A Duck-Hunting Trip 



so easy, however, to reason out the 

 duck hunter's eagerness to leave a 

 warm bed, morning after morning, 

 long before light, and go shivering 

 out into the cold and darkness for the 

 sake of reaching his blind before day- 

 break — not to find there warmth and 

 shelter, but to sit for hours chilled to 

 the bone patiently waiting for the 

 infrequent shot which reminds him 

 that he is indulging in sport or health- 

 ful recreation. Suppose that such a 

 regimen as this were prescribed in cold 

 blood as necessary to health. How 

 many would think health worth the 

 cost of such hardships? 



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