The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27

49, rn-n-.y-ar<
ClSCrSN,1I No Z -. som. people
s~e:n tn think that to max. a living at
hunting and trapping ore must live ia IN.
wilderness 10 ant' ! don't That IL.
make nv living nv IN p,L Y end trapping
and | don't remain awav rom nav rooms
two nights IN a month
He leaned back ia his Sleepy Hollow
chair and Watched n srnok u ring from HIS
cigarette chase its fellow. His bachelor
den wa a model Of conf 'rt. the win
dows iad an outlook upon tourth street.
tincinnat's Broadway.
-For two years past haV'Si.en pro-
fess.pnrI hunter nc went IN. In the
heat OF SKINNER and tbs. deal ~ "a inter
do little hut !out 50 about here in my
rooms or among friends in rhe country
or city N.st NJ their think | have an
inciepen,'rnt in-a ne. hut - natte- 81
fact my gan arc- INV rcalnei are NV tools
IN trade
-Sralpe
-yes. Scaip.l COM" into nv Kitchen
and wUrNroon - 'no-n"nt
He rishsxi aside the porti..rr and ED
the way into room bare OF all ornament.
two hole Rns rlng,. a refrigerator. one
chair. a fine table, n small gun in Il corner
and a suit ~ ,ro'v1 velvet corduroy hang
ing from nail completed the visible
furnishings Half = dozen cone shared
white p,nc- ~, " ages re -ted on tho y bio
and when the runtsr ~ sned one Of them
he dfe~,psed rie clean, smooth skin OF "A
wossiccck with white cotton plugs for
ewes
That ~ how I ,I~a nv sea lpsl no
said in taking the skir from the birds
which my gun shoots The skins alone
are worth much mnra 'hnn III" whole
bird and hett"r still ilpre ~ always a
rrarks; for the skins
'.t,Ia, now 'hr wuod~ock is AT his hest:
in fact most birds are. II" - larg. fullv
developed. hrs hoax and iei:S ar" cleaner
and his coIor~ more highly accumulated
than af any other season. Not" the
beautiful ligh; yellow Of his belly. con-
Trusting with the darker II AIDES Of his
hack and wings. All th.s" points make
a difrrpnc. n tho price of skin. Tnn'
bird Will bring IN" 81 ~. A smaller one
with dull cplnrS might 90 as low ~ ~
cents
This has been one "f my lucky DAYS
I brought nom" "A chicken hawk. two
owls. "A mallari duck. -four quail. two
rtiYed grouse. "A blue heron md u wood
CO.'S RI Tomorrow night They viii
all ~ skinned marketed and IN my pocket
in tho -h,p" ~ from SIT 70 Is--not a
had two days work for On" who-e-wants
arr -rmpl"
-I., ~. sketch tho history ~ -. oav
left my room ~ = - and wen 10
Vi-Iltt hnor CT ,>,rrg tho Licking ir
Il -hiH ferry ~ Nrs1lIl | found myself
IN k""'Icky. n virgin country W
B. "A l.,
woods
Abou' forty - d rom the edge 81 he's
WOODS alic, hTi passed n. 2"I coppc.
loaS."i with riT" n'.;s The-e came a sud
den wh- from almost under my fnof
and n had not been ready for ~ "a bird
would have bccn down gain before
Rad tim" 10 f.p BIt WIS ready. know
ing the plac" had IIi ia" charact rr 81 icS
ola grouse haunt ana INV gun had CARRIED
few VI grCi,"'S ms the bIrd while III.
whir Of i's wings was still IN nv aT-s
Alto ranging III" coppIo" for ar0th.-
ten miE"'Ns two more grouse plunged M
into IN. mr. f.o'l IN" leaves IN front Of
me and | ha-r"i Inc s-sond bird II 7
have COOL hI, H n the skins they ought
to bring ~" g." OF = dol1- and half
apiece, and sknfullv stuffed rhev
will h"ip ~ meet" world ~ pcop.
vino n-v.~ h. woods and max" th.rr,
reaiiza something II ~" hdd"n b"lGtirs
a harsh screaming coming from .
'hirke; 81 wild Eraiev.rrS told mo ha- IN.
hlunjavs has i-"nd something aud iron
nrproa, hing saw = flock 81 about
= dozen ~ H." haaur,f,il b!ri. IrCS
lowering about an ou'rIGg IN ~" dead
heart of n sycamore. ""ra=i"nally ma king
Il dart into IN" screening vines and 'h"n
wheeling back into no open. all Tho whIl"
S"oldiug and sn-i"ung iik" - flock OF
parrots
III Is not NV habit 20 Kill unless 7 hav"
n market for he skins. and ~ ! WAS not
ou 81 millinery rrItInE TN. ;i'r- | d-0vs tho
birds away by thFowius, 81 couple Of sticks
~ wool among them and went after the
object they had been igh'In- Earlier
IN III. yea would na ~. suspect 90, = black
snake" but ~ this s''lsrp ~" chances w.r.
good that % WIS q hi'l" StrIN plss"-ina.
whirh was "yac;ly what I wGrt"'i as an
nrt:-r WIS ~ hnnd FOR six scr"arh owl
skins AT 81 a,."re I.uckily for m" IN
stead 81 an nwl IL was PAR ~ owls
The two Iiit. punches ~ brown and
white feathers blinking IN tn" hollow
NJ the tree had To be literally pushed OUT
~ heir shelter with the aid ~ long
pranrh before I could shoot them a.
had shot them ~ their mol. they would
nave fallen TO the bottom Of the hollow
tr'-~ and Dsen lost ~ me-.
My experience with the hawk was
"Aac,iy contrary Ia this. as IN" trouble
with HIM was 10 keep out 81 his sight
until got within G'InHhot
"Th" rir-t knew Of him was The sudden
flight n a bunch of -parrnwS which his
PASSING shadow frightened 10 IN" shelter
81 f"ncer and black berry thIck";s The
aa~k SCARED high ~ the HIr and nj last
slighted on IN" d~sd top ~ y hi"k"ry tree.
whore h" stood "Ti cl"1- lgEi1~' th" 81 Y
lil~ I managed - "rnW through RI"
denss shrubbcry until within range
Even now IL was y difficult -ho' and
swna mlunoag an much aururisad "A nleamMSl