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Show HI8 SITUATION TO BE ENVIED. Sheep Herder's Pout Is No Longer One of Isolation. At tho head of a deep, wooded canyon, a branch of Uppor McKay creek, I camo upon a sheep herder's tont tho other day, and at sight of the camp thoro In tho woods I moralized upon tho fato of tho snoop herder, and my heart went out In sympathy for him in his alleged "loneliness." But upon visiting his cairjp that ovenlng I "took back" what 1 snld in sympathy for him and almost envied tho entertaining vcrsallty of his so-elusion. so-elusion. In ono cornor of hjs tent was a good phonograph and nearer it aevoral cholco records, For my delight he rendered ren-dered two or threo soloctlonB by Pat-ti, Pat-ti, CaruBo, Schumann Holnk and other Blngcrs, a speech by Bryan, a vaudo-vlllo vaudo-vlllo selection and nn net from Shako-spoaro'a Shako-spoaro'a "Julius Caesar." Under tho head of his bed woro half n dozen of tho best magazines (somo of which I had not found time to road), and at tho foot of tho bed lay well thumbed copies of tho latest novels. I looked at this bronzed son of tho hills In genuine envy. -Hero he may read, write, think, commune with naturo, na-turo, or bo carried to the great conservatories con-servatories of tho artists, whilo the ditven slaves of tho city must bond ovor a desk day and night to moot tho terrific competition of this soulless commorclal ago. East Orosonlan |