Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-07

for him, and let him have the powder hori,
and bullet pouch.
The lad put in charge, secured his
ammunition, and then getting into theil
canoe, commenced padding across th'
| river.
The turkey kept "gobbling every few
moments till the lad got near the oppost'
shore, when there came 4 sudden, sharl
quit
At that Casper stopped short, thinking
he had frightened the birds; but th,
quit" was followed next moment by IT,,
familiar. plaintive ''yeap yeap-yeap, yop-
yopyup!
Now our young pioneer was cloS'
observer, and hal watched the habits an,
notes Of AL wild game very closely
something unnatural about those turkeys
calls struck his mind. When, in II flock
of wild turkeys, one of their numbe
gives the sharp quit f)r danger. h,
had never heard another turkey ut one,
set up II long "yerp yeap-yeap. yop yop
yop!7 The whole flock always stanu
silent, and look sharply about them.
The boys keen car and instinct tol'
him in u moment that there was some
Thing not quite right in what he had
,lea!u' Icy no "l', ho' 'ninN ~ was "''
lhulln' vi nc "ouiu PiooaoiS h'te gone
o'ch III 'iioie quicA'S 'n''n ue i'u co'ne
"cloSs'
lno .'tnA WIS iiot sioP'hS lele' ouC roS'
10 heiShU "i iour leeI' anu was covere"
The boy landed, but instead of climbing
The bank and pressing through the alders
Iow"ru "h'rc 'iio iloGN seeneu ~ pe' ne
''o'e GOWN s'ie"Ii ''lo"S 'io c''hA io'
he"l I"o nuh"t1o S.'l"e' Iiouon'nS io"'
81 ~; n9 " NeeP .'''''ch iloui tlie s"'n1'
lhe'l, creeping III 'n'oUs'i I'le "iuels' h'
cl'Wleu' Sun III li''nn' "'o's 'i0 s'ouiu
LOOKING sh'rPly Oh every sue
III 'li's lili'hnec c nc sa'heu Tue .op ol il
wooneu s'ope hl'eeh lo'S S;. oi Lno'e more. itoln
,''e "i''er' anu soI il'o " ii''lo Su''y owe,
penlnu It, lnis uo"1' ne ocsin " oIaW' :,
q"ie''y ",ohS INC peu vi 'no guy; wn'on
was oVernuns ny or'eIs anu wiz Sl"Pe'
V'nes ~ Sel ~ 'ne ro"I VI l"o sul heys-i
!hueeu' lnry were turNeys' o, "niu'i iG n'
','u MS uouot'' 'uuuS' Nc 0ou''i sun no''
them gono''h@ anu yeapinS very NATURAL
y;u, =, , -.-..,
"heh ne ni'i 2o1 ABOUT oppos''e 10
lheln' ana peil'hd lileln, he cr'"ieu oeI o'
.he S"i'y' anu StihilS one suln'n'I Vi t,ie
'i'''o t''Se' no S".'oo' ""'i'y uo"n 'no
sioPe 'o""ru 'he li'e'' -.
ifece "elo "o .u' he9S III e,Sn.' "''o'i
my 10" i''oIien's' ne was norlo' s,iuoN ,.,
aV see'ls nh ln,'''n ne"u iisI ete"l,niiS
up from oc'lihu ii root anu look uown
throuSh Inc orahthes towards where he
llttt uIilWn UD HIS Ctltl,lG.
casper hearC oeat ihSC ana lar', ne
was w'linh IL rev huhureu Iee1 Oh tlf
tndi'n, ouI IN MS rear. After long,
sharp iooE' 'le savage Drew down oehlhu
me fooI anu pe9ah SoopllnS ana yeapihS
'Sa'n' ,e
casper iiau not "r"p oi coward o'oou'
ana thouS'i the th'uSnt oi 'iie o'nSer ~
llao so o1reiy escaped m'ue MN ie"i con-
anu almost sIch, nc le,V 'l,'V JUS own s'ietN
lay IN ms sliooth& tne th".ah before Tue
s"C"Se ,''.' c'i'hc,' W suooV mn
1t'''O"''3 u',i'0'i nav on '.io ou'"
oellno - s'iillI 10y ne les.e. ms Iina's ~"
aoloSS 'n0 los' anu Nep' IL po'n'oo 1T 'i'e
ioo,'
lresenIly t'lc l"uEln ,ic"' was "Sain
t",seu' ms was ,hc l'n cn'nIe' anu
tah'nS allil, lie hreu' anu INC heao went
Out M o, h sisnI i,, r,o, 49,. ,a,o 10 ho,h;, ,ho
1n; nu, ''o ,u %a ou h Pun o. nv ,h 'n ,, nS Wv,
;l. inGH'h. Crhwins m & p''ch ,n.o 'h tno gu''y ~
4uich'J ~ nc u'lr", 'o eo"Sn. & .nu a''e' ",
snGre i9 Nos !s onraS 10 80 ~ 'i r'nos ;nia, nc
u.a '''o i,no sun c 's.iiooo solo J0Ih. ~
S'"Ss' ''"u =. v''.n' ''to' S''ns a., A. Wv
''',N s"'no u'1'"a''I' o .n'o''h ,h ',.E ""'o'
""u smIni any "''u,, "Ua"9' t 49," a i',U mt 81
nun i''!ti",Ii "'itp'"E h.I w. ''''. :. N',,,, Wv ~
p.e"tn' ~ ~ 'lio Ci"' ~, r' ''o'''o' o'''o'