The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-06-13

r "Hullo!" cried l, what sort o
: footrace do you call this. Maste
Jack?"
He shouted merrily as he dash
ed up to us; then flinging him
self off and saluting us in a play
full way:
81 very soon saw" said ne
that / hadn't a chance; so re
nouncing all idea of the prize,
caught Storm, and made him gal
lop home with me, to be in time
to see the others come putting
in. Lightfoot and old Grizzle chose
to join mel never invited them!'
By and by the other boys ar.
rived, Ernest holding up the
knife in token of being the win
ner; and after hearing all par
ticulars about the running, and
that he had reached Falconhurst
two minutes before Fritz, we pro-
ceeded to test the climbing pow
ers of the youthful athletes.
In this exercise Jack performed
wonders. He assembled with re-
markable agility the highest palms
whose stems he could clasp. And
when he put on the shark-skin
buskins, which enabled him to
take firm hold of larger trees, he
played antics like a Squirrel or
into the air, uttering loud, trump
et-like cries, upon which the whole
flock arose and followed them
with a rush like a sudden squall
Of wind. We were quite startled,
and it was useless to attempt a
shot; but unwilling to miss the
chance Of securing at least one
of the birds, / hastily unhooded
my eagle, and threw him into
the air.
with a piercing cry he scared
away high above them, then shot
downward like an arrow, causing
wild confusion among the crane
The one which the eagle attacked
sought to defend itself; a struggle
followed, and they came together
to the ground not far from where
we stood.
Fastening forward, to my grief
! found the beautiful crane al
ready dead. The eagle, luckily I'M
hurt, was rewarded with a small
pigeon from my gamebag.
After this we went back to
Woodlands, got some turpentine
and a bag of rice-and set off for
home"
Fritz's interesting story being
ended, and supper ready, we made
trial of the new roots, and found
hem very palatable, either boiled
or stewed; the monkey plant,
however, if it really proved to be
ginseng of the Chinese, would
require to be used with caution,
being Of an aromatic and heating
We resolved to transplant a sup
ply of both roots to our kitchen
garden.
CHAPTER X.
On the following morning we
we're early astir; and as soon as
breakfast was over, we went reg
llarly to work with the bird lime.
The tough, adhesive mixture of
:aoutchouc, oil, and turpentine
.urned out well.
The boys brought rods, which
smeared over, and made them
place among the upper branches
where the fruit was plentiful, and
he birds most congregated.
The prodigious number of the
pigeons, far beyond those of last
year, reminded me that we had
lot then, as now, witnessed their
arrival at their feeding-places, but
lad seen only the last body of
season, a mere party of strag-
slers, compared to the masses
which now weighed down the
branches of all the trees in the
leighborhood. L
The sweet acorns Of the ever
,reen oaks were also patronized;
flocks were there congre- ;
and from the state of the
under the trees it was evi- I
lent that at night they roasted on i
he branches. Seeing this, I de- {
ermined to make a raid upon t
hem by torchlight, after the man.
Ter of the colonists in Virginia.
Meantime, the birdlime acted
veil: the pigeons alighting, stuck
asst. The o they fluttered and |
struggled, the more completely q
they bedaubed with the ten e
mixture, and at length,
With piteous cries, fell to the r
bearing the sticks with r
hem. The birds were then re- '
moved, fresh lime spread, and the c
set again.
The boys quickly became able .
o carry on the work without my g
assistance; 80, leaving it to them, Il
vent to prepare torches, with Il
zine wood and turpentine, for the /,
light attack. G
Jack presently brought a very d
pretty pigeon, unlike the rest, to
now me, as he felt unwilling to e
XII it; and seeing that 1t must u
'e n of our own European breed, a
which we wished to preserve I'M Il
II their numbers greatly increas- ID
3d. took the trembling captive, q