



RECREA TION 
Volume XI. 
SEPTEMBER, 1899. 
Number 3. 
G. 0. SHIELDS (COQUINA), Editor and Manager. 

TIBURIIE, GIRIZZILINES, JON OUNE 
By Bo 
We started near the end of June for 
the Roaring fork of Bear river, Routt 
County, Colo. Nothing of interest 
occurred until we reached Middle 
park, when we got stuck in a mud- 
hole. We were working to get out, 
when a stranger rode up and said: 
“Well, boys, stuck in the mud, are 
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leave any man in trouble when I can 
reli, litany Octty 
Som Mack and] the stranger took 
hold of the wheels and gave them a 
iia macdenmrenccaim pulliraty tine 
Same time, and out we went. That 
left Mack and the other man standing 
in the mud about half way to their 
knees and about 8 feet apart. As I 
struck solid ground I heard Mack rip 
out an oath. I looked around to see 
what- was the matter, when I saw 
Mack reaching for the other man, and 
thought there was going to be a 
fight. ! dropped my lines and start- 
ed back, when I saw their hands come 
together and they shook as though © 
they wanted to shake the mud off. I[ 
heaved a sigh of relief and turned 
round to see if my team was running 
away. Mack called me back, and in- 
troduced me to John Coine, an old 
friend of his, whom he had not seen 
for years. We had a good laugh at 
their meeting in a mud-hole. Mr. 
Coine invited us to come down and 
dine with him and his wife. We ac- 
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cepted, and before we left made a con- 
tract with him to haul out our game 
HOP GcOnazctouls ikem wOlda be! 12 
months before the hunting season 
would come im. Ilavame lots on time, 
wer concluded "to stay there and see 
where we would hunt that fall. We 
found plenty of sage hens and trout at 
hand. There was a bounty on hawks’ © 
heads, so we found we could make 
something and have good rifle prac- 
Com INV CLOOk@uiias@nminatny tila, wae 
county did not have money enough in 
the treasury to take them up without 
borrowing. We wanted to see who 
could make the best score in one day; 
but Mack beat me by taking 16 be- 
fore breakfast. 
The same day I had some fun with 
apeaveruulimad Sctseveral traps, At 
one of the dams I found that my trap 
was gone, and, in hunting round to 
sce ml could mmc winere thie beaver 
had gone, saw where the chain 
dragged at the bottom of the dam; so 
I followed the trail from one beaver 
dam to another. As I was going 
through some high grass, the beaver 
jUumpedion she bank™ imto a) pond 
about O feet deep. I grabbed at the 
chain and just got his end of it, when 
there was a big splash; but it was me 
Cnc eM ncHneaver dac yo ulled tac 
head frst into the ice-cold water, and 
it was over my depth. I could not 
hold on to the chain and swim; so I 
had to run along on the bottom and 
try to get hold of a bunch of willows 
