"The Old, Old Story."
Mr. Dide,
HIS
VACATION IN COLORADO.
BY
LEWIS B. FRANCE,
Author of "Rod and Line," "Mountain Trails and Parks in Colorado," etc.
STATE JOURNAL PRINTING COMPANY,
Printers and Stereotypers,
MADISON, WIS.
Copyrighted, 1890,
BY
L. B. FRANCE.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| Mr. Dide: His Vacation in Colorado, | 7 | |
| A Cold Slot, | 7 | |
| A Warmer Trail, | 17 | |
| Twin Lakes, | 28 | |
| Through the Saguache Range, | 40 | |
| Joshua, | 51 | |
| On White River, | 65 | |
| On the South Fork, | 77 | |
| Sport, | 88 | |
| Success and—Success, | 102 | |
| Vapor, | 114 | |
| Pike's Peak, | 125 | |
For him who seeks her solitudes in sympathy,Nature has always a welcome. What we call stormsare but her periods of house-cleaning, and the sunshineof her smile lurks in every humor; with love itis easy to adapt ourselves to her moods and withprudence we may avoid her missiles.
MR. DIDE:
HIS VACATION IN COLORADO.
CHAPTER I.
A COLD SLOT.
The upper end of the mercury is anchored, sayin the vicinity of twenty degrees below zero, andthere are two feet of snow on the ground. I haveto travel a hundred miles or more from Denver;one mile on foot, the others by rail.
As I make my way down