^ woods, frightened by some hunter out of 



his native coverts. When he reached the 



G%e O/'Beec/i unknown open places he was more frightened 



^h'fyy'e/g^e still and, as a frightened grouse always flies 



^^ straight, he had driven like a bolt through 



the schoolhouse window, killing himself by 



the impact. 



Rule-of-three and cube-root and the un- 

 mapped wilderness of partial-payments have 

 left but scant impression on one of those 

 pupils, at least ; but a bird that could wake 

 up a drowsy schoolroom and bring out a 

 living lesson, full of life and interest and 

 the subtile call of the woods, from a drowsy 

 teacher who studied law by night but never 

 his boys by day, — that was a bird to be 

 respected. I have studied him with keener 

 interest ever since. 



Yet however much you study the grouse, 

 you learn little, except how wild he is. Occa- 

 sionally, when you are still in the woods and 

 a grouse walks up to your hiding place, you 

 get a fair glimpse and an idea or two ; but 

 he soon discovers you and draws himself up, 

 straight as a string, and watches you for five 



