"If you girls think these are so beautiful, just wait till we reach the
'bottoms'--there you will see size and color enough to make you wonder
if you accidentally struck Paradise," said Anne.
"And our ferns and mosses, girls! You never saw such specimen,
elsewhere," added Polly, churking to Choko to hurry on.
"Polly, why did Jeb over-load that poor little burro?" now asked
Barbara, having lost her momentary interest in flora.
"Choko isn't over-loaded at all. Of course it looks as if he had a
great load to carry, but pans and woolen blankets look more than they
weigh, you see. The heaviest thing he carries is my ax, I reckon."
"Ax! What do you want of an ax?" wondered Barbara.
"Can't tell how cold it may be up on the mountain-top, so I brought the
sheath-knife, ax, rifle, and other things in case we get the tail-end
of a blizzard."
"And the blankets in case we get lost and need to camp out all night,"
added Anne, teasingly, seeing the city girls' fears.
"You can't really mean it, Anne! Surely we won't lose our way, and as
for a blizzard! Well, it is July," laughed Barbara.
"It wouldn't be the first time we ran into a blizzard in July,"
commented Polly.
"But how is it possible, girl alive!" cried Barbara.
"Possible enough on the Flat Tops. The merest rag of a cloud finds an
excuse to carry snow from the peaks. The wonder will be if we come away
without seeing snow fall.
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