THE FOURTH DAY 



rOW did you ever discover such an 

 interesting spot as that we visited to- 

 day T w asked Napoleon, inhaling his 

 cigarette on the veranda after onr 

 early Sunday tea. " One would imagine he was 

 beside some tumbling brook in the midst of the 

 Rockies." 



It is a rough place up there, is it notf Ned 

 and I, you know, in our Sunday rambles are al- 

 ways exploring the country around Red Camp. 

 Did you like the pretty little wild flowers I It is 

 rather early for a great variety, but the mari- 

 golds were beautiful and looked lovely in all their 

 golden color. I am sure the perfume of the sweet- 

 scented Maiantkcmum pleased you. And you must 

 have admired the peculiar shade of the twisted 

 stalk, and the Viola blanda" 



" They were all so beautiful and interesting, Mrs. 

 Davis, that I shall long to have you take me again 

 to the enchanted spot" 

 44 Yes ; later perhaps we can go, and it will then 



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