Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-29

LIKE many other ;inh ;asE, nasclsy
owned hunting preserve Ia the
Adlrondacks. aud seldom went near
a. Hul tho nYe Eranite mountains
surrounded BY dense forests thickly
aprinkled with lakes was one OF
Tommy's tavofite stamping grounds
II wasn't 20 much that be- enjoyed kill
ing animals ~ seeing how many fah
he could catch 90 that once in
while he liked 20 b. alone. and to
keep alive aud comfortable by bis
own eKertions
Tho preserve was real wilderness
One dirt road I'D from the railroad
ntnsiou M -Four Corners a. tho maia
camp AZ tho head 10 tho biggest lake.
but otherwise the region boosted only
a few narrow trails And YOU had 90
make your way from one landmark 90
another a. best YOU could And
either you had 90 take plenty ~ con.
denssi food In Gins ar trust 90 your
skin with rod and rifle a. keep sou
from going hungry
Tommy would leave tho train 40
-Four Cornera hire team. aud got
himself put down somewhere along
the road leading 20 the main camp
liia hit on these trips consisted az
n blanket, frying pan. Kettle.
change OF unfcrciotheE, very light
.72caiibor rine. four ounce ny rod a
compass. pipe. tobacco. ard 70 Few
other odds and ends such as mntchoa
aud sal, and pair Of hrld glaaacs.
and an Ostord book of verse
One night few DAYS after Mary
Blackstone had treated him SO cav.
alieriy. Tommy oampod on hlgh
ground by the hcadWatrrs of q brook
Just back " hts shelter of halsam
houghp knob OF granite stood up clear
above the surrounding forest Tommy
always called il tho huh because 90
was almost tho exact ceuicr of tho
great ring. traced roughly hi tho five
mountains and Afforded glorious
views 81 them and OF tho low coun.
try. lakes, forest and swamp thBt lu.
tcryoncd Il was Tomma fauorto
camping ground Tie would $50 FOR
houre on tho top Of the hub. Mia lcra
hanging over into space. rarlug and
dreaming
ON the particular nigm In question
he climbed the huh after huo sup
per Of trout and rurcd grouse filled
pipe and Watched the day fato ana
tho STARS como out what he enjoyed
most Was tho sense of solitude. ciy
illration. of course was Within reason.
able reach IN any direction but
Tommy did mo-, feet as n it was he
felt Rs n there wasn't another no.
man being within hundreds ~ miles
There were men ut the main camp
only fifteen miles away. hut he pre-.
tended that there weren't. and that he
Was in thu heart of vast uucNplcrcd
country which no other white man had
ever visited
Presently tho moon began O. rise
and that always made Tommy mJaru.
ful and sentimental n no had been
dog he would have thrown back hts
head and howlcd Hclng young man
he sighed and began o. Imagine that
he and she Ia romantic edition OF
and less Norldllness) had come 20
this wilderness 20 escape from The
outside world and % make their horne
what fun It would be How he would
work 10 make her happy and com
fortAblel How easy Il would be for
them 20 set along forever without any.
body else 20 bother them.
just then hts head fell forward on
HIS breast. and he dreamed that he
smellcd boiling caulinoNer Il was
smell 90 which he Vas particularly
sensitive. and which he particularly
hated, lie walked With an angry start.
and the smell persisted
His offended nestFiis quivcrod as
the ncstrils 81 a Wild animal culver a;
tho smell 81 man lie was angry snd
dlsgas,cd And his feelings TOR the
people who had not only Invaded his
solitude. bet had brought cauli
flower. more than ono possibly. into
the northern woods. were not ht
% print Hts only satisfaction was
that In the morning ne would hun,
tscm down aud tell them what be
thought OF them
but he had bad night and when
az last he did set 20 sleep Ne slept
80 heavily that daybrcak didn't wake
him. Ny tho time he had washed ana
hrcakfastcd. Il was half past seven.
which Is a shocking hour IN the woods
lie climbed 10 the top Of tho hub
Field glasses In hand. be began 70