when matrimony^ had enticed her away, 

 and the thought that walked beside her 

 as she baked, and washed, and fed the 

 calves, was that some day she would go 

 ' back East/ And this in spite of the 

 fact that for those parts she was very 

 comfortable. 



Her log house was the largest in the 

 country, barring Captain Jones's, her 

 nearest neighbour, ten miles up at Jack- 

 son's Lake, and his was a hotel. Hers 

 could boast of six rooms and two 

 clothes' closets. The ceilings were 

 white muslin to shut off the rafters, the 

 sitting room had wall-paper and a rag 

 carpet, and in one corner was the post- 

 office. 



The United States Government Post- 

 office of Deer, Wyoming, took up two 

 compartments of Mrs. Cummings' writ- 

 ing desk, and she was called upon to be 



