CHAPTER XXXI. 



AUTUMN RAMBLINGS IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. 



AMONG THE WOLVERINES OFF TO THE TWIN LAKES MY " HUNTER'S 

 PET" THROUGH THE PINE FOREST ONE SHOT AND ONE MISS A 

 PACK OF WOLVES HIDING-PLACES OF THE BEAR A SHOT AT A 

 DEER ON BOARD THE " NORTHERN BELLE." 



ON the night of September 2d, 1878, a party of five of us, 

 weary of the cares and duties of the office, and longing for a 

 few weeks' rest and recreation, boarded the train on the L., 

 C. and L. railroad, at Louisville, Ky., which was at that time 

 my home, and retired for a night's slumber in a clean and 

 comfortable bed in a Pullman sleeping-car. We soon forgot 

 all our cares, and awoke at the call of the conductor at four 

 o'clock A.M. to find ourselves in Cincinnati, where we par- 

 took of a hearty breakfast, and at a quarter-past seven A.M. 

 left that city over the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad 

 for Richmond, Ind. At this point we transferred, in the union 

 depot at ten minutes to eleven A.M., to the cosy and comforta- 

 ble coach of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, which car- 

 ried us through to our destination without any other changes. 

 The conductor and other officials of this road resorted to every 

 means at their command to make our journey and that of 

 every passenger under their charge as comfortable as possible. 

 I have made several trips over this road, and in each case 

 have been very favorably impressed with the uniform cour- 

 tesy and kindness displayed by all its employes toward their 

 patrons. 



At half-past six A.M. of the 4th instant we arrived at 

 Elmira, a small station twenty-five miles south of Petoskey, 



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