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Even Sachem ceased to sulk before the meal was 

 ended. \ 



At dusk, as we were assuring ourselves by personal 

 inspection that the camp was in proper order, a fa- 

 miliar form came stalking toward us in the gathering 

 gloom. " Tenacious Gripe ! " cried the Professor ; 

 and so it was. Our friend's ribs had been repaired, 

 and he was now on a mission along the Solomon 

 , river, holding railroad meetings in the different 

 counties. The progressive westerner, when he has 

 nothing else to do, is in the habit of starting out on a 

 tour for the purpose of inducing the dear people to 

 vote county bonds for a new railroad, and such a 

 westerner was Gripe. 



