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[[margin]] 10 - yr. old [[underlined]] traveller [[/underlined]] [[/margin]]
San Francisco to Rosebury had given added interest to the day. 10 yrs. old - how could her parents have let her do it? Oddly enough between whiles, playing with her doll, it came out that she had been born near Watertown, New York!
She liked to have someone sit with her in the tunnels and confessed in a lonesome way that she had never travelled alone before.  Esther Piassou, Rosebury, Oregon - a dear, sweet, well bred & intelligent child.  We were sorry to get off & leave her with unfinished journey.  After spending the night at Scout's Pass we took the train again as it came along.  At the station we saw a car marked Canadas Greatest Kettle Band or something of that sort & a man with a scotch creased cap on one side with long tails behind.
[[margin]] Glen - [[underlined]] wood [[/underlined]] [[/margin]] 
Our next stop was at Glenwood where we found the Clark Hotel kept by a widow & her son & daughter - a nice, homelike house with well fitted bedroom - clean linen, abundant white spread, etc. & excellent table - used for an eating station.  The people in the house were like the family - refined & educated.  A Mr. & Mrs. Lannsbury from Portland - cribbage players now taking up a homestead in the mts. were enthusiastic supporters of the administration.  We heard here of the failures in Portland due to the financial stringency.  Glenwood is a lumber