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(JLKANlXdS IN' HKH CULTUUIO. 



»lr.v almusplific of Soinlurn lalirniiiia lias 

 soiiuMliiiiu i(» do w ill) it : ami may be tlic soiil- 

 stirrinji sociktv lii'lpi d laiiicly In tfct up tin- vn- 

 tliiisiiisin. While I write, a week lias passetl 

 siiu'e that walk, and my appetite is still excel- 

 lent, and 1 feel a dejifee of .stfentilli ami vifior 

 1 tiiink I never knew before in my life. 



In many iilaees the liiade of the mountain 

 was sneh that one oould. if he tiied hard, cut 

 acioss the trail and run up tlie hillside so as to 

 feach the tiail at a point above. Of cotifse. 

 this cuttiiiR cidsslols woulii he a fXfeat savins; of 

 time and tiavel: hut the woik is so xciy fatit^n- 

 injr. and so much hai'iler. that most jieople \n'r- 

 fer to follow the beaten track, although ittakes 

 thoiii longer : and, in fact, few people could 



sa\ ins nearly a mile of travel by what took him 

 only a few niinut.es. As 1 had only (uie suit of 

 cloihintr with me I did not diiic to' risk follow- 

 ing! him: besides. smdi a liea(l!<in!.t wav was more 

 or less dangerous. In this way he reached .Mr.-. 

 Koot and In r companions soiiie timi' liefore I 

 came in siyht. and {,'r'avely announced that I 

 was "used u|.."' and he was after help. Friend 

 Stevenson, who had lirouj^iit Mrs. ivoot, broiiffht 

 along for company his niece, u schoolteacher 

 and a ycning lady of rare ctilture and inti'lli- 

 gence. The boys of the liouseiiokl also jieti- 

 tioiH>d for a holiday to get aciiuainted with 

 •• rnele Amos." Accordingly when freind Karr 

 announced that I was used up they volunteered 

 to come after me; and by dint of ' hard sciam- 



TIIE PARTY COMING TO TlIK RESCUE. 



Stand it to climb verj' long, straight up the sides 

 of the mountain. In coming down the moun- 

 tain, however, there are many points wliere the 

 boys had "slid down "" to some point in the 

 trail below: and we made several crosscuts in 

 this way that saved us quite a little travel. 

 Where it was sandy and gravelly there was but 

 little danger, even if you did fall, providing you 

 did not tear your clotliing or cut your hands 

 and face. Friend Fan- could not resist tlie 

 temptation when he c;"ne to those crosscuts : 

 and at one tinv he not only reached the trail 

 below, but was under such rapid motion that he 

 went past it and struck it still further down. 



bling such as none but a hoij can do, they met 

 me coming down at a good rate along the beaten 

 path, and soon passed the intelligence below 

 thati was well and hearty. The first cut gives 

 aglimpvSeof friend Stevenson, Mrs. Root ne.xt, 

 then Mr. Stevenson's niece. Friend Farr brings 

 up the rear. Your humble servant stood on 

 the opposite side of the canyon, with the Kodak. 

 The rocky cliffs above and below the pathway 

 give one a very good idea of the mountain-side, 

 and the task perfornu^d by the company who 

 cut the trail. The next i)icture was taken near 

 the foot. Mr. Stevenson and his niece come 

 first; ufixt Mrs. Root, then friend Farr; lastly 



