SHAWL PARTITION. 
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aspens. A partition is made of shawls, or any- 
thing which will answer the purpose. One side 
is the gentlemen's, the other the ladies' sleeping 
apartment. 
When the tent is small, the extremities of the 
sleepers are sometimes brought very near the 
dividing partition, but, ordinarily, this doesn’t 
matter. I never was with a party but once when 
it was other than a subject of indifference. Then 
the curtain dividing the tent was put parallel with 
the door, before which was a blazing fire. The 
ladies of the party — there were four of us— had 
the back room, while the husbands and fathers 
lay with their heads from the fire, and of course 
in close proximity to the partition, which was at 
the foot of our couch. The nights were frosty 
— it was high up in the mountains — and our 
feet had previously failed to get warm for some 
time after retiring. 
“ Let's heat some large stones while we are 
getting supper and put them on the ground at 
the foot of our bed," suggested Mrs. K . 
“ They will get it all nice and warm by bedtime, 
and no one but ourselves need know anything 
about our being so fussy ! " 
The idea pleased us, and, while the men were 
busy caring for the horses and getting wood, a 
hot stone wall was laid through the tent, snugly 
hidden under the blankets, and in due time we 
retired in silence and comfort. 
