XXII 



CAMPING OUT 



" Camping out " is becoming merely 

 a name for moving out of one's perma- 

 nent habitation and dwelling for a few 

 weeks in a well-built lodge, smaller than 

 one's home, but as comfortable and al- 

 most as convenient ; with tables, chairs 

 and crockery, carpets and curtains, beds 

 with sheets and blankets on real bed- 

 steads, a stove and its full outfit of cook- 

 ing utensils, wherefrom meals are served 

 in the regular ways of civilization. Liv- 

 ing in nearly the same fashion of his 

 ordinary life, except that he wears a 

 flannel shirt and a slouch hat, and fishes 

 a little and loafs more than is his ordi- 

 nary custom, our "camper" imagines 

 that he is getting quite close to the prim- 

 itive ways of hunters and trappers ; that 

 he is living their life with nothing lacking 

 but the rough edges, which he has in- 

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