BISMARCK, THE RED SQUIRREL 



are cutting from the oak-trees around my 

 cabin. 



Bismarck is still in the land of the living, 

 although ten years have passed since he first 

 introduced himself, and requested me to 

 book him for table board. He has cost me 

 many dollars, while he has not paid a cent 

 in the coin of the realm. However, I owe him 

 for teaching and am ready to balance the 

 books and exchange receipts. 



OVEN - BIRD. 



I know that my position in relation to the 

 red squirrel's destruction of song-birds will 

 be sharply criticized by those who believe in 

 the squirrel's total depravity. But the truth 

 is that I describe wild life just as I find it, 

 not as some books say I ought to find it. If 

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