The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-03-22
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These little snipes-the ones with th
fox red tails and sboe-button eyss-ar
fisht smart wizards on the wing, said NJ
Gould, hooking his thumbs 10 his suspend
ere ssd leaning against the veranda port
They're little too clever TO- my eighth
.ys, but you look like you'd get some
,uh.
A. Sawyer, noddlng bis appreciation o
he implied compliment, creaked Of 10 hi
rev khaki shooting clothes and rubbe
D ,ots. Mr.. Gould winked humorously .
Scott, his foreman.
II one OF them shipes should come |
cork-screw twist on that fellow, he'd Re
most entirely out o. plumb. I've seer
obacco- store Injups more limberer'n him
Hes all wood and not drop OF oil, ant
th.t's q fact, agreed Scott. New York driel
man out, reckon.
Moth Csroliny's the only place thai
breeds an rAises 'em true, said Gould, sen
enliously. Well, rustic out the boys, ant
ven kinder look up them calves. SeemI
Ike we never would get this Job doae.
Gould WAS q cattle kirg 10 small way
although no one would have suspected II
from the little tidy house and quarter-acrt
oatch that comprised bi, home on the
msinlaAd. Here on the broad bar WAS his
cal farm long. rickety.legRed shack
.ith mile on mile Of brsckish swale land
ut BY tide water creeks and rsmparted
high against the heavy batteries Of the At
lAntic by gres., bald, shining, sbiftinR
danes. There was net fence on the range.
Wide water kept the cattle from leaving
'hs bar. Summer and winter alike they
tosmed about with no other shelter than
their own tough skins.
Once or twice year Gould brought over
oil. force for roundup. Calves were
branded, marketable cattle shot. or roped
and led on to the broad hatboats. and .
general account Of stock was taken. Gould
vas on the point Of starting of on one Of
lhese expeditions when J. Renforth saw
ser, with whose leather house Gould had
some dealings, arrived on the scene.
Come over ard rough II TO- aspell, said
the hsspltsbls cattlemaD. There's good
,bipe-s -shootin' and air without any smoke
IN it. Come over and get fat,
Mr.. Sawyer was already fairly rotund,
but the novelty Of the trip sppesled to
i'm he decided to "come over" and chow
these lean and jocose men that New York
IRA could exist away from asphalt pave
nents and sky-scrspers.
He had an lntuitive perception Of the con-
versation between Scott and Gould - b.
eft The shack, and 1t sngered him. He did
not expect to kill any 'snipes" Be ter
men vi h gun than he confess that thu
"lonebiiip is difficult mark; but he re-
.epted the general air Of gooc-nstured rid.
'cuIs with which he felt the men regarded
him.
Ruesi man that's played tag With
x,ip-csrs and elevated trains and ferry
1oats asd automobiles All bis life can take q
"a L on their little sand.bAr without losl z
many buttons, be said to himself, some
~hat pssslonately.
The walk certainly promised to be
bit Of exercise. Not . snipe
ose from the gresn, soggy stretches bor-
tered BY low bushes, which seemed to BE-
their shoulders about their ears
o keep tfi the ocean breezss. The tall,
.Ll,psrlng ssdgs. which rippled over the
greater part Of the bar, seemed equally ten
Antless.
sawyer had been told that II WAS the
nome Of an accountable number Of sora.
AL, but be did not know that rail will
fushr only At bish or nearly high water
as simply concluded that bis iniormsr had
,asely taken advantage OF his ignorance
Be Vas 20 wrought up by this time that be
'owsd he would bring soms kind Of gslnt
JhCk W Sbmpt " ue ueA w ~ w ssS0 sSssu
m end OF the bar TO get II.
Just then, from patch Of ooz, fifteen
veards ahsad, . strip. sprang up viii =
Itartlipg q ps' sca,ps bored like bullet
lts The ~iod, then turned and came rsch.
% oirec ly over 6swyers bead.
lie threw up bic gau, Ared, and sat down
lard 10 the siius; bot although somewhat
concsrtsd, he kept ha eyes glued 10 tie
lisssgs,ng bird. De hsd never flushed .
'nipe before, aud such lightning svoistions
svn bis respect. hh lips ,ishtsued when
!, saw II dosblc saddeniy On II. course aud
.tusa to the souIh~aro, pitching hsAdIong
. cover beyond point OF reeds come t~o
,srdred ysrds distant. he would bag that
orebill OF quiz the basinesa
oa the other u is OF the refdy poin, be
.ns spon iiui. b1ucn Of browsing cattle
three cost and pair VI staring eoAled.
bIcs-I liEtad eslv.s. Ttsy looked sp, sar-
,rl.so and ru.ssy, fer tbe bar herds we're
.ln ost ~ ~iio aud ~ unused 10 man ~
lar Three of lbcm xhlsked their tails
nd Ianp~d for the reeds. lesvlng small
"a. brlshl-syed Gov standing over hsr
;slf. The litiis efsa.sre vas too yosag