Show the cummings cutoff cut off igo going adf to the recent conference lf at salt lake from filidoro Fili Fill moro were three vehicles in the front bug tn gy were three gentlemen irom from fillmore and two venerable gentlemen n en from kanosh on the th E road there was some rivalry as to who should got get to the clear lake station first fir astl an and d during d u rafn I 1 the sprint sp one of the gentlemen they stopped and one vener venerable ablo person f aiom pm kanosh said is is this the cummings Oum 0 cut off the pioneer said dang it no some one must have taken it U a way the driver looked home sick as he backed out of that sa hara desert then two gentle antle men inen from fillmore started afoot to tc pioneer a private cut off of their own it was a serious mat ter to the vene from kan osh to fco see these two gentlemen hurriedly hopping dead wood lava rock and sage brush occasionally wiping the sweat off nocks then off acra again in like a j jack ack rabbit in a chase after place thus saving the nervous exhaustion experienced by A voyageur Voyage eur ur who knew said take the lef leab hand road its the cummings cutoff the accomplished dri daiv v or er took shecut off and the see sec ond gentleman said set em up or beat us in they were set up and two venerable persons from kanosh were holding in on to the seat and thinking of their wives and home As the road abad gradually disappeared then totally vanished and they f found themselves in the midst of a lot of dead wood and facing a wall of sand ten feet high of course courso much endeavor the road was found the venerable persons from kanosh looked both ways and wondered if they were still safe in such COM company PaDy having C no alternative they journeyed jour need on the pioneers soon discover ed a bug buggy 3 on ahead and hope swelled in in their chafed chafee minds that they in might i c yet redeem them selves by be beating abing their speedy opponents into clear lake halie sta tion the driver gave the lines to a pioneer and a grand s sneak neak was made the whip was brot into play and the vehicle passed later to discover it contained some soine ladies iriven driven by mr tod from Fil fillmore linore by and by they warbled into the station to see y all the other follows fellows enjo enjoying yint a nice hot supper the venerable persons from kanosh hope that ore ere they make another trip that way the curr mins cut off will bl be brout brought flit back and put in it its s |