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secure at least one entrance and exit away from 

 the wind. Its advantages over the wall-tent for 

 withstanding stormy weather and for comfort 

 and convenience are generally admitted by all 

 old campers. 



The inventor of this most excellent tent was a 

 private soldier in the Second Dragoons, whom I 



often saw at Fort Bridger, Utah, in '58, but whose 

 name I have forgotten. 



The next day we drove down-town and bought 

 our supplies and on returning to camp loaded 

 the wagon for the trip to the plains, as Tom di- 

 rected. 



**Put the heaviest truck, such as the sacks of 

 corn and flour, in the bottom an' well toward the 

 forward end," said he, "an' such things as the 

 mess box an' stove — that we'll be using a good 

 deal on the road — in the hind end, where they'll be 



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