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victrola, and a nice rug to cover the center of 

 the floor. 



One of our "wranglers" had to get up very 

 early in the morning to hunt up some stray 

 horses. Although there were seven of us, not 

 one had a watch that was in condition to give 

 ■us the time of day; so our host volunteered to 

 wake him at two o'clock. The registering 

 thermometer showed that it was 21 degrees 

 above zero that night, and promptly to the 

 minute the man got out of bed and coolly 

 walked out in his bare feet and bare legs, and 

 without a night shirt on, to the tent of the 

 wrangler and wakened him. The distance he 

 had to walk was equal to a city square. Al- 

 though there was some little snow on the 

 ground, he came back without saying a 

 word and got into bed as if he had done noth- 

 ing but what was a nightly occurrence with 

 him, and he soon fell asleep and all was well. 



This man had four heavy, husky dogs, and 

 these he fed with white fish which he caught 

 with a net in the lake near by. When the 

 weather became cold enough to freeze the lake 

 over, he would catch a couple of tons or more 

 of these splendid fish and they would make 

 food for man and beast during the winter. 

 The huskies were used in carrying him on his 



