Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-19

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Tear, ana aat II " haven't got five pounds OF -four ror III ounce OF meat in
ae fnac4- And. tie deuce OF it il this is the day before Christmas. anu tonor-
10 be sur christmas DOESN'T seem Ike Christmas without urhsyr
'gear mear anu onhner and misty Ead to get it too. Bt- all IT," same
w. -omnS Ii "m@ ~~1Sma "Mner Always SHOULD" m's d "i III
.val. Cuh. vmra a better in than L am. but you can't beat me at
lmrn- The thermometer H down to rHcatTs.x below, and the wind is
luwlng great gins. hut L don't see any other way than to take my gm ami
r2 lgr i nahott r a partridge,
ira tie better hunter of tile two. Z dant envy you the cant"art though. II
nay be down q my below before night 50 get back before tile. sn goes
IN ~ said Tom as he slid VI into. the cold. clad from throat to toe
II fuA. lie carried a doIhle barrel shotgun III tie ho-ow o. @S 7rr u a
~vuvor II re bait tie latter in caae he &4uuId encounter ~ mr dhan
1ls snutgnn couhd bring DOWN I'm gong rp to tie mo~a~ "a 1r patami-
KIN ra his nat words to Bah. so have Il good pastry ready for paunsan
PIE sans ane yang in the ereninG. It adbE"
Tom swung ~~dIv aluns through tire fire. dry snuv. which came ahout
IN 10 rs knees AID derived c--"@@ = croGl tie keen air @2I tie prospect
N =~ Il crossed - u.a.-G -140ed tie lar-ur ball. Ak carue VI oa the
rv J@4sau. vera tn WIND had wider sweep anu the cold WIS mora intense
II vas Il long stretch AID no object interviewed to break the munotony, so
rlS-a tie parni: al. dwell. Ts = acefuI p7a~4.=an. though brown. of
,r.-y. Z vas nuw aura wuta al hit dIt&.1.a4 from the saox itself.
mn ~4G4 it dove and from which it iartad out like dying ash on the surface
Il. WIS a snua hunter having carried a gun ever since he had been able
e., Lr 1r. frr pracuc~g at tie wuuIolEc1s and squrp.s N the Oil fam,
"a via. al cf a s&G4oH. a white splrG4a thing broke ut Of the SHOW ami
maze If sanSan O Tndwant la threw up his gn anti topped it over in
Several rot asag from TOMS shots. their movements we're 50 cratic and
ul"re wa Et~a to Gsta&nisA between snow white bird and bird white snow
fur It it stirred unenu UP with his feet and when they sailed ont dropped
uw~ e Them III aa win. In ts manner by pursuing the birds CLOSELY and
Rpeatng chem ON the muvo. he secured crrecer and then tnougAt it about time
INN nruarm Bur in nj his wtnfn gs and doublngs while in pursuit of the
9frsn sans he hHt >" confused himself that ne couldn't lind the tril BACK to
7" srea~ --e sun had long shca set and omt a fant twilight reInA1ed'
vmia re caiI air WIS getnn~ colder. Though tie cutting wind had died away
Eona arur drel to e-hansaon. tempted to yield to the intoierabie drowst
less thar VIE stealing over him.. anu to succumb to WHICH he knew meant
ln7 death. he as staggering toward the bank # the craek- But it was tar
away and he was net sur Of his bearings. when he heard the report of a tire
arr. Tie answered. by dlsclarang his Gnn. and net long after Bob hove in
sHhh. ira snr after him a sled tEhcllT piled with skins
Eundle up in tie ns and let ms drag You back home. Not a word DoasI
tell Eom. I'm boss III this expedition. my boy. Another hour AMI you'd have
an Down to sleep. nov, wouldn't EouG-
NJ. Bon. But. say. { sr the birds. didn't II"
Yes you dms bur if you'd have gone Ito sleep they'd have come rather
rur Tom heard nothing. He slept until the cabin was reached and long
after he had been bundled into his bunk. When he awo&e next morning
r4rnshsi AMI raenperated. the first thing he saw. through the curling smoke