10 THE LOO OF A TIMBER CRUISER 



No one had thought of calling the attention of the 

 experienced camper to the elementary rule that each 

 man must limit his personal belongings to absolute 

 necessaries. The stuff he had brought would weigh 

 five hundred pounds. The chief thought there must 

 be some misunderstanding. 



"Didn't I tell you we were packing with burros !" 

 he asked. "We can't afford to take over a hundred 

 pounds apiece I" 



"Well," announced Horace, kindly but firmly, 

 "IVe been over my effects carefully, I may say 

 painstakingly, and I really don't feel that I can 

 spare any of the articles I have selected for the 

 trip." 



Frazer stared for a brief moment at the bland 

 countenance before him, cast a wild glance at his 

 watch, and without another word dived into the dis- 

 play and began frantically to sort out and separate 

 from the mass those things which he conceived 

 necessary to their owner's continued existence. 



An air mattress, a portable rubber bathtub, and 

 a case of dehydrated food went into the discard at 

 once, together with a large and miscellaneous as- 

 sortment of fishing tackle and sportsmen's clothes. 

 As these were augmented by a chest of medicine, a 

 cork helmet, and a neat little set of "Camper's Clas- 

 sics" bound in green morocco, the indignant Weth- 

 erby protested volubly. 



Frazer ignored him until his task was finished. 

 Then he straightened up. 



