Bife on 



started to lead Midget across. She followed will- 

 ingly. After a few steps, a flounder and a snort 

 caused me to look back, and all I could see of 

 Midget was her two little ears wriggling in the 

 snow. When we reached the other side, Midget 

 came out breathing heavily, and at once shook 

 her head to dislodge the snow from her forehead 

 and her ears. She was impatient to go on, and 

 before I could take off my snowshoes and strap 

 them on my back, she was pawing the ground 

 impatiently, first with one little fore foot and 

 then with the other. I leaped into the saddle 

 and away we went again. We had a very pleas- 

 ant morning of it. 



About eleven o'clock I dismounted to take a 

 picture of the snowy slope of Mt Silverheels. 

 Evidently Midget had never before seen a kodak. 

 She watched with extraordinary interest the stand- 

 ing of the little three-legged affair upon the ground 

 and the mounting of the small black box upon it 

 She pointed her ears at it; tilted her head to one 

 side and moved her nose up and down. I moved 

 away from her several feet to take the picture. 

 She eyed the kodak with such intentness that I 



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