PretTz: AN INTERESTING FIND 137— 
An interesting find 
HAROLD W. PRETZ 
It has been said that it is the unexpected that happens, 
and in so far as we are unprepared for some events, this 
is true. Everyone who has tramped about out of doors _ 
will reeall certain experiences the very charm of whose 
occurrence was to a large degree due to their unexpected- _ 
ness. Impromptu excursions frequently hold such ex- 
periences and usually create an expectancy that i is some- _ 
times realized. 
The second Sunday in January was one of those rare 
winter days when the call of the open was most insistent. 
E. 8. and W. Mattern, the writer’s field companions, had — 
the evening before predicted ideal weather conditions — 
and declared their intention of going ‘somewhere fapthe . 
road” in the morning. Anything in the vicinity of the 
_ Lehigh Valley northward from Allentown to White Haven 
fifty miles. distant, and even. beyond, is e nee char- ae 
acterized as ‘‘up the road.” 
The writer had decided to stay at home, but dieu : 
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