New Britain herald., 1917-09-20

followed and breakfast finally lay
 gaspine in tho bottom of the boat. More fishing and more fish followed, l though the trout were as a rule re- I turned to their homes to keep alive and fresh until their meat was de sired. No need of keeping more than one meal ahead in this country. Fish were always to be had. Finally the
 men were satisfied and returned to
 camp.
 There followed several days of life
 near the pool. The wild folk returned
 again to their haunts and often
 showed to the invaders upon their do- main many fascinating glimpses of animal life. Somehow it became un- derstoOd that no harm was conten- plated and even the bull moose conde- scended to display his antlers to his sworn enemies. Graceful deer again waded deep into the waters drawn by a desire for a lily pad salad to finish off their meal of the day The shell drake and her brood swan off when the new inhabitants approached but did so carelessly. Even a big black bear paid an official visit to camp one night-and walked away from the spring with a pound or so of careful ly hoarded butter, that had been car
 ried many miles on the backs of it's owners.
 At last Clarence's day of fate ap- preached. He had often sat upon dead cedar stump sticking over the water and seen the humans pass in their canoe. He had been marked to by the humans who desired one of his kind, but he did not know, or suspect,
 
 the men knew that this particular "porky- hog was theirs when they went to get him, and they intended to
 do so when the time was ripe It was
 now the day and the canoe again
 rippled out upon the lagoon, circling
 it until Clarence's ungainly form was
 located as he crawlcd among the
 brush A landing was made and Clar-
 ence was approached. Nothing daunt-
 ed he promptly curled up. His pur-
 suers expected this and procuring a
 dead branch proceeded to uncl1rl him
 by prying his head from his stomach.
 He again curled up and the process was repeated Finally to Clarence's sluggish brain it occurred that the battle was not being fought according to his ideas of etiquette and he real ized that a new procedure must be adopted. He ran, a clumsy numbering gate, and was easily followed. He at- tempted to climb a tree and was promptly brushed off with a stick Then he tried a hole between some rocks where he erred. The hole was not large enough to hide him and he stuck at his fore shoulders. His mili- tant tail thrashed madly in search of flesh into which to rive the Quills, but encountered none His opponents knew his tricks too well:
 at last placed around the offending appendage and Clarence felt himself pried from the retreat which betrayed him and lifted ignominiously into the air, upside down grunting steadily to give vent to his hurt pride more than any physical injuries Clarence was dropped into a guny sack and carried to the canoe. He was carried Warily too. The pOtentialities of his Quills were still recognizeed though he was in prison. while the canoe slid down hill upon quick waters to civilization Then there several days upon a railroad train the like of which Clarence had never seen and which he did not trv to comprehend. He was n a new homo now, a screen lined oox with plenty to cat and nothing o worry about if he ever worried anyhow.
 Finally he arrived in New Britain