THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



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CHAPTER XIV. 



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HAL'S MISHAPS IN THE WOODS. 



"It will be real jolly to go on 

 a boating frolic with Mr. Bene- 

 dict," said Hal, as the boys were 

 leaving the school-house. 



"If I had not carried him my 

 Darning-needle," said Frank, "he 



never would have thought about going. I wish he would 

 go next week. I want to catch some more Dragon-Flies, 

 they are so — " 



" So what ? " interrupted Ben Wait. " I don't think they 

 are half so pretty as butterflies. Don't you see the things 

 have no color, except black and white ? I used to think 

 that they could sting worse than bees with that horrid 

 long tail." 



" You need not go to the boating party then," said 

 Frank. 



"Yes, I will. I like the boating too well to stay at 

 home." 



" We must be almost through with butterflies," said Hal. 

 " I don't remember seeing many more kinds than we have 

 caught." 



