The House Was The Most Pretentious I Have Yet
Seen, Being Papered And Carpeted, And There Were Two "Hired
Girls.
" There was a lady there from Laramie, who kindly offered
to receive me into her room, a very tall, elegant
Person,
remarkable as being the first woman who had settled in the Rocky
Mountains. She had been trying the "camp cure" for three months,
and was then on her way home. She had a wagon with beds, tent,
tent floor, cooking-stove, and every camp luxury, a light buggy,
a man to manage everything, and a most superior "hired girl."
She was consumptive and frail in strength, but a very attractive
person, and her stories of the perils and limitation of her early
life at Fort Laramie were very interesting. Still I "wearied,"
as I had arrived early in the afternoon, and could not out of
politeness retire and write to you. At meals the three "hired
men" and two "hired girls" eat with the family. I soon found
that there was a screw loose in the house, and was glad to leave
early the next morning, although it was obvious that a storm
was coming on.
I saw the toy car of the Rio Grande Railroad whirl past, all
cushioned and warm, and rather wished I were in it, and not out
among the snow on the bleak hill side. I only got on four miles
when the storm came on so badly that I got into a kitchen where
eleven wretched travelers were taking shelter, with the snow
melting on them and dripping on the floor.
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