"Some of the old settlers about here call it 'Calico Bush,'" Eletheer laughed. "Is not the name appropriate?"
"Eletheer knocks the sentiment out of everything," Jack retorted. "She will probably tell you, Dora, that the leaves are poisonous, so don't eat them."
"I'm hungry enough to eat anything," Dora replied.
"Score one for Dora," joined in Cornelia. "I'm thankful that we're almost there."
Those who have never visited Sam's Point can have no conception of the grandeur of these rocks there piled in fantastic shapes. It needs but a little stretch of the imagination to believe one's self among mediæval castles. One almost expects to see some plumed knight appear on the turret-like walls.
The trees are scattered, but a balsamy odor fills the air and the blending of colors makes the scene one of rare beauty.
They put out their horses and took dinner at an inn near the Point, and afterward ascended to the airy summit, where, lying down on the
