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Show Its Phh'n; 7 .v e j Near the lake shore in the sii;u!e of the silver-leafed aspens, far up on the Beaver range, sat three me;: dressed in out-door clothes. Exeij-y for the murmur of the wind itt trees, there reigned an utter, almos; uncanny silence. Yet, the three me., seated there, any one of whom, under un-der ordinary eiveu w.taneca. aiiy'e have been considered eiiual to ; more or less brilliant eon v: y-,at i oe , did not utter a word. The June air was tinged with i!i perfume " of fresh washed pin.-branches pin.-branches and tempered with eri p. cool ozone that came on the win ;.-: of the breeze. The sun siion. through the openings, easting Ion streams of light and warmpth in! the otherwise shaded' ravine.;, fire burned low; ember-' pop.-;, here and there w hen stirred by or. of the men who was cooking soni thing in a dutch oven. To the east and west leagues leagues of timber spread out f shape, covering the great mouiKe.io with 'a green spli -ador. Birds, bo; as the sky at its bluest, chirped an . twittered audably. Squirrels scan p-ered p-ered from tree to tree and the Ro. V mountain chipmunk waited patien ly nearby for whatever cn;mb; migl fall from the meal it) ire,aratior An eagle perched on a !i.:,cly ci .-o . looked down villi sweeping pit.: upon the subdiu richness of eai 'l , timber and water. The' lnke itself lay shimmering i . the morning light. It filled a tli pression in the face of nature. doubt at one time this wai-. v pocket was a huge crater wit ;' !:. gas and lava was belched into :l heavens. And the many rivulet-, r, I crystal water that fed the Ink'-what Ink'-what sublime music they mad-- '. they gurgled down and nvr bouid ers from the snow banks aimvf. Peace, solitude, attended th" r,:- in their silence. All three mn methodically at some ta.dt or oil.-toward oil.-toward the preparation of th'1 ;; : : The coffee pot simmered, : forth its aroma: the odor of 1 floated on the air, and o:. opened a bottle of fresh j. ;,- serves. A t last t he men 1 v. the men Marled to m1 , j, appetites. Hot lr.-:,-! - ..im:.;. fee. crisp bacon, f : ' h 'u'l.-r preserves ennd fnonoh for a ' As they chev.fd thi-ir fool glanced down the no nr.'.r. n endless timbered jitn, ,,.. r. ;;' yond it lay tfc l'oi,r,-iv -. f; , r valley. Away l,i-ynM 1-v .' desert, stretrl'.in': i:i'o tin- ; distances and o; m , y . : ' To the rii-'ht .,,.., Belnap. I o' e - rl .Oi- i . . I a Kiant (:?'!!. ! or . '. I stretching oov. n y--r. . .- . I a mis. covr-r-d ' Granite foldb, . y - ' . : f ". ir 'iid ''";:. 'oy - ;e the otherwise "i :' r '' '1: . o-i co: o Thou, open '! - '! Id - . r.v ; apiva red in j nil!'- r; -it v, v. drio pat - lies o . !.is- i y "d v. J.'i ydd. s'yino against. the r v yr. , n I ac!;;: .-onnd. '. At i t'lu r.v a! v;i ; over. The jlnry :!!'.'-. r'ld fii'ed t;,oir pipes. ''; dy; tin ;e i ' d ; ! - i y i k d in to, the ;v;.o; -..:. d m-.tiii-ally ' !' ''.-' v.is- d '.., tlif'r t ish d;y polos : i . n : ',-'--' !o i rind, "f a h'e.gc red pine- a t- 1 - i , y , -d down Inward i t no hi io r n . . ! .' bo i : .1 :, . -.noo at I tde w dor' . d o it. hippo,-: ;.nd - -..'O r l ; . ' : . - .' . ' : t . i j ' . , ' ' n ' '' ' .t ' . -.- . y i - ; I i i - '! -. . ' j i ; y . i , ' ' - i - - . : : , ,i - !,'.. : ; o , - , . mi "I. f- r; ( I ' i i . . ' r ' ' ' ' - ' r i -1 ' -l IT'S FISHING TIME (Continued from First Page) onT"oTThe twooiookers. the first word that had been spoken during the morning. "That's it! Ride 'em cowboy!" shouted the other, followed by quick winding by the fisherman. On and on came the trout, fighting, fight-ing, crashing, curving his agile body in defiance, but to no avail. Five minutes of keen expectation. Out shot the net and slid under a powerful power-ful body a tapering form known to all lovers of the outdoors as a "rainbow." "rain-bow." He flopped and curved In the net and once in the boat his big tail slapped the bottom viciously. It was the finish. Silence, except for the lapping of water against the boat sides. The eagle plunged down like a meteor from his lonely craig, at last sailing majestically round and round above the lake. On the eastern shore a band of t'eeinentuTeOo7 morning drink. June Wads the tree tops in the distance kicked up waves that kissed other in a mad race for the sk Numerous swirls denoted that otT trout were hungry. The men m and gazed out-upon the sublime,:' ture before them. Peace, silent solitude, attended them. The v, trout season was officially deck--' open! |