St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-02-07

be used to push snipe OF their nests
and for a few minutes the relations
between US were strained. We had
hardly become reconciled again when
! asked him what sort OF n looking
bird snipe was. He didn't seem tc
hear the question, and put II again
Then he looked up. with red face
and said that some folks called them
partridges-some folks who didn't
know anything. had my suspicious
but said nothing further. When we
got ready for bed Mr.. Bowser charged
me as follows:
Not to let him oversleep.
Not to let him forget the gun.
To see that he took some ammonia
along in case snipe bit him.
Not to let him forget to kiss me ere
he departed. He didn't look for any
accident, but n fuse might possibly
blow out somewhere.
Not to let anything that the cook
might say disturb me. The cook didn't
know n snipe from Goldfish.
To remind him to telephone me
whenever he had opportunity during
the day.
To remind him the very last thing
before his departure that he was no
dray horse and that II he slaughtered
more than two dozen snIpe he was not
to try TO bring them home on his back
Mr.. Bowser woke up at midnight
and got up to find that the weather
was all right for snipe; again at I
o'clock. at 2, at Q, at 4. The weather
continued all right. and he was
thrashlng around in bed and killing
snIpc by the cart load when woke
him ut 8. He dressed, hurried down
and devoured piece Of bread and
butter and Svas out Of the house with
that long gun on his shoulder before
I was fairly awake. lie hadn't waited
to he reminded Of anything. The milk.
man wns at the door. and heard him
ask II there were grizzly bears aroun,.
and if they had teeth, but his inqui.
rics remained unanswered. When
finally went down to my breakfast I
found the cook In tears. and when
asked the cause she replied:
~ wecps for Won ma,am. ond I don't
charge you anything extra for H."
But why weep for mef'
Because Mr. Bowscr viii he knock.
Ing trecs nnd fcnces down with tbe
end Of tbat long gun and cot himself
kIlIcd"
An bour boa ,ossod yyh., On. ,.,..
pbono ranp ana went to n IN be
rrceted nv Mr Rowser.s voice. ue
said.
~ bave reached tho country Am
t.,.nbon,,y you from n hrIctyard All
Tho brict man .oy ,ha, ,h.r. ar. amin.
by tho million ohop, n mIIe farther IN
n IA n good thing that 7 hro,gh, noo
cartridges am IN IN. hos, ~ ,nirIts
Coodby"
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e"p.' e'"o"' "
rorV minutes ,a'er "e"'u 'rom
"'ln asn'"' ie Sa'u'
'eno. er.y' ! am u, farmhouse
I'h'e oecn 'niu'r'hs W, aoout DUCK
w"'"' mno c"ooascs' ino' ".e pis
.nop' 'ne ,"'mer sasS '"e Sn'Pc must
nav. so' VIM OF my coming. aS they
w new away Jus. pc,o'e my a'r,va,'
'ie n 's.I'nn.es na 'he nunper IN the nock
w -"o'op' : hn hoou' 10 push ON
a"r enem. wen naa orousnt u
uho"snh" c"ru'uses anu gun tnirty'
.Wo Iee' 'ons. . 'ee' a'' uhe exniihin'
uo" : uhee'pa'ea' nave hrt"nsed WIN
'he '"'ner Tor 'ne use OF n's TWO morse
M"so" 70 pr.hg ny sn'pe nome 'ie ~
..n'y nh in'enisen' liah' he uoesn,
'nihA 'ho s."huhru vi eonp"hy WIN
p"y 'nA' nhe Tor TWO or 'hree week.
yet "ooapy,
once hiofe ! hehru from him' u was
Two houtS 'a'er' anu ! hau pesun '"
worry " was needless Tor he saiu'
"h ON inc traii OF the snipe'
Ihere are pi'''ohS ana p''iionS OF ,hein.
anu uey cannot escape me WISH '
hau brought s.ooo cartridges. WISH
tue gun was nfty Feet long. An telv-