REMINISCENCES TICKS B I RDS 



their existence, sufficient unto themselves as to fellow- 

 ship and social relations. The zest inspired by dog 

 and trap and gun blinded their eyes to such scrutiny of 

 the land and place as was easily open to them. 



He finally turned upon me and said: 



"Now, I'd like to ask you a few questions. What's 

 your name and where do you live?" 



I told him. 



"What are you out here for spending your money 

 on a pack-train and guides? Want to kill a grizzly so 

 you can go back and brag about it?" 



"Yes, that's about right. I wanted to get out into 

 the open, away from men and business and rest and 

 brace up so I can go back home and stand the racket 

 and earn my salary." 



"What is your salary?" 



When I told him he said: 



"God A'mighty, what do you do?" 



Told I wasabanker, he asked: "How big is your 



The $15,000,000 capital and profits and $140,000,000 

 deposits found no registering intelligence in his mind. 



"How big is New York?" 



I told him the last census showed 4,778,000 people. 



He puzzled and said, "That is forty-seven times as big 

 as Vancouver. How long and how wide is it?" 



"About fifteen miles north and south and about the 

 same east and west." 



"No, I don't mean prairie, just where the houses is, 

 good houses, not shacks." 



I gave him conservative information as to houses, 

 told him I lunched on the twenty-fifth floor of a thirty- 



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