9/17 "I will go with you presently. Don't be afraid." Coming forward, with an air of making himself very much at home, he placed his rifle against the tree where she had been sitting. Then, as if to calm her fears, he continued, "I am camped at Burnt Pine, with a party of friends. I was just starting down to you, when I saw that you were going to come up; so I waited. Beautiful spot--this--don't you think ?--so out of the way, too. |