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benches and roofing the dining space. It was 
well we did this. After supper all our food was 
placed on the table, and during the night a ter¬ 
rific rain storm blew up which would have ruined 
all our stuff, but for the shelter. As it was, it 
was not even damp. When we arose the next 
morning we found that several large trees close 
to camp had been uprooted by the storm. Inter¬ 
mittent showers all day saved the trout of Blue 
Spring Brook, for I did not feel enthusiastic 
about fishing in the rain. When reminded of 
my boasts of the day previous by the other mem¬ 
bers of the party, I took refuge in the fact that 
it was the Sabbath day, which was true. It re¬ 
quired some discussion and numerous references 
to the calendar in the note book to prove this 
to the satisfaction of all. 
During a lull in the rain I paddled over to 
the Lodge, which was also a postoffice, and se¬ 
cured our mail. I also met a number of friends 
and sat chatting with them on the wide porch 
which runs all round the pretty log lodge. Upon 
scenery of the country known as the Ozarks. 
This range of hills forms an excellent play¬ 
ground. There are a number of beautiful 
streams, all navigable for canoes, and the region 
affords good fishing and hunting in season. The 
scenery is really magnificent. It is difficult to 
convince St. Louisians what a wilderness lies at 
their back door. Hundreds of people, lacking 
the wherewithal to go north, where—in their be¬ 
lief—lie all the vacation grounds, stay at home, 
while within their own State are opportunities 
for delightful vacations at a very small expendi¬ 
ture of money. 
A few miles below the Lodge, near the mouth 
of Collins Branch, we saw a farm house, and 
as we were out of butter and eggs, Jim decided 
to land and endeavor to purchase a supply of 
both. Jim said that when he was within a few 
hundred feet of the house the farmer’s wife and 
daughter, who were at work in the garden, saw 
him and threw down their tools and ran for the 
house as fast as they could. On reaching it they 
A ONE-NIGHT CAMP. 
my return to camp I met with a surprise. In 
the morning, unknown to us, at Onondaga, Jim 
secured three chickens. He claims he bought 
them and I know of no reason for disputing his 
statement. In his anxiety to prevent our learn¬ 
ing of the chickens in his boat he overlooked 
the fact that his kerosene can occupied the space 
under the stern deck, and he piled the chickens 
on top of it. As a result the chickens were 
somewhat tainted. As I stepped out of the canoe 
I saw Jim in the center of the crowd of' irate 
females. Jim insisted that the chickens were 
still good and finally induced the girls to cook 
them. My arrival with the mail—the first since 
leaving home eight days previous—saved the 
situation. At once the girls left him to read 
their letters. The chicken was not bad at all, 
as the rapidly growing stack of bones at the 
side of Siwash’s plate attested. 
That Sunday dinner was really good. Let me 
tell you what the girls fixed up for us: Soup 
out of a can of course, but good nevertheless; 
green peas, cream gravy, fried chicken, mashed 
potatoes, stewed tomatoes, also out of a can; a 
salad, corn on the cob, apple sauce, sliced pine¬ 
apple, coffee, cheese and toasted hardtack. Shade 
of Nessmuk, what a dinner for a canoe cruise! 
Of course we had cigars. The girls had their 
after dinner treat, too, for Siwash dug up a box 
of chocolates for them. 
That night we built a huge camp-fire, piling 
the logs ten feet high. Jim brewed one of his 
famous toddies. 
Monday morning s^v us up and busy as the 
sun was peeping over the horizon down the river. 
While the girls were preparing breakfast we 
broke camp and loaded the canoes. The scenery 
below Thicketv Ford is beautiful.* We passed 
some very high bluffs *and spent some time in 
picture making. Few know of the splendid 
slammed the door and locked it. Really Jim 
was a sight to scare women. His hat was a 
battered affair which he had twisted into a 
George Washington shape and kept it so with a 
strap. His trousers were full of holes and he 
wore them one leg down and the other rolled 
up above the knee. A pair of tennis shoes and 
a bathing suit completed his rig. He said he 
pulled down the other trouser leg, took off his 
hat and approached. After a few minutes’ con¬ 
versation through the pine door, he convinced 
the ladies of his harmlessness. He left them 
laughing at their fright and minus a pound of 
butter and a hatful of egg. 
I11 one of the high bluffs we passed that morn¬ 
ing we noticed a huge hole—probably the en¬ 
trance to another cave—but as we were behind 
our schedule, we did not stop to explore it. At 
times the bluffs overhung the water and our 
canoes glided through the mirror-like waters be¬ 
neath them like specters. 
An enormous sandbar was our lunching place 
that day and after lunch we played in the warm 
sand like children. Shortly after resuming our 
paddles we passed the Hamilton Branch. The 
Schoolma’m and I had some discussion over the 
location of Flamilton Branch and not until that 
waterway was actually seen could I convince 
her of its proximity. A mile or so beyond On 
the opposite shore another little mountain stream, 
Cox Creek, entered the river, and as we passed 
this on schedule, our whereabouts was definitely 
ascertained and acknowledged by all. 
Jim, who some years before had made a fish¬ 
ing trip along this stretch of river in a flat boat, 
now acted as guide. With an oracle-like voice 
he proceeded to tell us how we would turn this 
way, then that way, then around a sharp bend 
where we would have some trouble, and then 
where we would find a big cave with a fine old 
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