out enabled her, when the opera- 

 tion was over, to shrink comfortably 

 within her girths, and soon the pack 

 would go careening to one side, if not 

 strewn on the ground. Maybell on 

 this occasion reserved her contri- 

 bution to the general confusion in- 

 cidental to starting, until the river 

 was reached. 



Nimrod leading, Lusk and Som- 

 rners in the water guiding, and 

 Charley bringing up the rear, the 

 horses were getting through nicely 

 when a cry of " Maybell! " turned all 

 eyes to the middle of the stream 

 where the unfortunate animal was 

 struggling in the water. Her pack 

 had turned completely under, making 

 a resistance to the rushing current 

 up to her withers too great for May- 

 bell to withstand. She was swept 

 completely off her feet. I saw Som- 

 mers and Lusk spur their horses to 

 the rescue. There was a swirling 

 splashing of water, Baldy and Molly 

 stampeded and got into deep water 

 where they had to swim, the packs 

 getting soaked, and Charley strug- 

 ling to lead them to the bank. Nim- 

 rod directing me to continue to lead 



