WAYLAYING THE DAWN 



These intrench and hold the field des- 

 perately until pine and hickory, maple 

 and oak, sturdy men of the main line 

 of battle, arrive, and almost before you 

 know it the farm is reclaimed. The 

 wilderness has regained its lost ground 

 and the cosmos of the wild has wiped 

 out that curious chaos which we call 

 civilization. 



In this debatable land of the pasture, 

 this Tom Tiddler's ground where the 

 fight between man and the encroaching 

 wilderness goes yearly in favor of the 

 wilderness, dwell the pasture people. 

 The woodchuck, the rabbit, and even 

 the fox have their burrows here, the 

 woodchuck and the rabbit finding the 

 farmer's clover field and garden patch 

 a convenient foraging ground, the fox 

 finding the chicken coop and the rabbit 

 equally convenient. 



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