TTISIE 



TTIBJIS 



WHY a wizard? Yankee-fashion I might retort 

 with, Why not ? When a bit of brown bird life 

 only about eleven inches long can cause a six-foot 

 man to do all sorts of crazy stunts, I should say the 

 wee fellow at least possessed peculiar powers. That 

 the snipe can make a lazy, heavy sleeper rise at 

 gray dawn and go toiling across weary leagues of 

 bog, morass, and muddy mess for perhaps eight or 

 ten hours at a stretch is a well-known fact. That 

 he can make a temperate man drink, a truthful man 

 lie, an accurate man miss, and a good man curse, he 

 has repeatedly proved, while at the same time with 

 a mere wave of a wing he can cause a sinking heart 

 to leap with joyous pride and a weary eye to flash 

 with sudden fire. These things, and a few others 

 which need not be dwelt upon, backed by a flight 

 of the now-you-see-it-now-you-don't the-quickness- 



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