. American scenery. exatiously turned back upon myself Aint the gentleman afeard of catching cold? asked onetenderly. Im blasted sorry I aint got a handkerchief to lend him,said another with almost tearful sympathy. What a pictur hed be in the settlements, added Never mind, dont cry, said a fourth. Its rayther un-pleasant of course. But the hide will make you a new pair,and one more to be depended on than them womans duds. However, I managed to bear up against all this laughingraillery, when I considered how much worse the event mighthave been; and other thoughts drew the attention of
. American scenery. exatiously turned back upon myself Aint the gentleman afeard of catching cold? asked onetenderly. Im blasted sorry I aint got a handkerchief to lend him,said another with almost tearful sympathy. What a pictur hed be in the settlements, added Never mind, dont cry, said a fourth. Its rayther un-pleasant of course. But the hide will make you a new pair,and one more to be depended on than them womans duds. However, I managed to bear up against all this laughingraillery, when I considered how much worse the event mighthave been; and other thoughts drew the attention of mv com-rades from my misadventure. Then the chase over, there fol-lowed the preparations for taking care of the fruits—I mean13 194 THE llOMANCE OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE. the meats of our butchery, and the care of concocting the repast, for which our appetites were so well sharpened. But I assure you, gentlemen, said Mr. Megilp, as heclosed his anecdote, I never sacrificed another pair of trowsers at a CHAPTER X. In our passage homeward from the far West, we shallfind it very desirable, if not necessary, to traverse the watersof the beautiful Ohio, said Mr. Deepredde, and this episodewill not, I assure you, gentlemen, prove the least interestingin our journey. Did the scenery of la helle rivilre not offer to the eye somany a winding bout of linked loveliness as we delight inhere, there is yet matter for a world of pleasing thought inthe contemplation of the prosperous fortunes of the manygreat States which lie upon its banks, and whose resources ithas so much served to develop. As we sail, we gaze incharmed surprise, upon the thriving towns and the fertilefields of Illinois and Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, all wilder-nesses half a century ago, and now holding, in wealth, popula-tion, and power, the highest rank among the nations of ourvast confederacy. I must confess that I should like to dwelllong upon this glorious picture of human enterprise and happi-ness, but
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