The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-03-23
Jhe H'erklg Auuparril.
SATURDAY.. MARCH "a. ,ss,
"DUCKING" OUr WEST

NASo " noise, un-ay0ry
SMOKE, blood, oroAcn wings, and feathers
Everything around me was s.rich ans
strange )" The arrowv polished tnbes Of n,
cane, the thick black vines. ike anaconda,
hanging as 1t we're, from the skies: the ligh,
open fretwork OF swamp foliage above. from
winch many birds poured forth Gute-ltk,
aud actually chromatic warblings: comic
birds, nitering short odd notes: crimson anr
azure birds. not down 10 the ornithniocies
and mysterious w0odpeeker. sounding A. il
all fairy-laud, were carpentering. wa,
resolving IN my mind, indeed. to take m,
abode IN this enchanted solitude, when rf,t
discovery of an immense old hollow stumr
OF cottonwood decided me. IL was per,
feet m mature paIace-in style, named or
the spot, the anti-arabasque. The gnarlet
roots spread IN triple pedestals, like paw,
OF mammoth lions and IN its knots anG
excresences might be di-cerneI the face,
and forms Of beasts, monsters, hydras am
chImeras dire. Here. beneath roof OF
plated cane and bark. IN gat pass my tim,
IN peace. | was only eighteen. antl sutiee
to terrible fits OF mr-anfhroThy.) Even th,
winds should not disturb nv con- empIatiap
Aqullone, Nbtu-, Eurus. EuFoc'yton. th,
storm wind, ali are forever kept out Of thes,
peaceful wales by the strong and ssalyart
cottonwood and OAK.
The son Of She,kh MohammeG Ali HAHN
(nay the soil lie rghtlv on hi, tomb. ! relate,
witt Infinite nnircie. (mav Allah yentiiata
his evidence how thar, having determined
tn lead heruIl's life, he went about search.
ing fDr suitable eve. Certain fami '
considerations operated adversely 20 Mr..
slaZln's design. | was not so sublgnarv.
Hungry | certainly was, ard ms first care
being to provide dinner, ami not wrshin, to
disturb my beautiful duck pond, searched
tbs river tint- for wild geese. This proved
}tera!vr Wild goose chase. A. usual with
game, its willingness to he sh0. SCENE d
inverse rs lis value. Re-enteriug the tim
ler, to hunt smaller and surer quarry wha,
was my astunIs hmont ut behod;ng, Winding
along cow trail, n grave. orderly process
son Of these very wild geese foIlowiu. after
ii middIc-agcI, overlooking woman, who
was leading them towards "A clearing.
"Whr, ma lam, ynu seem able to bewitch
those animals. | have been trying all the
morning 70 get within mile If them"
"Wai. my boy, he rus-Ird round among
'em and caught these, one way or another
bring 'cm Up every night to feed. on ac-
count IT 'possums and c1ons, which i
mighty bad among the poultry. rccs on
you're preacher"
mot yet
81 thought you was n preacher. sure.
You ,ook ike one. You ant IA docter:"
"No.'
"Ihcn walk in take chair. NV old
mans poorly. He's stopped work even
since last Fail and this Spring rhe' garden
wa. took down with kukkt" bnrrs and dnck
and me and my httIe girls been cuttin'
steamhoa' wood, hut tn STEAMBOATS, don't
'un much now thar amt been no rise
these two months. Jane drive them hog
away from tn" s'ycw ,tew.) ldon't kno"
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