Roy Blakeley's happy-go-lucky hike.

Roy Blakeley's elastic hike; illustrated by H. S. Barbour.

"Say, that's an awful hike down to Hank's gilded palace," grumbled Bill, "why didn't you have Sam wait for us off here?"

Twenty miles on the prairies is a stiff hike and half that far would be a good drive in the mountains.