IN THE GOAT AND GLACIER FIELDS 



us who could, to rest in camp the following day 

 while Longley, Wooden and Rogers went after 

 the five goat hides and meat. They started in a 

 drizzle which later cleared a little, but the slow 

 rain was intermittent until nightfall. During 

 the day Charlie Baxter (the White Horse guide) 

 came thru with Mr. Corcoran. The outfit 

 stopped long enough for us to exchange greet- 

 ings. Having met all the members of the party 

 before, it was very pleasant to have their trail 

 in the hills cross ours. 



This idle day in camp gave William and me 

 an opportunity to enjoy a very pleasant diver- 

 sion from the camp routine that of giving 

 Jimmy, our cook, orders on baking a birthday 

 cake for Harry. William had "soft-pedaled" 

 some of us the information while at McCarthy 

 that his father would pass his 5oth milestone in 

 camp, and, in order that his half-century mark 

 might not go by forgotten we collected some can- 

 dles in McCarthy. These we brought forth and 

 handed to our Japanese boy with the admonition 

 that he must be prepared to bake the camp cake 

 of his life. We appropriated the mess-tent for 

 our collusion, and barred all from entrance 

 during the day. When night fell we had a cake 

 fit for the gods, with beautiful white frosting 

 and two colors of gingerbread trimming. We 

 had a big feed that night, and were in the middle 

 of it when the boys, rain-soaked and cold, came 

 in with the skins and meat. Harry was com- 



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