Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-25
CHAPTER v.
-.FS FACES TROUBLE.

usually vcntured. and from their wilt
gestures he knew that something hat
happened. He broke into Il run. bu
books have come
They found books on birds. trees
flowers. moths and butterflies. Their,
was also one containing Frccklcs
bullfrog, true to life. And beside,
these were butterfly net. IL natural
lists tin specimen box. bottle OF
gasoline. box of cotton. Il paper OF
long steel specimen pins and a letter
telling what all these things were ana
how to use them.
At the discovery OF each new treas
IRE Frecklcs shouted. "Wil 20" be
looking ut this now"
Mrs. Duncan cried. "Wcel I bo
drawed on
When Freckles started fer the trail
next morning the shining new spcci-
men box flashed on his back The
black "chickcn." Il mere sperk in the
blue. caught the CLEAN Of it and won
dcred what il was The folded net
hung by the boys hatchet. and the
bird book was in the box. He walked
the line and tested each section Scrjpu-
lousy. watching every foot Of The trail
for he was determined not to slight his
work. But if ever boy made haste
slowly" in hurry it was Frecklcs that
. morning. When nj last he reached the
space he had Gle, rod out aud cited up
around his case his heart Swolled with
the pride of possessing even 50 much
that he could cali his own.
lie had made 70 LARGE room with the
door us IT." c,-c set rvcr with one side
If It. On three >,!o, fine hir bushes
of wild ro>r climbed 20 the lower
bran hos of ;hc trees. Part Of his
walls were rng''oV. pnrt alC9r. thorn.
willow aud GpgwCud. below there
filed in Il solid mass of ra,c pink sheen
laurel and yellow St Johns wort.
while the amber threads of the doddcr
interlaced everywhere. At one side
the swamp camc close and entails
grew in profuSiou. In from. If them
he had planted a row of wafer hya
cinths without disturbing in the lcost
the stote of THAR ,yrr. b,oor ,,d
where the ground rose hi,her for uia
floor a row Of :vx,ire thot wor,d aoor
be open.
To the left he had discovered y oreer
natural urru nremcut of tho traos tb.,
grew to yian, size and wore scr in .
gradually uurrowiu.- sn,rn :, ,h,t .
long. OMEN VISTA strntch.d away, r,.,il
lost in the dim rpc.ssps ut thn .u,n,,
A little TRIMMING h,c,. of ,,r,ior,,,..h
rollinr ou, uf dn,d io.,. ,.,.,lt,,'. -
floor and ,arrc.i,. ~ ,oo.... ,,,,,,,, :.
easy to nnd.r..,,d ,,.,,. 1.,.o,.,','. t.',
rainpd this the "coth.,ro," v.., h. b,d
ever been tau.ht thar "tn.. rrn,.,..
were Gods first ,or,,uos"
On either side OF ,ho troo.. ,,.. o,.
stilnted the first or,,, ,c 49,. H.,
NJ the sv,m,, ho ,,,...,,.,I cr.''. .',
rrpw waist HON thi. o.r,, j., .ha
son. and 50 sI,i,lful, n.,a ,t,,' ,,,,.
n.cn d,,.,, ,,,t nn, t
i,er,u.n Of M. ,h.,,,,
feared = space ana made - dow.r,ad
Every dov saw ,hn o1li,iom -, non.
.pecimeus
a., ,h. l;ro ,ido ,o loo, t. ,.,
hicl, for cnncn,In,on, nn1 nn,,.aa
norro,v n,tL no and n,.,ao, ,"l
,lp,ral IN yot.iu.. ~, ,h 49,
.oIlnd ,,,j, .no ,n,,,
sod ererr nro,,,,,,o,, 49, ,i.,'
milf rns,ic .oo,. ,otr,,ao ..,..''
Ia. from. ley.l.I ,,o n,,a,
orn.tnd if win r,ni, h..r,. ,,'',,, H.. A., 49,
,,n.s Anon, ,h. '.,..' -. ,,' ~
,e,,o,i. hi,,.r.n.o.,, ,l ,,.,,',
ines and ,r,ined t,o,1 o,on :. l,,,
+ ,v,s .Imo.t cnr.rod
mat,
.r,i,,,, o. his ""'NV'
a, hi. o,,,.rot,s a,1 a,., "u ",'"
!. ,o,,. n,t tho ,trhl.oa,' '"','"V
ho .oc,ion hoodod ~" ,,,..,
nd ",.irc.,, h, ,,,, a,, -.
mil III. n,ror tror,,i,n ,..;,h ~
.s. ,ton,.d ~ .,r,,,,ro,.
60 ra,t h)acl, Coliforn,, y,,t,ro,
q ro,d
.TIumnh, This side the Horkios w;1,
- far ne
..Comuon turkey buzyord."
"Weu wo ain, huntiny common tur.
evs Mclean s,id chickens. and
In. he saws roes"
",Rlack yulture Of the SOUTH"
Here we ore arrived nj once"
Freckles' finger followed the line.
nd he read scraps aloud.
Common in the south. Sometimes
allied jim Grow. Nearest equivalent
} C-a.t.h.a.r-t-e-s A.t.r-a.t.n.'"
- the l'haraoh's chickens of Euro