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263 GAME. GAME, GAME, ^' 263 ve*y nuineroiis. How could it be otherwise when it i* authoritatively stated by a gentleman who was where Manhattan stands, and says the blue stem was so taU that he could tie it over his head; so it must have been over six feet high; and where such grass grows it is certain to be a paradise for game. From near Louisville the party next day got up to the Vermillion near Onaga, Pottawatomie county. The map will convince you what a natural route it was. The distance covered on this second day is about twenty miles. Any one who may have been on the prairies, especially in the locaJity where our party is camped, will say Amen! to the statement that a July evening here is as salubrious and enjoya- ble as any place; and while enjoying the evening's rest before retiring, Alonso and Monte stroU on top of a bluff adjoining the river and entertain each other with their thoughts. To confess the truth, Alonso seemed as though he must commune v^ith somejone about the woman who is ever uppermost in his thoughts, so whUe reclining on nature's carpet he, as it were, emp- tied his receptacle of thoughts upon Monte, and felt better for so doing. Usually it is manly and cou- rageous to keep one's counsel and thoughts to him- self when in love, but at times a man or woman will become so overbalanced with the ever-present subjects that it becomes oppressive, and like a business man LQ financial straits it does good to unbosom one's long- ing or fears to a friend in whom you have confidencej so Alonso, having implicit faith in the young Motecus- homa, commences his conversation in the following manner: "Monte, you wUl not consider me a milk