Camp-Fire Flickerings Supplement. 



"That Reminds Me.' 



«7Eal] -a; around tbecluh li On) afters fair, flay hi tlie marshes, 



\\ ,i,....n. |-.; : . ui old punter: I -•«« Mr. M. moke Ure.bjank 



j-i SI 'Lot. I" dal . I eel -ai' ■ He shot from 1'' nob Orchard. 



v Island" •-•■■il in •'''-■ 



• din- s id. i 



turefl, open-moutlu l ; . ..-- 1 ■ > •'•' 



lunidiv: '«' c II, did >»■ l-ill llie dndtj" 



nh' hliink „o.".-,li.llb"l":ii.. -In m-i . r li.uch 

 F< ill fill .tli'lli w ."-1-1. XI ■! 



iro, o, July, law. 

 I -No Nome" says: v -'i'>' cannot we hitve a column of short, pita) 

 ■ i. , [dent* in our spurting -lifer Then- arc. of cur.-,... 

 hundreds of them, if tbey could only be drawu on* I Ihmk that Hip 

 mid "chip ill' all over tbi country." Wholsnexl 



2. 



id to beara chi tined life In fore. 



... :.; Hi.- |..-ii;..|ii.i- i he marsh 



.•:-- Mil,. I v. n:i :• iim-III. -.'■ Tin--.- In- 

 - ■.,.., ., I,.:ir.-,1 . Ii.-.i-i :.:,..;!i.-r.i pin ..II 

 I..-H in were all -itting 

 n imu m.iiv dm-Vsl- .••:! I'- r.-|.li.-.l 

 ■What in".- i'Ii. v."" nh. I've -..1 n bill- 

 ion head, - pinback and b bluetail." Did svoshruei C- 



3. 



JUBl lOVfid to l.nnl: but ducks set 



!,,,„. I, . l.,-.- da, .. 



picked up three wounded .lucks. 



and Hi.- third u bluehdl I pal • -v< 

 around, (".ui' 

 with some prl 



Rleveu I". M w.- :n- about I- "jilu.wliuu alloofcul gi esoti; 



limikiDL' ".v. i" i in- -haul- .mid Brunt, bouncing Into his Iro 



his gun nti'l rush.-' i.ir.i I'm- a shot. Tim! i-.-niiii.ls i ■. 



:l-.r:n.i| :.i"- i- In aid 'Hi'-' :; "''i I'- r , "' 1 ■"'"' ''•'" ""' 



• of 'I.- n in In- I'.ii-H- - ' ■•■'■ - l-i- "'•"■-•'- "" I'i'i'l -id- I" 



fore. After Hie lire hi- npanioi. ... .is ! i:i lb- -in -t will, : 



moal BUrioit; expr, -i-i. -n In- I-"'-. having ju-i .liseov, -r.-.l Ins pr. 

 diennunt. "Are yon burte.l. i':>! ■ a-l, .. ••■... .ays Vat. look 



■ 'ii. i i. .1 !uul-d. I. nt 1.:'.' badly -;ti aiiied. "• Wji.Mm 



5. 

 iVi- have -ill 1. 1 aid ni ilie maiden kuiy who. when praying tor i 



I'tislmud nnsweled tin- owls. --\Vbo" who"" with, lln- u or.ls. • Any 

 '-..:. .ii l.i.nl. :invl.i..l\ -."■ (Hi. Would li.ndl-. "Vpect a cnolhea.lci 



in: iiur.- v. urs to la- s.j ratll.-il ot the Id. ;i of being loal as to -. 



-..-.-.. i -til.- i-ii.ad -f.i.-ci liittl. hut siti.li is a fuel. Mr. IV was lie 

 nil.!. iv.J in a -lough u-li.-reb.-ii-l a friend had Ini-n duck si. ..otitic 

 \s il 1,-eaii I-. grow dark all ..Id o'.il sail- out. -Wli.i: wbo! 9"-ho 



"If 



b lost," yelled B. 



o words had fan ly escape i liim thai he had mad" 



i.iv -nili days ar.- the many 

 . In i.i- wlnlcsitting hi Ih.-oli! 



pointed. We hadn't 

 twenty-lour hi.-t mol 

 w..sav.-.|.!Tnl.a-..-oi 

 .v....... I,-.....- at ivi i.v lull,. Pretty 



and .Icrii ,-n /. ... how sin- did 





Han -ot then" when nes 



aw the old 





,-t ai-.d. as tli." sniokc-lca 



red ii little. 





downys and luen .-n.lv 



'.VS. llilll 11 



Prettj 



B0011 she struck on top 



f III.- 1,11011. 



