There Were Cups Of Delicious
Hot Tea, Too; But We Were Not Cold, And The Most Astonishing Thing
About That Whole Grand Day Is, We Did Not Feel Stiff Or The Slightest
Discomfort In Any Form After It.
The tramp was long and the water
cold, and my own baths many.
I might have saved myself, sometimes,
from going all the way down had I not been afraid of breaking my rod,
which I always held high when I fell. The day was one to be remembered
by Mrs. Ord and me. We had thought all the time that General Stanley
was making a great sacrifice by giving up a day's sport for our
amusement, and that it was so kind of him, for, of course he could not
be enjoying the day; but it seems that he had sport of which we knew
nothing until the following day - in fact, we know nothing about it
yet! But he began to tell the most absurd stories of what we did, and
we must have done many unusual things, for he is still entertaining
the camp with them. He was very proud of us, nevertheless, and says so
often. The ride of twelve miles back to camp seemed endless, for as
soon as the excitement of the stream was over we found that we were
tired - awfully tired.
We have only a few weeks more of this delightful life. The hunting is
excellent, too, and Faye and Captain Rives often bring in large bags
of mountain grouse and young sage hens.
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