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a siding, some little unexpected courtesy was always 

 provided for us. 



On this present journey to Greenville Junction the 

 same solicitous care of the passengers' comfort was 

 shown by the train crew. On account of a de- 

 tention from a hot box, the train arrived somewhat 

 late and pulled into the station just at midnight. 

 There are two large hotels at the junction, but neither 

 of them had enterprise enough to have a conveyance 

 or a man to help with the baggage or to pilot the way 

 through the dark and foggy night to the hotel. 



The dunnage, perforce, had to be left in the station 

 until the following morning. It has happened in 

 almost all of my trips to and from this region that 

 the dunnage sacks have been opened somewhere, and 

 some much-needed article stolen. Once it was a new 

 pair of laced hunting boots ; at another time a fine pair 

 of field-glasses ; again, a pair of long rubber boots, and 

 upon this trip a pair of brand-new moose-shank shoes, 

 a sou'wester hat and a few minor articles of clothing. 



A Philadelphia woman last season had a large trunk 

 taken. It was filled with clothing needed for a 

 month's stay at " Our Lake," and she was, in conse- 

 quence, put to dire straits to find enough things to 

 wear to keep her warm. She had to resort to the use 

 of a man's shirts, neckties and underwear, and to 

 borrow a couple of skirts from some more fortunate 

 woman. The trunk has not turned up even yet. 



