. Lost in the Rockies; A story of adventure in the Rocky Mountains . alutation ;but he did not. At last he passed from view, andArlos Hay man never saw him again. Turning about, the youth rejoined his friends,who were curiously watching the scene. He proved himself a true friend to me, saidArlos, in explanation, and I am sorry to part withhim; but, Dolph, I am delighted to meet you. No more delighted than I am to meet you, wasthe hearty response. If I had thought there wasany use of repeating my invitation to join me onthis hunt I would have done so; but you cut me off » so short the first tim
. Lost in the Rockies; A story of adventure in the Rocky Mountains . alutation ;but he did not. At last he passed from view, andArlos Hay man never saw him again. Turning about, the youth rejoined his friends,who were curiously watching the scene. He proved himself a true friend to me, saidArlos, in explanation, and I am sorry to part withhim; but, Dolph, I am delighted to meet you. No more delighted than I am to meet you, wasthe hearty response. If I had thought there wasany use of repeating my invitation to join me onthis hunt I would have done so; but you cut me off » so short the first time that I gave it up. Well, I made a dunce of myself and paid dearlyfor it. My health broke down, and the doctor saidI must do something like this or die, so I concludedit would be a foolish thing to die while it was in mypower to live. I started for Denver to ask you tojoin me on a hunt, but when I reached your house Ilearned that you had been gone for a week. Yourfather met me at the station and explained matters-for I had telegraphed him—and since then Budd *. The young Shoshone walked rapidly away and Arlos never saw him again. LOST IN THE ROCKIES. 283 and I have spent most of the time in hunting foryou. It is certain that you found one thing for whichyou were hunting. What is that ? Your rugged health and strength; I never sawyou look better. I am glad to hear you say that, for then mybusiness in this part of the world is done; I do feellike a new fellow, all over, except that I am a littlehomesick. I think I have had a touch of that myself,laughed Dolph, and, therefore, I beg to lay a prop-osition before this honorable body, he added, look-ing from one to the other, and the same is that westrike a bee line as nearly as possible for the MinersDelight at Central City, with a view of keeping onto Denver and the metropolis of the United States. Manifestly this was the only thing to do, and thefour horsemen, in buoyant spirits, were soon makingtheir way homeward. Their incre
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