It Was Important That I Should See A
Dentist, And Mrs. Averill Was Depending Upon Me To Bring Her Friend
Down From Helena Who Was Expected From The East, So I Decided To Go
Alone.
The quartermaster gave me the privilege of choosing my driver,
and I asked for a civilian, a rather old man who is disliked by
everyone because of his surly, disagreeable manner.
Just why I chose
him I cannot tell, except that he is a good driver and I felt that he
could be trusted. The morning we started Faye said to him, "Driver,
you must take good care of Mrs. Rae, for she asked for you to drive on
this trip," which must have had its effect - that, and the nice lunch I
had prepared for him - for he was kind and thoughtful at all times.
It takes two days to go to Helena from here, a ride of forty-five
miles one day and forty the second; and on each long drive there are
stretches of miles and miles over mountains and through canons where
one is far from a ranch or human being, and one naturally thinks of
robbers and other unpleasant things. At such places I rode on top with
the driver, where I could at least see what was going on around us.
Just before we crossed the Bird-Tail divide we came to a wonderful
sight, "a sight worth seeing," the driver said; and more to gratify
him than because I wanted to, we stopped.
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