Ore ..Mil he -in "... '".- 1. crestfallen 

 ,..„....i--.,„l ,-,,-. >.i. mnlli kicking buns, 

 story, when ("ml. in-phed hi 'In wo.-P 

 • I U . ■!■ "in-! Ids i.iioal and n mar 



ram t bill l» .-hi :n :n. au.-ti.ui. 



•).,.,|y in. i. id I i.i , ., Iilni and I .- v:i- 





foi 



la- would nini.-r. »ut «•■ lui-ii.d liim into H..- Vain yordiin.! lei bun 



ink.- Id- .lain.-. \V.- ,!ili,"t lak- any -p.-.-ial pains with him. and the 



lodil.T wii"nt tn-.-t rule, and ii .bdni m to n.- that be was i.-ikiu- 



...lica.irul liisi. I, in ii in- killi-l I hn i.. t |>ringliow 



much lull. a. i.a-l;-- 



After M.a-.v ::n- -'.-s.-i! ,1 •••,;„ I, di-.us- i.ni. liiii-ilia vvlii.-l. I Inner 



M - beard !•• n-inark 'hai il ilienl.l ram paiiin-.l ..id uiort- tlinna 

 I on li" would unit I In- business. Cud lias asked In slate tlllMpilU.lil.V. 



lir:iw-inj,'.:..wii lli.-i-oi-n.i-.it Ins n.i.utl: !i- -:■.''. "lie linked .just a 



;, ... I.- p. p t mil anil sail.-d .hit (be tree tons. About the liine 



In- -a is in. I nl rnu-.-i- we Ve-an tn ivHk- up. and -ix .'.'i- eit'lil s Imts 

 ■ , ,-.- tin ■.; at vim. '-ut In- w.-iii o". Xo Name 



<'i!-.vi 



'i. July V. iss... 



varnntlval the blaze, and forabout ten minutes appeared lost m 

 contemplation U- then spoke, ""Bovs. did you ever bear of a person 

 niiiUhic a lire bv rubbim.- 1 wo sticks to^ctlicr." 

 ■ i ill.";, (■--.•' rfjili.-l several, "easy enough to do. Cotunion Ullns." 



"lev v\i-,ite.lpiiiii-:iilv till tln-v all "ot vbroiiBb. and then exclaimed, 



■li mi.iv l-e . a--. iVii to do', and perhaps has been done, but I'll be 



eaten alive il ei-i amiiodv did it in one night." Mowitcu. 



Ni-w \\K-iviNsrr.ii. Hriiish Columbia. 



If. 



Ben II lives in Kiiuii'-l.i . lb- is a whole-souled sportsman. Duck- 



-I ..(.'iiiL- is bis forte, or ,vas before be had so much avoirdupois. Tic 



s '-,.,, is -i lie .\\ .-mi and r.- juices in the i -oar of live drams of powder 



fo Florida some V-..1-- since to belli afi iend out ol a local 



.,.,„, .,| ,-i -|„ r.,vall\ be helpeil him. (The Cencral has hob- 



, '„:,j .;:,-|, cuke am" I.l.i.k-'onc ■ Well, his Irien.i. Iir. M.. who is 



.,, i.. u, .,-■•„! -," :.- i .-i -..-■'. .rexi.e.-l lose.-, and our hero had 



he.-i, ..ut in — ■•-an..- and we- on tb-ir w-av home behind an 



his oivn sweet will. Tb e 

 m front was a stream that 

 mbl'Milv (be (len.-ral ejaeu- 

 \nd sure emiiisb oil" to the 



11, 



hi.rtl.c C,,l,,|,,ll el MIlilNcW Ml Vi.'iil les| |e.:l. 1 Hill si 1 1 



lh.lt the stul.V Wlliell he s.-l„|s VI, II. illnl is pilhli-h( V yoli ill ; ..111- 



leiiu:: impidiiii' nt;i al ^- the' way reel 



'Tviioaf shouted theGenerat. -wiiai 



I .:■■ 



Bttt Hoc. irbtl Vcm i-.h.il II. e tt-i-i. 



