where Charley had begun prepara- 

 tions for the evening meal and be- 

 tween times chopped wood. Lusk 

 and Sommers assisted in putting up 

 the tents, so that we could "move 

 in, " rubber beds were blown up, 

 sleeping beds placed on top, night 

 things laid out, change of clothing, 

 rubber tub, toilet necessaries needed 

 for the morning, the candle lamp, 

 and matches handy. In a tent a 

 thing unvailable is a thing lost. 



We all worked. It was good ex- 

 ercise after long hours in the saddle 

 and we knew well the independent 

 spirit of these mountaineers. They 

 as little expect to render personal 

 service as the Secretary of a Company 



