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Title: Pacific service magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Subjects: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Electric utilities Electrical engineering Public utilities
Publisher: San Francisco : Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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Over Border Ruinan. The road leading into Blue Lakes and looked back and, lo and behold,below them in the valley faint specks ofdiminutive buildings showed them thatthe queer little town of Markleeville, theirstarting point of that morning, was still insight. A glance at the heavens told themthat it would soon be noon, as the sunwas beating straight down upon them.We must make better time or we wonteat supper with Bill tonight, said Fitz;for they were going to stay the winterwith Bill amid the Blue Lakes, wherethe snowshoe print of human beings sel-dom ruffled the white carpet of nature. Again they slid on noiselessly throughthe trees, when suddenly a sly coyotecrossed their trail with a low hungrygrowl and disappeared into the wood un-harmed. A murmur of disgust causedthe two mountaineers to turn and Georgecalled to the youngest of the party, whohad but recently left his happy home and
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Typical rock formation, Charity Valley friends behind him totry his luck in Cali-fornia, and inquiredwhat the trouble was.Too peeved to answer,Charlie, standing to hiships in snow, held thesnowshoes aloft androughly exclaimed thathis feet would not stayin the straps; but aftersome persuasion theyouth again placed hisfeet in the straps andwalked side-hill fashion. After repeatedrests the party gained the crest of Thorn-berg Canyon, tired and hungry, and pray-ing that they had at least covered half thejourney. Shading their eyes all looked in vainfor some signs of civilization. Whisper-ing in the ear of Fitz, so as not to dis-courage the tired youngster, George re-marked, I dont think were going tomake it tonight, and Fitz readily agreedwith him, but he kept up his cheeryouter appearance and said, Boys, weredoing fine. Have we got much moreclimbing to do? came from the youngtenderfoot, and the leader answered,No, only a couple more deep ones, andthey dragged on across the ridge. Soonaga

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