. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 628 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 2, 1902. at the railroad office, having written ahead to the agent. But through some misunderstanding, the tickets were not there, and, as it took so long to make them out, and there being other travelers as well who also wanted tickets, our train simply pulled out of the station, and left us in Omaha : Think of it 1 Our baggage was all in the car on the way to Denver, and we four strangers " left " in a strange town until 4:25 , when the next Denver train would leave. There we all were—Dr. Miller, Miss Wil
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 628 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 2, 1902. at the railroad office, having written ahead to the agent. But through some misunderstanding, the tickets were not there, and, as it took so long to make them out, and there being other travelers as well who also wanted tickets, our train simply pulled out of the station, and left us in Omaha : Think of it 1 Our baggage was all in the car on the way to Denver, and we four strangers " left " in a strange town until 4:25 , when the next Denver train would leave. There we all were—Dr. Miller, Miss Wilson, and "Ye Edi- tor " and " ; We walked around the town until nearly noon, when we had breakfast and dinner all in one. It was a good, big one, we may assure you. In the afternoon we went out to Hanscom Park, which is a beautiful spot indeed. When the 4:25 train came rolling in, you may be sure we all were waiting for it. And we weren't bothered with any baggage, either—all the extra baggage we had was two combs that the " girls " bought in Omaha I But we didn't worry any about our baggage that was on its way to Den- ver ahead of us, for we knew that those two Root " boys " would care for it all right. And they did. When we reached Denver, which was about noon of Sept. 3, we found they had taken it all up to the hotel, where it was awaiting its owners. Easy way to travel, wasn't it ? Nothing like hav- ing your baggage looked after well, and lugged around to just where it is wanted ! Of course, we all were twitted quite a little during the convention over being left in Omaha, but we simply replied that we preferred to travel leisurely and see the country as we went along. And we did. Besides, as our long journey of nearly 1100 miles was thus broken in two near the mid- dle, when we did arrive in Denver we all felt rested and ready for the convention. Next week ve will go on with these notes. It may take almost as long to write t
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