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man and his wife from New York, who had been hunt- 

 ing with him the previous year. The husband is a 

 newspaper man of noted ability and influence in the 

 metropolis, being a son of one of the chief newspaper 

 publishers in that big city. 



Of his wife, every one who had seen her had the 

 same story to tell. She was a fine woman, courteous 

 and kind to all, patient and uncomplaining under the 

 most trying weather conditions, with an overflowing 

 stock of enthusiasm, and possessed of an athletic figure 

 that the goddess Diana herself might envy. The guides 

 said that she was slightly over six feet tall and weighed 

 one hundred and seventy pounds. Upon her last trip 

 she walked all the way out to the settlement forty- 

 five miles and arrived there in good condition. 



This woman is of gentle birth, is highly educated, 

 and cuts quite a sweep in the fashionable world when 

 at home. So no wonder that with all her varied ac- 

 complishments she should set the guides and " sports " 

 who have met her here where nature is not always 

 kind, but often very rude and rough as if with one 

 voice to sing her praises. 



