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" ALL HANDS MAKE READY ! " 



" I am afraid," said the 

 farmer, " you may suffer 

 severely from the cold and 

 sleet" 



" Be under no alarm, my 

 dear sir ; I am at your 

 orders." 



" Then we will start this 

 evening ; all hands make 

 ready ! " And without more 

 ado, Mr. Danielson took 

 down a couple of rifles slung 

 to a magnificent pair of 

 antlers which adorned the 

 chimney panel, and wiping 

 them with a bit of greased 

 cloth, a precaution almost 

 useless with weapons kept 

 in such admirable condition, 

 he loaded them with all 

 the caution peculiar to a 

 Kentucky hunter. Then, 

 seizing a bull's horn, en- 

 circled with a silver mouth- 

 piece, which hung to the 

 lower branch of the antlers, 

 he opened a door leading out 

 into the courtyard, advanced 

 a few steps, placed his primi- 

 tive trumpet to his lips, and 

 blowing with all the strength 



CED HIS TRUMPET TO HIS LIPS." of llis llUlgS, 



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