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course the men had to be paid up until such time 
as they reached the places where they had been 
engaged. The next morning at four we were up 
loading the stage. We soon found that it could 
not take everything and knowing that what was left 
behind might easily be lost, we arranged with the 
landlord of the hotel to send a special express over 
with our traps, guaranteeing to catch the two P. M. 
train. 
The drive behind four horses through the beau- 
tiful wild country was very delightful. An hour 
after leaving Meadows we stopped for breakfast. 
It was then daylight but intensely cold. How- 
ever, it warmed up when the sun rose higher. 
After breakfast we travelled very fast, arriving 
at Council two hours before train time. Our dis- 
gust can be imagined when we found there was no 
train that afternoon, as it had changed its time to 
late in the evening. Our extra stage had been 
quite unnecessary, and to crown all when the ex- 
press came in with our baggage, it turned out to 
be our outfit, which could not possibly, under any 
circumstances, manage the trip for us, but when 
paid off by us could manage it quite easily for 
themselves, especially when paid a second time by 
the hotel keeper. We arrived at Weiser in time 
for the midnight train, having had an enjoyable 
trip, in spite of the fact that we never saw a wild 
animal. H. caught sixteen trout, while I caught 
one and found eight sardines; these with the three 
grouse making up our bag. 
