The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-11-21
Major Holsters little Story,

Major Holsters little Story.
Tired with our long tramp after game
for the day had been very warm
threw ourselves upon a bare spot OF
ground on the prairie, where a low ridge
gave shelter from the rays of the declin-
ing SUM- Snakes were abundant here
abouts, and therefore it was for that we
selected clear space for our blvouac, lest
we might sit down upon nest OF them
unaWareS.
'''How bleak and dismal a country looks
without treesl' exclaimed one of the
party. Even one solitary tree would be
a comfort now. Think how cozily we
could stretch ourselves and smoke our
pipes under the shade Of a spreading
oakr
II used to think good deal of trees, -
drylv remarked DR. Holster-a man who
had travelled over most countries of the
world. Il used to love trees, in fact,
continued he; but [ somehow lost con
hdence in them long ago. It's very plea
SAINT to lie Ute{e:' a tree when you know
what IA 1t; but suppose you don
There was a vague mystery ii not hor
ror, in the suggestion thrown out by the
major, and the rest of the party, with
one voice, called upon him to explain.
ssWclI - h,ran ta seT mayer WIS Also
lntelv treed Int on,.a in NV bfa and
her % the vav If ha,}ne,d Il had Gxad nv
selfun for hunting among the high ride
es in central country If Stnfh americ,
and there 7 Eyad IN clover T tell Won for
many weeks oan,e of all sorts heinz
1niantv and the Climate most of the time
very SaIu hyious and nia.saDt One dav
tired Of the snort 7 had lono been enioy,
mo on tbe birh orounds made MYSELF
mn for n dav after tbe Wild dncks which
were very numerous a,nono the dykes
and nonds of LARGO tract of meadow
l,na that law inst below where r had bnilt
nv shanty. II was carly in III, mo~nino
when [ Started on my hunt. alone. and
all went very snIoofhIv with me iii near
noon. nv chief difficulty being to carry
the ducks. with which nv rame-bao was
soon so stuffed thar T was OBLIGED to string
the next comers from nv button holes.
and even ahont my nerk 7 must have
loo-ed n,1ch Tie ono oc those ;nita~ant
| ,o,,Itn,o,s ono so ,,a+;r,o<. ,ot Iv;tb;,, +bo
cities - - - = - :. -
s.Tn the l,t;tudes 70 which T refer
tl,undersT orrns are sudden and violent
The air i nerfactlv flear and pleasant
and the skv of AN intense, tlpe. when. ali
az once Won viii see,a small cion6 r;sing
nm 70 the westward mavbe and hefoe
von have time 10 saw :fh9nder The duskv
yapor Goes sproino and snittino ont
on every side. nnfiI DARKNESS oversnreads
! evervf;,in@. and rE,en fhe lightning seems
to fan voIr cheek with its flashing bin
| ions: the thunder snashes and crashes
| close above and around YOU. and the ram
comes down. not in dr0ps, as we are ac
| custolned 20 see il in this feeble and u,in-
teresting climate. but IN great cylinders.
| as if the bottoms had come out Of She
watering nots overhead and the article
this was what hammered in a iiffv SO 10
sneak Inst - Was 0' nran -, 70 eat a
Iit of fnnch i had brou@ht with me.
TLcra was no use IN NV fnrping to run
tor home The tb;nr was 50 sudden that
n %, ] IoT toward j The ridge cla '. see
lztba etre,mS tb,t had IafeIv haan more
t hras l|ei ,, sn,, and n lin; dawn a,nons
the rocks in ,.;,scades. ,.a1ryinr stone, and
trees and Great masses OF earth along
with them. The high grounds were at
| least = mile awav.and VET made instinct
ivelv toward tham but had not pope a
| hnn,,red yards whnn I u,s :, ,yare Of wafer
nla.biT@ laneafb INV fer in = wav in
wb;ch II had not mashed durino fhe morn
ms tramn Inmed;afelv II was nm to
NV miles ana i b,,aiv hid mada ~,
NV mind rs 10 what I hid hest do when
+ 3,nnd 4ba ,;n,,Ins of i no,,,.;no oye, Tho
80 Of INV bboPs Tbe ubnla maadn,v
- o,lo $50 islo j., la tbaT l,l,.,,.t,.
| -, -. III 10 80 Of tba -
-. .,t,,,a.,,.;,,,, anaatb tba -,
Al,
-, So. 80 ~ us 49, u.
=. .,'I 80. taS I'll ;. ~ !; - as
- !" ~; -. 7 t Soa 'oso
ulsii :. $50 80. 80 '''I Sn'3 GUY ~ pe
seeii 10. -, mt,iss a. $50 :, 'lls ii.,,o'
" ~ men - I raacbaI + + 80 W. b,ne
morn tree the enar,ed l;mbs Of which
| etonJ on, r;th;, ra,cb frro,,, tbo c,.o,,nJ
o'ols. ~ ny
- va. ,,',o 40 ,'-iI'.,is ~ iill.i ny
''..u M. - ela.itpGo ~ III a.as
, - a.e "a 49, 49, Guy in9s. 49,
..,,e,N -, III ~
800 nj rsSorad ,,,.Solf - e,tp
IsIb;ct- ostba f i.J 81 i tbo tree Voc
= +or,,aI hnt nln,. b;nla ao;nst VI" .La
ar;y;no torrent ana 60 wat ,Sas ga
cb;i,e,I tLat T sbnnid ,.ort.;r,i,, \ 40 40
scen,led from nv ncrch, and struck ont
for the high lands but for two reasons
the first Of which was that | cannot swim
and the second. that the alhcltors from
the swamps. as was we'll aware, 90
prowlinc around when these sudden fresh
! cts take place. to look after sneh stray
creatures as may have been washed down