"A hat? Yes, it was a hat!
"Albert he peeked through another openin', and his heart sunk like a stone within him. What was that? A bonnet? Yes, it was a bonnet!
"Was ever such a thing as that seen before in the timber? Bears had been seen, and catamounts, and prairie wolves, but a bonnet! He drew back his gun. Just then there came another command from the tree-top:
"'Quit!'
"Now, would you believe it? Well, two guns were discharged at that turkey in the tree, and it came tumblin' down, a twenty-pounder, dead as a stone.
"Nancy run toward it. Albert run towards it.
"'It's yourn,' said Nancy.
"'It's yourn,' said Albert.
"Each looked at the other.
"Nancy looked real pink and pretty, and Albert he looked real noble and handsome-like.