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broke up several bales of hay for our beds and we surely slept warm that 

 night. Before going to bed the boys pole-vaulted, threw the discus and 

 javelin, and visited a suspension bridge near. Nora had cooked a delicious 

 supper for us as I was afraid it might rain our first night and this we 

 spread in the grassy barn-lot overlooking the river. Then the farmer and 

 his hand came down and we all went swimming near the boats. It was 

 an ideal "first night." Grayson was right in "The Friendly Road" when 

 he speaks of the warm friends one makes on a trip like this. It seemed to 

 me I had known these people all my life and they treated us royally. The 

 next morning we cooked breakfast at the landing, telephoned home, took 

 some pictures, and then pushed the boats out again into the middle of the 

 river and started on around Scouch Bend. 



"Scouch or Horseshoe Bend extends for eight miles and when one has 

 gone around he is just half a mile from the starting point. The bluffs and 

 the wild-roses are a thing never to be forgotten. I was proud of Illinois 

 before I took this trip, but I am prouder than ever now for I have just 

 begun to find how beautiful and magnificent it is. 



"Just before noon we reached Greenup, were met at the bridge by the 

 scouts, and all went up town to buy groceries, write home, and inspect 

 the tennis court. Do you remember the town Dickens describes in "Old 

 Curiosity Shop" that was so sleepy? That's Greenup. It's a lonely place 

 among the hills — a place of peace and quiet, a place to live and grow 

 strong in strength of body and goodness of soul, a place to prepare for 

 Heaven in. And so is Newton. I wonder if wrong can ever be done in these 

 two towns. 



"We cooked dinner near the railroad bridge and then started around 

 the bend to meet the two tennis players I had promised to meet at another 

 railroad bridge. It began to rain, in fact it just poured, and twice we 

 stuck upon sand-bars, but we jumped out, pushed and pulled, and soon 

 were on our way again. At the second bridge we built a big fire under 

 the maples, dried clothes and bed-clothes, ably assisted by the Greenup 

 scouts, who had come out with our tennis team. The Greenup boys in 



