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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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A Trek to the South. 
I’AHT X. 
W'c hoped to reach Pittsboro Saturday, 
hut the rainB had made the roads so 
heavy that we had to camp out one night, 
more. A man gave us his front yard for 
our carriage, and room in his stable for 
our horses. 
For the first time since leaving home 
we traveled Sunday, and reached the end 
of our long journey about two o’clock In 
lhe afternoon of August 18, 1901. As we 
neared Mr. Freer’s a carriage met us, 
and the man driving stopped and said 
to Fred (who was walking up hill): 
•*1 want to shake hands with you. I 
am so glad you have reached here. You 
had a long trip. The Freers told me all 
about it." I said to his wife: 
"It is a pity that the roads here are 
not as nice as the people!" 
We were in sight of our home then. 
As we drove in Mr. Freer was on the 
piazza, and he ran into the house and 
cried: “Ma! Ma! they have come!” Well, 
they gave us a lovely welcome. The first 
thing was a rocker by the window, then 
a fan, water, a watermelon, then dinner, 
during which a hard shower just poured 
from the clouds. They say that in (50 
years there has not been such a rainy 
season as this one, and It seems strange 
that for the first eight weeks of our trip 
we escaped every shower and every acci¬ 
dent, and the last two weeks we got so 
much rain and our wliiflletrees broken, 
and when within two miles of here Lady 
hurt her foot on a hill, and was lame for 
quite a while. Our trek cost $50, and the 
grain and other provisions we started 
with made the expense about $60. We 
only lost in the entire journey an old 
hatchet, a pen-knife, an old bread knife 
and my felt hat. Everything was in as 
nice condition as could he, nothing hurt, 
and just remember the days in the rain, 
and the wear and tear! I think it a 
wonderful trip, and am so glad we saw 
all that we did. 
Some one asked Fred how lie managed 
the horses to bring them through so 
well. He answered that he "didn’t do 
anything in particular,” hut I said that 
we gave them lots of good water; did 
not let them get hot. rested them under 
trees, and got them the heat hay and 
grain that we could. Then Fred (man¬ 
like) added: "1 was careful to water 
them before eating and after that wait 
an hour or more (if possible) before 
drinking again." 
I was talking over this trek with a 
man who went for Forest and Stream 
in the rush of the Fall 
told me that the horses 
a remarkable record in 
were owned by a State 
fruit farmer. They were 
a pair of matched greys, rather light 
weight, that he had raised from colts. 
He treated them like pets, fed them 
sugar, etc., and they were very fond of 
him. Every night, no matter how 
fatigued he was with the work of the 
day, he rubbed the horses down, taking 
great care of their feet and legs, and 
washing off all mud. The result was 
that while other horses died like slugs, 
his were never even lame, and served 
him well till his entire outfit was car¬ 
ried over to Lake Bennett, when lie sent 
the horses back by steamer to their 
home In Puget Sound. 
Only those who had former experi¬ 
ence with the terrors of White Pass in 
1897 know what this meant. More than 
3,000 horses died on the trail, and it was 
said that when Winter came, one could 
walk the 50 miles of the trail stepping 
from one dead horse to another. 
Soon as Grey’s foot was well we drove 
to Italoigh for the photograph of our 
trekking outfit that we promised. It is 
37 miles away, hut our nearest point for 
a good picture. We had the State Capi¬ 
tol for a background, and stopped the 
MOTHERS.- Be sure to use"Mrs. Wins¬ 
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trade while "we had our picture took!" 
On the road home we let the horses 
choose their way and Lady dragged Grey 
in at Mr. Freer’s gate. Kin had never 
been off the place before, hut he picked 
his way home out of four roads, and 
readied there clear ahead of us; so the 
people here think our animals are good 
for something. Two clergymen and sev¬ 
eral families have called on us, and we 
have been given four dinner parties. Wo 
like the people very much, they are re¬ 
fined and kind. Their motto is not ".lust 
live for yourself.” but "Do some good 
everyday to some one else.” One woman 
over 60 years old, whose father owned a 
hundred slaves, hut who walks now 
wherever she goes, came to see me, and 
she said: “I always call on the stranger, 
the sick and the poor. I can make no 
party calls, but I can do that.” But the 
country is not lovely like our old hoim 
and the farming is poor, and it’s hard to 
he so far away from our friends. Still 
it is a relief to he here, and how good 
they are to us! 
When we were unpacking and our 
things were scattered over the piazza 
a little hand slipped into mine and a 
sweet child voice asked: 
"Are you not glad that you brought 
all these things from your home?" 
And I felt cheered to think that 1 had, 
but felt some as St. Paul did when he 
wrote of the things he had escaped, and 
I cannot end my long story better than 
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