The Wreck of the South Pole and Other Strange Tales — page 116: what you’re looking at

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WHY HE TOOK HIM ALONG. THURSDAY, June 1, 18 : I never did fancy the idea of staying in the city until driven out by heat. I am going to Lake Superior next week. For June is the most delightful month in the year to spend in the country, so why wait until August, and exchange a month of pleasure for mere comfort? I pre- fer being sensible to being fashionable, and so go north by Tuesday. Roy goes with me. It seems strange I should pick up a boy I have not known three months, and take him off as my companion for the summer. But then, if we are satisfied, | do not know as it concerns any one else; he was delighted with the idea, and his father gave consent —so we go. Roy 1s a little black eyed, black haired school boy I met here in Schenectady soon after, in my Bohe- mian wandering, I settled down in the place. A new fancy has taken me away now, and it takes Roy with me. THURSDAY, June 8. To-day we reached our camping ground, Roy and I. We left the train at the lazy little village of Chickar, and there chartered an old horse and spring wagon to bring ECORnNIELOOOKS (©)