76 With Feet to the Earth 



money, the latter if I was lucky. Add a 

 stick, more for company than support, and 

 you are independent, so long as you get 

 your meals. For dress, just old clothes 

 with a soft hat or cap, easy, broad-soled 

 shoes. Ready : go. 



Of course, if there is a party there is a 

 certain advantage in the matter of adjust- 

 ing freight, since it may be divided. For 

 example, one man will carry the guide- 

 book, only one being needed for all ; an- 

 other will take a clothes-brush ; another a 

 jar of vaseline, useful to relieve chafing ; 

 another, who has gained the confidence of 

 his partners, is the guardian of a flask ; 

 and one carries shaving materials. While 

 I think of it, let me add that if you do 

 succeed in making up a party, have it 

 understood at the outset that each pays 

 his way. Nothing leads more easily to 

 extravagance and regret than the selfish- 

 ness that assumes on its own account the 

 regulation of expenses for the company, or 

 the careless good nature that would incur 

 penury by buying cigars and paying car 

 fare for every one. If it is agreed to 



