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when matrimony had enticed her away, 

 and the thought that walked beside her 

 as she baked, and washed, and fed the 

 calves, was that some day she would go 

 ' back East' And this in spite of the p 

 fact that for those parts she was very f 

 comfortable. g 



Her log house was the largest in the 

 country, barring Captain Jones's, her 

 nearest neighbour, ten miles up at Jack- 

 son's Lake, and his was a hotel. Hers 

 could boast of six rooms and two 

 clothes' closets. The ceilings were 

 white muslin to shut off the rafters, the 

 sitting room had wall-paper and a rag 

 carpet, and in one corner was the post- 

 office. 



The United States Government Post- 

 office of Deer, Wyoming, took up two 

 compartments of Mrs. Cummings' writ- 

 ing desk, and she was called upon to be 



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