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Show A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. 119 seen and admired this picture, I felt deeply interested in the incidents related by a party of campers, who had just returned from this historic spot. Its elevation being 11,500 feet, rather above any other body of water on the continent, was another attraction, for when anything as unstable as water can attain that eminence, it provokes reflection upon the enormous possibilities of this world. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. Mrs. Whitsitt, who was one of the party, said: "The trip was a scene of uproarious fun and appalling accidents commingled." " Early one morning we loaded a jack with culinary implements and the'requisite supplies, otherwise commissary stores, for a three days camping expedition, and before the festive lark began its morning melodies of trills and shakes we mounted our horses and went on our way rejoicing. The air was exhilarating. There was no formality, no starch or buckram; and passing humors had full play. " As we journeyed and chatted, my companion became so deeply interested in something I was telling, she failed to observe a limb projecting across the pathway, until I shouted 'look out!' when she turned her head, and it struck her in the eye. I expressed much grief, but she declared 'it was all in her eye.' If I had not treasured malice in my heart towards her, I would have said ' look under,' and not 'look out.' "A little farther on the lady's horse just in front of us suddenly stopped, and she as suddenly went on-into a mud puddle. There was more humor than dignity in the way she embraced the unexpected situation, but I will not enter into detail. |