Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-17


about 81 feet from the ground, with
his tail over his pAek. hullin@ Il nus
which he held in his fore paws
Snrah' took aim and fired, and
down tumblcd III" little fellow. shot
through the head. In the course OF
another hour they had a second squir-
Iel. which Dot" had killed with his
old muskci. The squirrel suffered tn :
loss ot his head "ltirc, and Dot,
hilr not losing his head. was felled
by the "Ilick' of the nl4 Gun. Then,
thinking they had enough fn" din#oH.
they hunted The rrsl of HE party. Tiny
were gathering nuts which III" tl'ns
had dropped The frost however,
had not been particularly heavy. and
So The nuts We're not So plentiful as
they had hopra.
why doa't yon make a ram as *
Cd sneak. as he came Oh them.
/ hen he added aHjhalita1iy@IN "Gct
the aXes. fellows. and eut Two sap
1.ues. each with a crotch. Make 'em
about six feet long Me and boz Will
@et the ram.
>flcr few minutes there Was d
sGund of chopping which echoed
through he wood. Before long the
two forked sticks We're set about four
f. et from a hickory tree they selected,
the ram was placed through the two
forks. the butt end within Two feet
Of The tree. and all the boys grasped
the other end.
Now. sald "Sneak." "all together.
They pushed the ram with their unit
ed force against the tree. giving ii u
tremendous jolt. The nuts fairly rain
ed to the ground This process was
repeated again and again on various
trees of several kinds through the
forest and then the boys Went to
gathering the nuts. 1t was such
splendid sport. ami there were SO
many of them. that they worked liil"
f:emen at a fire. Soon there wer
great stacks of hickory nuts wal II :
and butternuts.
Then the boys fell To with ha- uers.
The shells OF the hickory n''' fell i'll
y parts at one blow. hut Ne walnutS
had to be beaten fro1n heir shells.
and when the boys picked them ont
they stained their nandS dark brown.
The butternuls or white walnuts did
not require hulling. BY the time they
had filled the most OF the bags they
brought il vas past noon. and the boys
" ere tired. and aS hungry as they
Wars. tired
Gee. could "a, an elephant" said
Dumpy.
II rather hay-" coed drink ot
a. ihan aie @yen :. responded Al
Yoa cant ST anything har stump
&4s-r or S,oash wafer her ualess yoH
= - h.. river, 3nd thai i~nr n1e}:
,s-,isr. ee.l.ed CIarence
-l:a 1ai 70 r. river. sflIrr>.
80. AIM.
Na:- u':au,,. boys. sail
Soes,:..
f4.=~,-a. = It's wagon and 5soughr
7u biz jug "h;ch ~ hal been
l.oua}t:1yl s-nuGGh - fl b-for,. ht LEFT
natn. a,h,- Water from i wa aor a
cool as il one aai baa2. bue tho boys
touahl II Fne.
Som. Of you yrli~rs hu.ld a ar ant
| viii skin 5ha squirrels. The- wa'l,
la9r a 5rsat." sat.l :SEeaH,
II vas not lors urtit ;h,rg- vas q
good stica FIRE burning. aad. '.Saeak.'
bringing stz.1.=: e-.5m The wagon. pa
the squirrels o.,. ~! soon had -h-11
f!yins. X. hs4 7f-:e;pacad th:>, AMI
had aroa::tt .a... also nc cnft-a p,es
i lied = IN wa. c.ss54=. cups All
plat .>g t7s3
Tn ooys as.4:.<,i ta-.- basis. "a
i cap t4slll= e@aca. acd Soo2 49, eo.
.oy.cE at-at tt@: t;,o@3ti. one }f the
hes: 2-ea.s taey ever ala IT, c0ld
bread cen tasted delicious IA the
a2t .s,>::tt.-2 ard u;ee,y beoHaeJ sasjrrat.
;5unsar raale everything eeljs,.s-'l. aa.i
thea ~4s rot gnec: left at tt,~.g
!. ai .:ci.,.1ed their dinner
1ae 55Ys gtyel Dot ovt.V rs musk
e. Lratartjlng to pick sF.ot from the
SQUIRE a: through the meal, bat De
was tAu EH5y and too sore from the
Aic!s g :ho gun 20 pay much atteu,
t2a
'I.ots 5e; some grapes, suggested
Albert after they had concluded and
nu+ tfa things away.
Better fiji the rest of thu bags
Sr,t, demonstrated Sneak
Sat tha boys wanted change ot &C
they also wanted exercise
after tbeir meal So they wep, tear