WARWICK WOODLAHO8. 5t 



us It wheeled to cross the fond behind tts, by the cleverest shot 



"That's pretty well for no birds, anyhow, Torn," he ex- 

 claimed, dropping his butt to load. *' lu> and gather that bird, 

 Frank, to save time ; he lies in the wagon rut, there* How 

 now I down charge, you Chase, sir ! what are yon about !'* 



The bird was quickly bagged, and Harry loaded. ^ o 

 stepped across a dry ditch, and both doga made game at the 



44 Follow the red dog, Frank !" cried Archer, " and go very 

 slow ; there are birds here !" 



And as he spoke, while the dogs were crawling along, cat- 

 like, pointing at every step, and then again creeping onward, up 

 d two birds under the very nose of the white setter, and 

 crossed quite to the left of Harry. I saw him raise his guu, 

 but that was all ; for at the self-same rnonu m one rose to me, 

 and my ear caught the flap of vet another to my right ; tivo 

 barrels were discharged so quickly, that they made, but three 

 reports ; 1 out my bird well down, and looking quickly to the 

 left, saw nothing but a stream of feathers drilling along the 

 wind. At on the right, 



44 1 have killed two, bv George! What hau vou done, 

 boys!" 



u Two, I !" said Archer. " Wait, Frank, don't you begin to 

 load till one of us is ready ; there'll be another . like 



enough. Keep your barrel ; I'll be ready in a jifty !" 



Aud well it was that I obeyed him, for at the squeak of the 

 card, in its descent down his barrel, another bird did rise. 

 was making off for the open alders, when my \\ hole charge rid- 

 died him ; and instantly at the report three, more flapped up, 

 and of course went off unharmed; but we marked them, one 

 by one, down in the grass at the wood edge. Harry K 

 again. Wo set oft* to piek up our dead birds. Shot drew, as I 

 thought, on my first, and pointed dead within a yard of where 

 he fell. I walked up carelessly, with my guu under my arm, 

 and was actually stooping to bag him, as 1 thought, when whiz ! 

 one rose almost iu my face ; and, bothered by seeing us all 

 around him, towered straight up into the air. Taken com- 

 pletely bv surprise, I blazed away in a hurry, and missed e 

 but not tve yards did he go, before Tom cut him down. 



44 Aha, boy ! whose eye's wiped now !" 



