THE LONG TRAIL 



THERE is a universal saying to the 

 effect that it is when men are off in 

 the wilds that they show themselves 

 as they really are. As in the case with the 

 majority of proverbs there is much truth 

 in it, for without the minor comforts of life 

 to smooth things down, and with even the 

 elemental necessities more or less problem- 

 atical, the inner man has an unusual op- 

 portunity of showing himself — and he is 

 not always attractive. A man may be a 

 pleasant companion when you always 

 meet him clad in dry clothes, and certain 

 of substantial meals at regulated intervals, 

 but the same cheery individual may seem 

 a very different person when you are both 

 on half rations, eaten cold, and have been 

 drenched for three days — sleeping from 

 utter exhaustion, cramped and wet. 

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