Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-13

out permission, but the boys had hee'
little more conSiderate and had al
invitation to visit the bottom lands o
Mr. Newman and gather all the nut,
they wanted.
The leaves. turning in the autumn
The oaks We're brown. the naples vel
lew; the shumac was a bright red and
a. intervals purple astcrs and white
weedflOwers were visible. The leaves
had mostly fallen from the walGutS.
The boys didn't talk Of the beauty of
the scene, but they saw ii and enjoye !
i; with a joy ahove speech.
After awhile. in addition to the cav
OF the crow and the rattatatat of III 3
red-headed woodpecker. they heard an
occasional bob white and the bark of
& squirrel. It was too much for
Sneak and dot. They graspca
their grips and jumped from the was-
ON. But they curhed their inclination
to shoot, and. with guns poised, stole
softly between the tree trunks. look
ing for squirrels. At last Sneak"
saw fire follow sitting on limb
about so feet from the ground, with
his tail over his back, hulling nuI
which he held in his fore paws
"Sneak" took aim and fired. and
down t1lmbled the little fellow shnt
through the head In the course OF
another hour they had q second squir-
rel, which Dot" had killed with his
cid musket. The squirrel suffered tn =
loss Of his head entire, and Dot. .
while net losing his head was felled
by the kick" of the old gun. Th II.
thinking they had enough for dinner
they hunted the rest of the party. They
were gathering nuts which the fros
had dropped. The frost, however.
had not heea particularly heavy, and
Sc the nuts wore Hot so plentiful as
they had ho""a
"N'h. .:"a't YOU e@ake RAM" ASK
ed "Snca1i." as he came On them.
Then he added. authoritatively Get
the axes. fellows. and cut two sap
lin9s, each with crotch Make 'em
about six feet long. Me and Dot will
get the ram.
After few minutes there was a
scurd of choppiog, which echoed
through the WOOD. Before long the
two forked STICKS We're set about four
feet from 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" SAID "Sneak," call together
They pushed the ram with their unit
ed force against the tree, giving it a
tremendous jolt. The nuts fairly rain
ed to the ground. This process was
repeated again and again on vario"s
trees of several kinds through the
forest. and then the boys went to
gathering the nuts. 1t was such
splendid sport, and there were sc
many Of them, that they worked like
fremen at a fire. Soon there We're
q eat stacks of hickory nuts, walnuts
ard butternuts.
Then the boys fell to with hammers.
The shells of the hickory nuts fell in
to parts at one blow, but the walnuts
had to be beaten from their shells,
and when the boys picked them out
they stained their nands a dark brown.
The butternuts or white walnuts did
not require hulling. By the time they
had filled the most of the bags they
brought it was past noon, and the boys
were tired. and as hungry as they
were tired.
Gee. l could eat an elephant" said
Dumpy.
"Td rather have a good drink of
water than pie even," responded Al
bert.
''You cant get anything but stump
water or slough water here unless you
60 to the river, and that isn't much
better,' replied Clarence
sI'm going to the river, fellers, :
cried Albert.
"Wait a minute, boys,' said
Sneak
He went to the wagon and brought
out a big jug which he had been
thoughtful enough to fill before he left
home. The water from 1t was not as
cool as it once had been, bue the boys
thought it fine.
"Some Of you fellers build a fire and
l will skin the SQUIRRELS Then we'll
have a treat" said "Sneak."
1t was not long until there was a
good stick fire burning, and, Sneak
bringing a skillet from the wagon, put
the squirrels on, and soon had them
g