The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-25

clous enough 60 try ana make bis ha.uy
little workers do ulrht work. after thc.
had completed a day OF hard toll for bis
benefit
cone day when Tom was stroihng
through the woods. wondering how he
could get q supply ~ brook trout 90 I'll
to the hotel without working for them. be-
happened on family OF beavers Tho
beavers were working away On their usual
Industrious manner cnrryi ng mud On their
Hot tails. cutting down small trees aud
building up q dam Tor the winter Moth
ing pleasrs Tom more than 70 see some
one else work SO DE seated himself at
the foot OF a big tree and pat Boo mo q
OF the day calmly smoking. But the more
be looked az the beavers. the more The
indignation bee fet to think chat none Of
their industry was for the b,ueat of hon-
est OLD Tom Ferguson. as he called him
self
There ain't an animal" said Tom in
benevolent tones that evening. that is
more deserving, or mas harder row SO
hoe than the beaver Ana there ain't an
animal that properly trained hy tho
right man. could 30 more % cheer The
declining years o. bis instructor and aid
him ia catching brook trout which sel
for good price, hut are too sly and
elusive FOR mo 10 gather them ia without
the expenditure OF undesirable effort
II couldn't SEQ Tho sense OF his plan.
There isnt a better dis posed or morc
amlable creature iu tho North woods than
the beaver ] replied. but I never heard
81 their catching fish II You could pre-
vail on "a beaver to try aud help YOU
he Wouldn't understand the game. The
pfin-pa nsh-eafchinr animal in these
parts Is tho otter. Aud I'm doubtful "
even your undisputod talents tu the way
90 Al fF.H .H |#t .F.f
tabUsh an otters Aid Society Tor tho
Benefit OF Lazy Ola Mon
Tom looked hurt at my flow Of sar-
castle wit
" y don't ask the beavers 20 gather mn
che fish FOR mo he answered. sort of
grieved like. I'm willing 90 dn that mv-
SELF 10 SIS necessary. Beavers are hap
plest when they arc building dam. and
~ course they would he twice as Joyful
u thev could hc taught 20 build two
dams near each other 900 the same stream.
Fish are shy OF man-built dams bat they
aren't ~ those constructed hy beavers.
Then ! can make httle slulce rlie in
each dam. II shut the upper gate ana
open thc lower. che hsh between the Two
dams viii go ont wth The water Ana
vour Uncle Tom Ferguson will De wait
ing at the lower gate w4th his net Co
scoop mp every uuwary trout that comes
tNHA way lilHf hf' Wy HMN m. aNtE NHtNilH
huut and can repeat tho operation every
day'
50 Tom ST 90 work and captured n
band 81 beavers As fast as De caught
one hc would put him 900 o little pool be
had fenced lu near re house Tom fcd
the beavcrs ana ptfted them. ard IL
wasn't long before they got 20 know him
and would follow him about ike Toe
81 hcavy-tolled. clumsy dos FINALLY
Tom Judged he had beavers enough,
and chat they know him 20
that none OF them would run awatSt hcn
De took the whole ioi zap 90 trout stream.
Tom started building thc dam himself.
the beavers sitting iu solemn row IN
the hank watching him. AZ soon as he
had the dam started. Tom drew out and
niotioned TO the beaver 90 so on with the
work The beavers looked a. Tom IN an
lnauiriug way. but dam bui ding Is their
forte and IL wasn't but little while be-
fore they appreciated what Tom wanted.
Then every beaver turned in. after the
earnest. Industrious manner OF the beaver
tribe, ana began husthng that dam across