i 5 4 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



sand feet on either side of us, bare of timber and very 

 rugged in aspect. From the divide we descended rap- 

 idly for sixteen hundred feet and camped on Shell 

 Creek at a height of eight thousand feet above sea 

 level. This evening we bivouacked in a little open 

 glade surrounded by mountains and pine forests ; and 

 although there appeared to be absolutely no game 

 about, yet the air was so invigorating and the sur- 

 rounding country so wild and beautiful that it was 

 impossible not to feel a happy contentment of mind, 



a contentment which did not, however, last long, 

 for we had scarcely unhitched our team when a travel- 

 ling party going eastwards appeared and pitched their 

 camp not far from ours. 



I had just finished putting up the tent which my 

 wife and I occupied, when a member of this party 

 who had first got his bearings from one of our men 



walked up and said : " I believe you are Mr. S. 

 You 've travelled some in Africa, I 'm told. I 'm 



Mr. of the ' Chicago ; ' here 's my card. You 



must have met with some interesting experiences dur- 

 ing your travels ; perhaps you would n't mind, etc." 

 Now, well as I know all the great and endearing quali- 

 ties of the modern newspaper reporter, the talented 

 artist who can always make so much out of so little, 

 I confess to having felt annoyed at meeting a member 

 of the craft in the wilds of the Bighorn Mountains. His 

 presence there seemed altogether incongruous and out 

 of harmony with the surroundings. However, Mr. - 



