mile.

(The singer blows an imitation of the startled deer)

"Whew! what's that so pesky—why, it kind o'

frightened me?"

"It's the wind a blowin' through the top o' the

cute ol' ven'son-tree."


HIM AN' ME

Being a story of the Adirondacks told by me in the words of him who had borne with buck-fever and bad marksmanship until, having been long out of meat and patiencey he put his confidence in me and we sallied forth.