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things wc wanted to do. To take home a fine string' of s})ccklc(l 

 trout seemed to be the anihition of the men. Dick, knowing* this 

 would he the case, hatl arrani^ed every thini( the ni<;iit before, and 

 was ready for an early start. I had remembered seeing on our 

 first fishirn^ excursion some beautiful wild ueranium leaves, 

 growin<^ close to the j^rouiul, and I decided to i^o with the party, 

 and on this, our last day, make them my last sketch. 1 he)' i;row 

 in little clumps and resemble the autumn leaves. These I pulled 

 from the soft earth, the stems g'oini;" into the ground within an 

 inch of the leaf. There are no two leaves alike 'n color, and yet 

 every shade is represented in them. 



The trout caught that day by the party were a delight to all ; 

 one weighed two and a quarter j)ounds. They were carefully 

 packed in ice, and were among the trophies of our trip. 



From Cimarron to Denver is just a day's ride, so by five 

 o'clock the next morning our car was attached to the regular 

 passenger train of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway from 

 the west, and soon we were again cllmbln<) the mountains. All 

 seemed (julet, and many were the regrets that we were so soon to 

 part ; the Bohemian life suited us all, and to me it was a new and 

 delightful experience. Every moment had l)een a benefit. I 

 had studied nature more in those few days than In any one year 

 of my life. The sketches of flowers I had made and intended 

 to give to my friends grew handsomer to me as w^e looked them 

 over on our way home. " My ! whixt a pretty book they would 

 make," said Dick. It w^as echoed by the whole party. ''And 



