The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15

and then the big one gathered him; say y
They was a cloud Of EN- whirling about, and In
the centre OF the cloud was the two ,porkys'
The little one wasn't a. strong a. the Bug one;
but he was scienced for keeps. l never see a
little Teller fight like ne did. Three times ne
big one got MIN down. and three times he broke
away, and the way they slung the auil Us into eaGn
other was orful. You could a-heard EN- rattle
a quarter-mie away.
AT last the little one give a half whlrl, Jumped
2 foot high, passed over the big ones back ~
grow. Say. It was Katy bar the door then,
The big one let out a saneaI Ike a young RE s,
and lay still. lie didn't nave life enough left in
him TO roll up into a bali. He Just died dead.
T Vent lt aRer one and lpG ISsts q s,m the for n aShi'e in ,sep had Ss
Ssh Of of't the aS an Sticking in It," i. and then he
"e ven o awlsdy a-k,l,ss him with a club, but ] didn't
have the heart TO do IT, He sure was u game
little fighter. When that Hght ended them two
hat srowed there They had used up most Of
their ammunition reefina the sharp pints into
each other. The one that lived looked like ne
wrong WAYS. and the u other one what was dead
Just bristIed with EN-. II amt no use for folks
TO tell me a porky cain't throw his quilts, be-
III I could shoot as straiSht According to my
size. I would Il have to guide nobody for a living.
The dead one weighed s pounds and = ounces.
And talking about haas and DOrky DlneR, |
wee some looms do a funny trick once. I was
over on Listle Price Lake trying for some Cal
i%fornis trout the fool Cover 'ment put In there
10 feed the musk les bout Ave wears ago. They's
lots of looms on Little Price because Of the
small fish in II. l was late starting back and
twilight had got plumb into moonlight afore
I took up my anchor. Just then / heard a
splash and about a hundred and ten yard.
away I see a loon come swooshing down and
hit the water kerblop. He gave the sigma!
cry and another and another came In until
eotlntAd aiuhfaap nf am suimmtpH around
IN a circle.
Then the first one raised his head and made
They swum slowly round and round and kept
up their crying. 1t sounded like a sorter loon
saualling match to me at first, but pretty
One fellerd SQUAT way down deep and an
other way mp high. and another sorter In the
middle, and the Others Joined In first here and
That's what IT were as sure as the lord made
little apples. The first loon was teacher and
the others was learning from him.
able IL s.l 4 ss ,sie t nhi,e eo''f f Ssd 10 9 s Ss paei TUNE ss so f.
Biineby the tune got TO be strong and plain.
never hear no tune like il and | been hitting
she nddie ior twenty year. but ~ was a tine all
times and one OF 'em come swimming slow
out OF the bunch and took a station iye yards
ana and one foot away: He raised bis head apd his
Ike the note YOU make on the little string when
The pitch il high and, yon draw the bow soft
ana even Then the bis Teller the, had more
n bass that was like the wind booming In the
pine trees OF winter nights. Two OF en-. with
~middling high voices, chimed in and the Others
KEPT as mum as mice and swum round and
round ~ was a loon quartet and the music
WIS beautiful.
They sung and SUNG and the old one in the
centre looked like he was going 70 faint, His
OIL, would drop down until " rested In the water
ana then ne 9 bring y back with Z lerk, Just
IKE a man sitting before 4 IRE, AFTER q hard
gay WIN the logs. and noddlng; HE'D roH
from side IN side and drop his bill aud pull II
back and wave his tail backward and forward
quick or, slow, IN time 10 the music, and every
nov ana men ned rise almost clear OF the
water and stretch MS wings Ike ne was ,yawn-
ing ana me music was SO good made nm
lazy Finally ! noticed that when his bill
went down, each time IT'D stay a lltue longer
and seemed heavier when II come ~.
Then, toward the last. all Of the looms
Joined IN ,the leading OF the q,nartette. l
never heard a slower or more sadsome tune.
IL almost made me CRY, because ] begin TO
see, what this was all about; Onct a Teller