260 IN THE GREEN LEAF 



" Did they cackle an' talk to the'rselves when 

 you see 'em tumble ? " 



-They did." 



"Ah! I reckined so." 



" The mist clouds are rolling up, and it is 

 bright above ; below it looks fair." 



" I know it do, but ye see the looks o' things, 

 an' fur that matter the looks o' some people, 

 ain't tu be counted on. Did ye notice if them 

 'ere mist clouds, as you call 'em, clear that 

 big holler in the hill or hang over it ? " 



" Some of them not only hung over it, but 

 seemed to drop down into it." 



" Well, if you has eny 'tickler thing in hand, 

 I should 'vise ye fur to set it by, fur to-day. 

 Afore twelve o'clock you'll find the rain tumble 

 down middlin' thick." 



It did so to my sorrow. 



The woodmen know the time when the 

 first migrants arrive, and when they depart. 

 Some of the birds are seen to alight dead 

 beat, others are only heard on their departure ; 

 the movements of the migrants that are leav- 

 ing us are more open, for they gather before 

 flighting. 



From a man who was getting stones from 

 the moor for house-building I found out where 



