The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16

didn't notice tn fus' one, but looked at tn big
t co@s am an f he Killed IGEi; dioy sm both Ihf ao ' SfaS SGSsdi
vile longer, but no more he-pheasants showed
up 70 be slaughtered. 50 he come down on'n
sYeliln' his run, diTtin' bis tail, shown his bes'
pints all TO 9nst an, maxim, them hens daiy az
I%s, y sn bG S iIsd n 's% that f SisSt any, up they bs, S Ssfs
better'n II ! had walked all day fr EN- Two
weeks qrterward meets him on a harf acre
may never see tn, back o. my neck II he didn'
have thirty-eight hens tailin' out benin him
Ike srS they !pr RsiGT %sSt to on. hiT Wen tn, hen, went
an, he took to roemin, rqpn' huntln' IT trouble
aldge o. Boyd's hayfel' one day ! come on a
pheasant's mes They was a cute lee!le hen
s sfa!s l on # a" r n sqass Sy; sSG9pifH " f TO fee d h heG
ever see, lie didn weigh much, but eyy
leetle critter In III world. tendln' to his wife,
laid there fr q harf-hour. cause never did
with me an T. saw, Balsam Bill I'd plug, him.
ir knQTed ia be sh9re all day VIZ IA leetlo
but wen / come long | seen, a ack I ain never
settin' on IL. mes ali right ali right. but, III
coca were of some'rs ia tn woods, foragin',
L. his place were Balsam ply He'd f3un'
an We're dom, his ushuI do. He'd prance
'rogn, her. with his run out an, his wingtips
mos as big. Then he'd strut way like he
were eoin' TO leave her f'rever, but his heart d
sit sof' an. he'd come back He danced on
his blu and talked TO her mos lovtn'. She
set there cuddlin' her .algs, demure like. an
tendiG, to bl4ness, but [ think | see r. her eye
oyer her jus like he come II over III other fifty.
Then he played hl1 las card he mounts 9na
he were a beauty with, III sunshine pourin'
down on him through th, trees. his hald up.
hi Gyer Ike d bl}od b an his w dosI FOi9' IKE
no longer; see her raise firm 2ft'n her eigs
come shoot through u woods. lie never
tempted 70 light, hut whitfield over Balsam on
q, stump Ike a shot fom a cannon he we're
been fr that mislick tn biz masher,d been
i BY tn pink 'beilied frog o, swamp lake
d YOU. ,whuther hos dald or notiT / nam d
yards afore he could check his;e'f, then w'eeled
an, come back, straight fr a clear space by tn
v WffyG ~ '9 Ts ea lisht M{ Su Gu hi ,hT TiN weTe a Pdo. 1--WE
him a, mighty pqrchis on III eroun' an on tn
s,r, ! thought we're all oyer with him at
tn bigges' contrack o his life, Finerly BalsQm
los his balance an went on his back with his
S %srs la iss iR bd tM PS' In oFF!TTEtfsT'Eo Ia T yima ,Siiiy yST.
clicked. They hit Balsam in each eye an
they went clean through his haid rom side 10
side without touchin' each other. Willyum
iuttered and tucged TO git loose, hut he couldn'
an shore he couldn' fly with all that meat
hangin' 10 him. | went 70 him an untaneled
him an tossed him up. He fewed on'y a rod
ur two an liz on a branch, Miss Hen, she'd
went back to her mes, an all through the fight
she set there lOokin' like she was too busy to
think an hadn' never done nothin' wrong in
her life. | blieve she got back on that nes'
afore Willyum saw her. cause soon as I'd
picked up Balsam an hid he come back 70 her
an strutted 'roun' mos proud an prodiius,
That daid villyun weighed nine pcun' six
ounces an he weren't bad arter | took him of'n
IN Goals. lie were selfish, but that didn' hurt
his flavor none"
II was high noon. The other man reeled
In slowly, looked at his persisted but unsecured
frog and waved his arm In silence toward
camp. Fergy bent TO the oars, still smiling.
Ie spoke only once on the return.
IT don pay nobody nur nothin' to be a