. Kentucky log . 57. Even a really good breakfast hardly com-pensated for the night, and when Laven placedthe hill at a dollar apiece, I begged rates would speedily empty the the ground that I was not an agent nor anofficer, but a mere stranger sight-seeing, insome danger of running out of cash, he com-promised on seventy-five cents,eighteen centsa meal,and we departed hardly knowing whetherwe had been overcharged by a grasping native,or had meanly jewed down a deserving man. It was a sleepy and somewhat dispiritedpair that forded the river and set off up theeast bank. Would
. Kentucky log . 57. Even a really good breakfast hardly com-pensated for the night, and when Laven placedthe hill at a dollar apiece, I begged rates would speedily empty the the ground that I was not an agent nor anofficer, but a mere stranger sight-seeing, insome danger of running out of cash, he com-promised on seventy-five cents,eighteen centsa meal,and we departed hardly knowing whetherwe had been overcharged by a grasping native,or had meanly jewed down a deserving man. It was a sleepy and somewhat dispiritedpair that forded the river and set off up theeast bank. Would the money hold out? Wouldthe horses suffer from the small feeds thatwe must give them of the new corn, and couldthey stand the rough country and poor sta-bles, and what would happen if they alwaysrefused to drink? Would there be anything toeat in the mountains? Of course there wouldbe no roads at all, everybody said so. Andhow could we possibly get along with only anhour or two of sleep in these inhabited beds?The c
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