Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-20

Ia 0dNlati. party OF n.cn went to rH5i.
ture The bandit he was lying atmes.
Y here ha fell with a badly broken leo.
TIE authorities HOW have him in srfz
Eeep04 and the e)Waliers in III ji....
Mountains are Well ria Of him
~ for Rupert he mo1esJlt dsel5
th ba2 OF gold. but Mr.. Beldt i bals7
inc for him this fall the h9ndSOmesf
cottage in Walden.
their grips and jumped from III" Wa2
en- But they cufbvd their inclination
to shoot, ;nd. with guns poised. stole
softly between the tree trunks, look
ING for squirrels. At last Sneak"
saw a file fellow sitting on a limb
about 80 feet tron the srcmd, with
his tail over his nack, hullne Il mai
which he held i'll his fore paws
"Snoak" took aim and fired and
down tumbled the little fellow. Shot
through the head. In the course of
lei. which dot had killed with his
old musket. The squirrel suffered tn
loss OF his head entire, and "Bot,' .
while not losing his head. was felled
by the "kick" of the old gun. Then
linking they had enough for dinner.
they hunted the rest of the party. They
We're gathering nuts which the fros:
had dropped. The frost. however
had not been particularly heavy, and
they had hoped
why don't you make a ramo' ask
cd "Sneak,a as he came On them.
Then he added, authoritatively: Get
the axes, fellows, and cut two sap
lines, each With crotch. Make 'em
about six feet long. Me and Dot will
get the ram"
After few minutes there was a
sound of chopping. 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 erasped
the other end.
Now" SAID "Sneak," call together
They pushed the ram with their unit
ed force against the tree. giving it
tremendous jolt. The nuts fairly rain
led to the ground This process was
repeated again and again on various
tees of several kinds through the
forest. and then the boys went to
gathering the nuts. 1t was such
splendid sport, and there were SO
many of them, that they worked like
f:emen at fire. Soon there were
q eat stacks of hickory nuts, walruts
nd butternuts.
Then the boys fell to with hammers.
,.,he shells of the hickory nuts fell in
parts at one blow, but the walnuts
had to be beaten from their shells,
and when the boys picked them out
they stained their hands 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
We're tired.
Gee. could eat an elephant said
Dumpy.
"Fd rather have good drink of
water than pie even." responded AL,
bert.
"You can't get anything but stump
Eater or slough water here unless you
g. to the river. and that isn't much
petter,' replied Clarence.
I'm going to the river. fellers,"
,led Albert.
"Wait a minute, boys, said
Sneak"
He went to the wagon and brought
out big jug which he had been
houghtful enough to fill before he left
home. The water from 1t was not as
cool as it once had been, bue the boys
housh ht it fine.
'Some of you fellers build fire and
] will skin the squirrels. Then We'll
ave treat" said "Sneak."
It was not long until there was
GOOD stick fire burning, and, "Sneak,"
bringing a skillet from the wagon, put
the squirrels on, and soon had them
frying. He had anticipated this. and
had brought salt. also the coffee pot
tl!ed with water, coffee, cups and a
vlate or two
The boys opened their baskets, set
: ""p beside each, and soon We're e'-
owing what they thought one of ta
or