n8 RECREATION. 



rode behind, with a loaded rifle the steamer via Isthmus of Panama, 



ready for instant use. About this time, the telegraph was 



At Cceur D'Alene we saw the priests completed, and ours was one of the 



at the mission, who were doing their first messages to go over it. Ourfami- 



best for the poor Indians, unselfishly, lies not having heard from us for near- 



for they could get no reward but ly a year, began to fear we had 



the satisfaction of doing good to been killed by hostile Indians, and 



their fellow men, the secret of the the news of our safe arrival at the 



greatest happiness, after all, that Golden Gate was of course an agree- 



this world can afford. able surprise to them. 



We arrived at Walla Walla about Mr. Lawrence and I visited the big 



the 1st of November, and after a trees, the Almeda quicksilver mines 



week's rest in the frontier mining and gold mines. Then we started by 



town, where we sold our horses, we steamer for New York via Panama, 



went by stage and steamboat to Port- When near Cuba, we were chased by 



land. There we took the steamer for a black steamer — either the Alabama 



San Francisco. or the Sumpter — but our captain had 



When we landed in San Francisco, all our lights put out, after dark, and, 



we were first-class cow-boys, dressed changed our course. Next morning 



in skin coats and trousers, flannel our pursuer was not to be seen, 



shirts and belts, with knives and We arrived safe in New York in 



revolvers strapped on our waists. February, 1862. 



Our capital was 25 cents among us * * * 



three. Notwithstandingour dress and I don't think I had a sick day all 



our light purse, we went boldly to this time. The life in the open air 



the Oriental Hotel (the fashionable and the constant exercise made me 



house of that day) about nine o'clock as hard as iron. I weighed 185 



on a fine Sunday morning. After pounds, and had muscles that could 



living so long and seeing only In- not be cut with a pair of scissors, 



dian squaws, we were quite over- * * * 



come by the great beauty of the In the spring of 1894, over 30 years 



ladies we saw taking their breakfasts after the conclusion of our trip, I was 



in fine gowns. They looked like an- sitting in the comfortable club-house 



gels to us. They were very kind to of the South Side Sportman's Club, 



us, even though we were dressed so at Oakdale, Long Island, by the big 



roughly. log fire, and, in course of conversation 



We knew that a cousin of Mr. with Col. Floyd-Jones, mentioned the 

 Lawrence was in the city. On Mon- Rocky Mountains. He inquired 

 day we looked him up. He intro- when I was there. I told him when 

 duced us to a Mr. Redington, who, and where I crossed and that there 

 when he heard how poor we were, had been a government wagon over, 

 told me to draw on him for any sum the year before; that we were glad to 

 less than $95,000 ; so I drew a fair find its track every five or ten miles, 

 sum and Lawrence and I out- to show us the way. He said, "I was 

 fitted ourselves with clothes, dress with that train, a lieutenant in the 

 suits, etc., and remained to enjoy San United States Army." In our con- 

 Francisco society which was decidedly versation we recalled many familiar 

 gay. Cary sailed at once for home on faces and scenes. 



[the end.] 



Missin' your breakfast to catch a train 



Would make you feel quite vext ; 

 Missin' the train would swell this refrain, 



But miss — in her bloomers comes next. 



M. H. Wright. 



