186 WITH GUN AND GUIDE 



needless to say that my Philadelphia friend was as 

 much entranced with the monumental harvest and its 

 attendant activities as any of us. 



The train was crowded with people for the Seattle 

 exhibition, and among them were many school 

 " marms " en route for Tacoma and Seattle, where the 

 schools open on the 1st of September. One of these 

 teachers, a bright and earnest little woman, told us that 

 there were TOO teachers in Seattle, and in Tacoma, 400, 

 many of whom spent their summers East and their 

 winters on the " coast " teaching. 



A stout woman who had been unable to get a lower 

 berth, although she had tried at Chicago and St. Paul, 

 finally became angry, and, addressing the other occu- 

 pants of the car with much energy, she said : 



" I'm not going to climb up to my roost like a 

 chicken. If the company doesn't give me a lower 

 berth, I will keep every passenger awake all night, for 

 I'll sing Shall We Gather at the Eiver.' I will pray 

 aloud and I'll tell stories, so that nobody can sleep." 

 Alas for her, it was of no use ; this dire threat didn't 

 bring her a lower berth. And she finally had to "go 

 up to roost like a chicken," after all. If she had tried 

 the mild method of appeal she would have had her 

 heart's desire, but no man wants to be threatened in 

 order to grant a favor. 



A superannuated Methodist minister, who has been 

 kept busy for the past decade in stirring up various 



