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Show It had been impossible for John K to leave at the time of his and Elvina's marriage, but by the next winter they were able to take time for a belated honeymoon trip to California. They were relieved of worry while they were gone for Pearl lived with Thurza and Eph, and Aleen stayed with her grandmother again. DESERT LIFE AND OCCUPATIONS As his young brothers had grown old enough to work with him, pressures were eased somewhat on John K but even then he devoted as much time to the sheep as necessary. By the year of 1905 he had spent nineteen winters on the desert--in full, or in part. Each of the brothers, during their years of work with John K, planned to leave as soon as they accumulated money enough to start out on their own-and that was about 1910. John K helped and encouraged them to become established in their own choice of occupations. He had known what it meant to work long for someone else, and he had also known the joy of becoming more self sufficient. Three of his brothers were still with him for the years of 1907 to 1909 and an album proves the fact. Edgar, the youngest, had bought a camera and taken pictures in camp during those years. He developed his own films and later mounted an interesting variety of camp and range snap shots in albums, and presented them to his brothers and sisters. He wrote the dates in white ink-1907-1909-and the pictures show Will, Eph, 88 |