Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-10-27
AN OUT OF SEASON DUCK.


dent Of Grafton, w. Va
AN OUT OF SEASON DUCK.
u Was shot by One Hunter and Captured
by Another.
IL Is n well-knowu fact that human
nature doesn't like To bo laughed At, 80
I'll just tell you, a. n friend, Il little
Joke that was played on me by "forco
Of circumstances" II happened ON
Long Island. says u writer In Forest
and Stream. was down there wood
cock shooting many moons ago, and on
the evening preceding my intended do
parture ] was urged To get up before
daylight next morning TO shoot IA black
duck or two TO carry home. ] strongly
protested against IL, rs IL WINS the last
day of September and the law was sup
| posed TO protect them Till the hrst Of
October However, I stiilcd my con
| science In the face OF such tcmptAr
ton as they held out assuring me that
they had been shooting them for two or
/ three wceksl and slipped of quietly
before the break OF day 10 n small pond
| In the woods. | was covered all over
with II guilty feeling, but stood my
1 ground" and with the first streak Of
dawn saw accommodating party sail.
/ ing over and ono OF them tumbled sud.
denly into the huokleberry bushes not
| forty feet away
waited In the frosty dir till day
/ light, and rs no more camo ! went 10
where marked my victim down, and
after parting the thick bushes and
hunting carefully for some time found
I him and hastily stuck him into my big
coat pocket, imagining game warden
watching me from behind oaoh troe.
hurried back 10 the hotel, and MS II was
nearly train time ! ran % my room,
opened my valise and TANNED tho duoh
In without even looking nj him and got
on the cars with about rs guilty fool
ing ms u high-mindod, honorable sports
man ever walked OIL with.
After getting home and sitting In my
warm and cory room an hour or two |
rang for tho servant-and told her
TO get that duck out OF my yalise and
cook II for my dinner.
She opened the valise, dragged out
the duck and then with an ejaculatory
sound that usually indicates q nasty
smell, threw down the duck and rushed
out OF the room az II she suspected a
trick
But protest, even 10 this day, that !
was innocent Of any such intention. II
was merely mistake.
hpd hastily pocketed n duck that
some other fellow had shot and lost ut
least week before. II was n cold
morning and the duck was stiff, but
stupidity overlooked that fact In my
haste 10 put II out Of sight Of the game
wardens, and II gave out no odor 10 In
dictate It's condition till IL got comfort
ably warmed up In my room.
have always thought IL best 70 ro-
speot the game laws and mean 10
do IT,
Liberia, IN Africa, has neither clock
nor timepece Of any sort; the reckoning
OF time Is made entirely by the move
ment and position Of the sun, which
rises at @ a. IN. and sets at p, m, al
most 10 the minute, tho year round, and
at noon Is vertically overhead. The
islanders Of the South Pacific have nc
clocks, but make Il curious time marker
Of their own. They take the kernels
from the nuts Of the candle tree and
wash and string them on the rib OF q
, palm leaf The first or top kernel l,
, then lighted. All Of the kernels are o.
the same size and substance, and oacl
will burn a certain number Of minutei
, and then set fire 10 the next one below
, The natives tic pieces Of bark cloth a
regular intervals along the string :,
make the divisions Of time, Among thu
natives OF Singar, in tho Malay archi
pelago, another peculiar device is used
} Two bottles arc placed neck To neck
; and sand lzplaced in ono OF them whicl
pours itself into the other one ever!
half hour, when the bottles are reversed
There Is q line near by also, on whiel
! arc hung twelve rods marked viii
: notches from one 10 twelve A regular
. ly appointed keeper attends TO the bot
Y ties and rods and sounds the hours uF
I on a gong.-N Y. Herald.
h Judge Blodgett, OF tho United State
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