Inglenook, The (1907) . me to come to break-fast, while the hired man was washing his hands andface, in a tin wash basin on a stump by the house door. I got up and walked up to the house with myhost, but I surely did feel somewhat sheepish. Hadthese men been so inclined they could have robbed andmurdered me out in the yard, just as easy as the)could had I remained in the house. In fact I hadslept a great deal sounder on the board than I had inthe bed. I must confess that I was also rather pleasedwhen I found out during breakfast that my hostthought I had gone out doors because I had foundit to
Inglenook, The (1907) . me to come to break-fast, while the hired man was washing his hands andface, in a tin wash basin on a stump by the house door. I got up and walked up to the house with myhost, but I surely did feel somewhat sheepish. Hadthese men been so inclined they could have robbed andmurdered me out in the yard, just as easy as the)could had I remained in the house. In fact I hadslept a great deal sounder on the board than I had inthe bed. I must confess that I was also rather pleasedwhen I found out during breakfast that my hostthought I had gone out doors because I had foundit too warm in the house to sleep; and he also saidthat he had been downstairs during the night to seewhat time it was, as they generally rose before day-light. So you see thaf I had slept on the soft side of aboard and run the risk of getting the rheumatism,to say nothing of a chance snake bite, all for ! I feel ashamed of myself yet whenever Ithink of that night. Now to the salesmans story, I will add just one. On the Way to Annual Camels, Garden of the Gods. paragraph which is this, Ones own fancy can con-jure up more danger sometimes than exists in reality. t^* ^* ^5* CLOUD CROFT, NEW MEXICO. CLARENCE H. YODER. On the morning of April 9th, not having much workon hand for the day and having a great desire to seethe place called Cloud Croft, I decided to take the dayand go. Cloud Croft is a famous summer resort twelve 438 THE INGLENOOK.—May 7, 1907. miles bee line, and twenty-six miles by rail fromAlamogordo. This is twenty-six miles of the mostinteresting scenery that I ever beheld. The construc-tion of this piece of railroad in itself is a marvel. Iffifty years ago a man would have announced his pur-pose to build a railroad through these mountains fromAlamogordo to Cloud Croft, they would soon havehad a place for him in the lunatic asylum. After reaching the foot of the mountains, the roadwinds around in the trough of the canyon for severalmiles, t
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