FIRST IMPRESSIONS 19 



spreading wide, sheltering arms over a well- 

 built adobe dwelling. And was this all ? 

 No for bounding the horizon, a perpetual 

 vision of beauty, rose the grand heights of 

 the Organ Mountains. Poor reasoning this, 

 no doubt, for a prospective farmer, yet not 

 without its proven worth as we entered the 

 long vista of toil, struggle, and aggravation 

 which goes to making a home in the Land 

 of Poco Tiempo, that perfect substitute for 

 the After Awhile, and Never-do-to-day-what- 

 you-can-possibly-put-off-till-to- morrow, of 

 certain States of the Middle South. 



