"Albert heard the call in the hollow timber, though he was almost a mile away, and he put up his hands—so—and answered—so.
"'A turkey,' said Nancy, said she. 'I wish I had a turkey to cook.'
"'A turkey,' said Albert, said he. 'I wish I had some one at home to cook a turkey.'
"Then each stole along slowly toward the other, through the hollow timber.
"It was just a lovely mornin'. Jays were callin', and nuts were fallin', and the trees were all yellow and red, and the air put life into you, and made you feel as though you would live forever.
"Well, they both of them stopped again, Nancy and Albert. Nancy she called—so—and Albert—so.
"'A turkey, sure,' said Nancy.
"'A turkey, sure,' said Albert.
"Then each went forward a little, and stopped and called again.
"They were so near each other now that each began to hide behind the thicket, so that neither might scare the turkey.