liOlT TO MAKE A CAMPING TRIP ON $4 A WEEK 



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only give his note until he had an op- 

 portunity to go to his home, twelve or 

 fourteen miles distance. We asked our 

 friend Farmer Brown, if the note was 

 good. "Good!! Of course! Why! that 

 man makes $9.00 a week nine months 

 in the year," which shows the maximum 

 wage of that section; but board is $2.00 

 and $2.50 for the very best. We finally 

 made a trade with Bob Clemens, the 

 horse trader, for another horse with 

 $5.00 and a watch chain to boot. The 

 horses were about even, but we had the 

 $5.00, and felt rather well satisfied 

 with our first experience with the 

 Yankee trader. 



Our road book showed us that we 

 were nearing Lake Winnepesaukee, so 

 we pushed on and camped on the West 

 shore near Laconia. Don't neglect to 

 provide a good road book. The L. A. 



A** 



Too much sunshine in our souls to be ruffled 



W. publications are excellent. Here 

 we spent several days in camp, fishing, 

 boating and exploring. We met several 

 people from Massachusetts, and made 

 friendships that have lasted to this day.. 

 On again to Ossipee and the lake of 

 that name, where we again made a three 



days' stop, with luck all with us as far 

 as fish were concerned. A cordial wel- 

 come and good weather were giving us 

 the time of our lives. The White 

 Mountains were all about us and trips 

 to all the points of interest kept us 

 busy. Then on to Conway and Red- 

 stone, to North Conway, and we had 

 reached our goal. Here we pitched 

 camp on the edge of a mountain stream, 

 near an enclosed pasture where our 

 horse could be left in safety. A week 

 we spent here, and such a week ! The 

 days were not long enough for all we 

 would crowd into them. A convention 

 of New England school teachers was 

 in session there and helped to make 

 the end of our trip a success. So much 

 so that one of them has since embarked 

 on a much longer trip with me to my 

 everlasting happiness and advantage. 

 Perhaps you, dear reader, may meet as 

 pleasant a fate if you take a similar 

 trip. 



But the time had come when we must 

 turn home again. We could not take 

 the time to drive, so sold our "team" en- 

 tire for $25.00; gave our oil stove, can, 

 etc., to a nearby farmer who had been 

 very kind to us, and, folding the bed- 

 ding in the tent, shipped the bundle 

 home by freight. 



We took the train for Boston and ar- 

 rived there at 11. 15 p. m. This was de- 

 liberate, for we were not in very good 

 shape to stand the gaze of the critical 

 Hub. Six weeks had left us anything 

 but a dandified costume. We entered 

 the office of one of Boston's well-known 

 hotels and called for two rooms with 

 private bath. The clerk, after a criti- 

 cal stare, and without any preparation 

 to assign us, remarked quite curtly, 

 "We get $5.00 for that," but after he 

 found that we had the five he assigned 

 the rooms, but with an air that seemed 

 to say, "I wonder where they got it?" 

 We got our bath. Early in the morn- 

 ing a bell boy was sent to purchase 

 clean linen for us and instructed to 

 see how long it would take to get our 

 trousers cleaned and pressed. Till 9.30, 

 the tailor said. It did ! 9.30 — 10.30 — 



