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The party had not completed the first day out of Medicine Bend under

Glover's care before they realized that Mrs Whitney was right Glover

could talk and he could listen With the ed with the ladies he had

landmarks or scenery or early-day stories With Mrs Whitney he could

in extre

her inAs for Gertrude and Louise

Donner the men of their own party left them no dull moments

The first week took the party north into the park country Two days of

the time, on horses, partly, put everyone in love with the Rockies On

Saturday they reached the ain, and at Sleepy Cat,

Superintendent Blood joined the party for the desert run to the Heart

Mountains Glover already felt the fatigue of the unusual week, nor

could any ingenuityto strenuous people

Its beauties are conteent, and the travellers

were frankly advised to fall back on books and ping-pong Crawling

across an interminable alkali basin in the late afternoon their train

was laid out a long tiht wreck

Weary of the car, Gertrude Brock, after the sun had declined, was

walking alone down the track when Glover caht She started

for the train, but Glover easily overtook her Since he had joined the

party they had not exchanged one word

"I wonder whether you have ever seen anything like these, Miss Brock?"