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ybu with a tomahawk," replied I; " hut you see, 1113' dear 

 old boy, I can't take the medicine you prescribe, — the treat- 

 ment is too heroic. If I am the dihipidated individual you 

 picture me, with your rather free-hand stylic of (hawiiiii", 

 ]\o\\' am 1 ever to cnduie the hardshii)s of a fortnii;lil in tiic 

 Adirondacks?" 



"Yes, l»ul you see — " 



"Yes, I think I do see, indeed; first, the mosquitoes, 

 then the thunder-storms, the Ions: hard tramps, the sleepiuii' 

 out of doors on the ground — what j'ou call cam[)inu' out — 

 and living on your indigestil)liN&fip jacks and salt pork — 

 and not a drug store or a doctor within fifty miles! Do 

 you think lam a fit subject for such barbarities?" 



— '1)ut 3'ou see, " said he, as soon as I gave him opportunity, 

 ' 'you are not to be the miserable effigy of b man that you now 

 are; you'll l)egiu to mend as soon as you begin to pack up 

 yoiu- clothes and fishing tackle; a few miles of corduroy 

 roads will fill you with n(!W desires, "^and he smiled 

 furtively behind a fresh smoke cloud; — "the piu'e breath 

 of the forest, the sturdy tramp, the free life, the — " 



"How about the mosquitoes? " 

 — "the numberless allurements aud employments of 

 camp life" — 



"Aud what do you say about the tremendous storms 

 .you've told about?" 



" — the fascination of trout fishing, the — " 



"Do you deny that camping out will give a man rheu 

 matism ?" 

 " — the glories of mountain and lake and river '"— 



