fields of men, and which found an answer in 



the heart of the boy who watched him till _ fh/if>cf> nf 



he vanished in the blue, and who had to Mmfanfnntt^r* 



stay on the farm while his soul was away to if/v>/Y^U- 



the wilderness, — all these sights and sounds 



and unknown longings had bound me fast 



to Waptonk the Wild, and made me resolve 



some day to follow him and find out what it 



was that called him northward when brooks 



were free and big woods budding and the 



spring impulse was in the heart of all living 



things. 



Later Waptonk had called to me again 

 from the same heavens; but now the arrow- 

 head pointed southward, and the flight was 

 altogether different. The lines of the wedge 

 wavered and were often broken ; it held closer 

 to earth and was less certain in its magnifi- 

 cent onward rush; and the clear full-throated 

 bugle-calls that had thrilled the boy's heart 

 with their springtime clangor gave place to 

 a curious communicative chatter, in which 

 almost every note rose at the end to a fal- 

 setto. Now and then a strong, clear note, 

 deeper and more peremptory, would sound 



