keen crisp the stars shone out with better brilliances than one could hope for in these lowland atmospheres. The sunrise was
truly glorious. After lingering an hour or so observing feasting making a few notes I went down to that halfway hotel for
breakfast. I was the only guest. While the family numbered four well attired intellectual looking persons who for a time kept
up a solemn quakerish silence which I tried in vain to break up. But at length all four began a hearty spontaneous discussion
upon the art of cat killing solemnly decently relating in turn all their experiences in this business in by gone time embracing
everything with grave fervor in the whole scale of cat all the way up from sackfuls of purbli illegible kits to tigerish Tours.
Then I knew that such knowledge was attainable only by intellectual New Englanders. My walk down the mtn -side across the
vals thro the Oakland hills was very delightful, I feasted on many a bit of pure picture in purple gold Natures best.