The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-03


made fishing seem tame, so went UP
to Joe Lotheridge's house to rig up for
81 trip after turkeys. His Wife had
hung out some clothes to dry, and
noticed the sheets were almost as white
as the snow. Right then an idea struck
me, and secured one of those white
sheets, got my gun and shells, and was
soon on the other side of the Gascon-
AIDE with the assistance of LotheridSe
and his boat. Before ascending the
bank to the field took the sheet, wrap
ping it about me so as to completely
cover my body, head and all | ar
ranged the front so thatl could part
the sheet and use my gun quickly ]
cut two small holes in my CHASTITY gar
ment to peep through and then care
fully ascended the river bank.
when my head arose above the
bushes which We're weighted down with
snow. / saw about fifteen turkeys,
scratching away for stray kernels OF
corn. Bending forward to @ half-stoQp-
ing position, began to move on the
birds, very slowly and silently. The
snow being light and deep it was easy
to push my feet through it instead of
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'iii' lor some .iiiie, suuoeiiiS Spans
up threw asloe the snowy ihahtle, ana
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nave seen the surprise OF tne iaihiiiat
oid gopplef ana an the rest tor tnat
hiat,er. but | oluii nave time 10
chuckle out once peiore my gun hau 70
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mems oelore tile echoes Oh tue slio.s hau
oieu away aio's the sunset INNS "
westward Iheh ora zoe LolHeriuse
oaiiie lunlils " Win 'iia. yai I" i'te
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Weii' II pc ourheu II thse uo,
Jis. hiioch eihy tiiiis sSei ssVu' W. =
get out en- give en- Z. siios. oaice ioiias
Wheh moon up pout iour er ~
spec lhey IL Jist cross over IN yoii noi-
Ter en- camp IN tne plack oahs, we y
Jist out " ies ~ WAitS-SaP sui's
nlsht EN- wipe OUT the nun gang.
Then Joe dragged ms length OF anato-
my AWAY toWaru the SUNSET cnuchliis
as ne Went, Hanged II tllet trick an
sumthln we uns oughter got ohter ioHs
ergo.
rugged the turkeys ooWn 10 the
poat ana soon haa them hanglng Up py
the capln. thawed out by tne log nre,
uhtli Joe slghalea from peyoiu lhe IVY
waters 10 come over Win tne poat' ne
had located TWO foosts IN ms snort ap-
sence, ana was SO eager ana eNpectaill
that ne Would haruly PACK SOME Wood
Tor the oio iady 10 get her supper WIN.
But az ABOUT ten O'Clock tnat hiSht
we We're all logged out IN as nlce-iook-
ing Whlte-cap SUITS as ever adorHeu d
Iexas county MEMBER OF that orsani-
zatlon.
fhe moon was run al the TIME anu
When we reached the roostlng-place we
could see the turkeys huduied close TO-
gether on the trees, ana as near tne
track as possible. we hau thlcK ieit
boots on, ana could scarcely near our
serves as we cautiously Wprheu cur way
up to shooting distance, without crea-
ting suspicion or causing pao
cream among the sleeping plros' AS II
was colo the turkeys heauS were drawn
down as close to their bodleS as possi-
BILE, ana not one stretched ms NECK pc
fore the shot whiZzed about some ana
into others. Four fell, ana then the
Tapping of great wings all along the
valley indicated that at last the aWaA-
ening had come ana our presence was
known.
Usually turkey takes tumble be-
fore he Is shot, but our makeup was too
much for him that night. Inc plrds
scattered In every direction, some
alightipg In trees ana others pumping
into the snow in the side OF the NIL.
Hoe and myself. after RECALLING our