It 's a crazy idea ! The road is one hundred and twenty miles long . '' `` I 've driven it twice , Mother . '' `` Yes , but not in such a wet year . The trail is impassable in places . '' `` Oh , there are always plenty of dry spots to be found if you only look hard for them . '' `` But you do n't know where to look for them , and goodness knows what you 'll get into while you are looking . '' `` We 'll call at the M.P. barracks and get an Indian to guide us . Indians always know the dry spots . '' `` The stage driver has decided not to make another trip till the October frosts set in . '' `` But he always has such a heavy load . It will be quite different with us , you must remember . We 'll travel light -- just our provisions and a valise containing our wedding garments . '' `` What will you do if you get mired twenty miles from a human being ? '' `` But we wo n't . I 'm a good driver and I have n't nerves -- but I have nerve . Besides , you forget that we 'll have an Indian guide with us . '' `` There was a company of Hudson Bay freighters ambushed and killed along that very trail by Blackfoot Indians in 1839 , '' said Aunt Jennie dolefully . `` Fifty years ago ! Their ghosts must have ceased to haunt it by this time , '' said Kate flippantly .
`` Well , you 'll get wet through and catch your deaths XXXXX cold , '' protested Aunt Jennie .
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