The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-02
THE WILD DUCK SHOOTER.
BY JEAN 1NaEnow.


eating and drinking with hungry relish.
lie had thrownhis muddy clothes In a heap
on the floor, and, as she proceeded to lift
them up, she said, s'Ahi lad, lad, doubt
thy head has been under water; thy moth
or would have been sorely frightened II she
could have seen thee awhile ago.
YYes," said the boy, and In Imagination,
the cottage dame saw this sad mother a
care worn, hard-working creature like her
self; while the youthful guest saw in inn
agination, a beautiful and courtly lady
aud both saw the same love, the same anx-
iety, the same terror at the sight of u lonely
boy struggling in the moonlight through
breaking Ice, with no one 20 help him,
catching at the frozen rceds, and then
creeping up, shivcring and benumbed, to
the cottage door. t1
But even as she stopped the woman for
got her imagination, for she had taken a
waistcoat Into her hands, such as had never
passed between them before, gold pencil
case dropped from the pocket, and on the
floor, among heap of mud that covered
| the outer garments, lay white shirt sleeve,
SO white, indeed, and fine, that she thought
| it could hardly be worn but by squire.
| She glanced from the clothes to the
owner. He had thrown down his cap, and
his fair, curly hair and broad forehead con-
viuced her that he was Of gentle birth; but
Willie she hesitated to sit down, he set a
ness:d 81 say, whata lonely place this is {;
| If you had not let me in, che water would
| have all frozen on me befnre reached home.
Catch me duck shooting again by my
selfpl igaeg 1 LlsH
'ft's very cold sport that, sir" said the
woman.
The young gentleman assented most
readily, and asked If he might stir the fire.
'And welcome, sin" said the woman. She
| felt curiosity to know who he was, and he
partly satisfied her by remarking that he
was staying at Deem Hall, house about
five miles off, adding, that, in the morning
he had broken o hole mlti1e ice near the de-
coy; but it had iced over so fast that in the
dusk he had missed II and fallen in, for 1t
would not bear him. He had made some
l Landmarks, and taken every precaution,
buthe supposed the sport had excited him
so much that, in the moonlight, he had
passed them by. He then told her of his
attempt to get shefter in the other cottage.
"Sir,n said thewoman, ''if you had said
you were gentlenmn--"
The boy laughed, ~ don't think / knew
it my good woman" he replied, ''my
senses were so benumbed; for was some
the broken ice, and then ! believe / was
nearly an hour creeping up TO your cot
| tage door. | remember it all rather indis-
tihctly, but as soon as | had felt the fire.
and drank the warm beer, was a different
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