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the top, at the end where a door is 
usually placed, there is a good sized 
griddle hole, with a swinging cover 
that can be pushed around as occasion 
requires. Through this hole the wood 
is easily placed, and in it we set the 
kettle when we have anything that re- 
quires boiling. To create a draught 
we scratch away the earth at the center 
at oneend of the stove. Thetop of the 
stove is smooth, the collar for the pipe 
being placed inside the fire box, and 
the pipe stuck inside the collar in place 
of over it. Pipe is of two joints, tele- 
scoped, to go inside stove when packed. 
We have a box made for the stove in 
which it snugly fits, and all we have to 
do when packing up is to take down 
the pipe, stick it together, lift the stove 
carefully, when all ashes and charcoal 
are left on the ground; now place it in 
box, bottom up, and it practically takes 
up no room, and can be filled with all 
the cooking utensils, and other things 
also. On this stove we can have pota- 
toes boiling in five minutes after they 
are over. 
Drummer is a culinary artist of the 
first water, pure white and without a 
flaw. There are two things, however, 
strange as it may seem, in which he 
even excels his skill as a cook: Those 
are his wonderful success in selling 
goods, and the capacity he has for mak- 
ing the viands disappeared when on the 
table. A great many of us have seen 
Hermann in his wonderful acts of leg- 
erdemain, and have been greatly mys- 
tified. It is nothing, because we know 
his performance to be tricks. The per- 
formance of Drummer is an awful and 
actual reality. In the space of—‘‘ Hey 
non-i-o! Presto  bon-i-o!’—all_ the 
victuals have disappeared, and nothing 
but a smiling and contented looking 
face gazes at one from across the table. 
The American Angler 
I have a reputation for truth and ver- 
acity to sustain, or I should tell you 
just exactly how much he devours at 
one meal. Farther along I shall give 
you a slight sketch of his superior 
qualities as a salesman. 
Next morning, bright and early, we 
were out and Drummer started up 
stream to some nice looking pools that 
we had passed the day before, and I 
down. For as muchas an hour and a 
half I patiently whipped away, and the 
only reward was one or two rock bass. 
Completely discouraged, I left the 
stream, and taking a short cut started 
forcamp. I struck the stream a little 
above our tents and saw Drummer a 
short distance ahead, patiently working 
along, and upon meeting and compar- 
ing notes found that he also was with- 
out fish. That settled it. As soon as 
we reached camp we packed and started 
down stream. All that day we kept 
on seeing hardly any sign of fish, and 
determined not to stop until we could. 
Previous to this season the river be- 
tween Union City and Colon has teemed 
with bass, but the very low water 
through the whole season undoubtedly 
prevented their running—at least we 
knew of nothing else which appeared 
reasonable. 
Quite late that evening we pitched 
our camp upon land belonging to Mr. 
Jeremiah Gillotson, and in the morn- 
ing made some slight repairs upon our 
boat, which the day before had re- 
ceived very hard usage, having been 
lifted over logs and pushed through 
shallow rapids a great many times. Mr. 
Gillotson allowed us the use of his tools 
and work-bench, and in every way 
treated us with extreme courtesy and 
kindness. So, also, did all whom we 
met, and it seems to me it is only those 
who, by some overbearing act of inso- 