the 



r Mil frying vigor- 

 er with the 



ii-r pur- 

 u- chase 



rliew. for the stream was knee-( 



c. The stern chase was .,.,1 a 



ill.- while back L-aine Doc. grinning-, tne tiene 



■ 1 fie road. 



iso.- Whai made In-i" light out ill that repruh 



out, too, if you had yoin- hide full of No. 8 



[ cautioiislv, the 

 >iT examination. 

 General: 'Doc. 



re's side anil Vim, 



\vcing liim suspi- 

 never consider..'.-] 

 :-vei" brealln- Ibis 



,o,ctl,r r-u.ark 



18. 



,t have be 



e somewhat hackneyed by 

 to make it -that I look for 

 uiili impatience, and read it 



ot your veteran correspondent 

 :' the 'Ttuce with Death ..f a 

 i-eiy iinu-h 1 njoyed the rejoln- 

 10 have "crowded him'- a bill-.- 

 •member how well be held bis 



urred on the .Mississippi River, 



ippi River steamboat, 

 is, spying a gaunt, tall 

 leckliauds and "roust- 

 ■ 1 iug this fresh son of 



I ,. 1 . i |i„. !„„ii; Int.. mm lilt- plekerel llii. 



, . in. I. nil "" 



■•■•I ju-tlikea rabbit.- 



1 (Vlls slandine. 



7. 



esp. dally being of glassy 

 tan of cheerful aspect came 

 v-sioiil for a moment hes- 



liiic picking liis w-av up I he 

 I lilt"!.- men I ever saw. He 

 ighl until just oppo.-it- us. 



He sputtered in w 

 seeing the situation was uupl. 

 I-. -: io simplv walk away. S.. l.nltouing li 



Alas, tins did not heal the breach, for h ar ■- fj 



-deps when lie K'-'l (he worst fall 1 ever saw. Slipp 

 uii- rolled over and over, and butted thecurbston 

 Hal smashed jt-rieel knocked off. and a big. 



nose- 

 So, 



ie little man didn't laugh. No, he lust hugged the lamp- 



.•c.llui.'l. 



c , bit" the hotel and waited for a thaw. \. Mi-i.k. 



,V .''„-'!, Ail! p.; 



^rted that he I 



a his c 



an ! s 



:,-!> 



9. 



al i'l'ii- 



d Up 



ue; ion should have -ecu me 

 or, Why, the iee was so thin 



! i- v.-!:: so lb y couldn't see 



SUAh.'W. 



tie evening, and the boys eaim 

 I'in lib ' of the vet Tan- 

 favorite cat -who «a.s bope- 

 jg- across ii"- yard had been 

 i:iil. and -lung with such mo- 

 iled and seised her 



. Molher Hill and 1 



.Minion just 1 

 fill we l, 



.-.. I -I 



SOUTH MllM.i.'N. Ma -. 



13. 



ami of 1 ll'ii'u hie stories: but he would il,- Into a passion if anyone 

 doubted his wont. On tin- banks of the Mci'riniuc v a- a.i o!.| des. rte.l 

 farm bouse, wiih in. doors ..r windows \\ e were silting around the 



iii a! one windowand outat ilu'"i'i:.'r.' 

 (llie of tin- hovs said. -1 guess h was a two-legg.-d partridge." 

 •If- a lie." shoul.,1 fucle Sinh. as he let i tin. store and wen-.,il,,- 



wav home, niad all through 11 al 11 in one doubted his story, 

 Matkb. iYis There. 



14. 



theYegua. Johns 



the rot" there was scuffling in the 1 



boi-sL "■"' Th! v iiccp'ii quiitVitrtp 



(teSs. 11 lille seven prong buck. 

 When lvli.nl. I, .1,11 hear.; nf ii well: 



Ckenham. Texas. 



IS. 



li . A. I. 



the 01 he' 



l.'ei'nu'.'. . 



The old man 

 mutix" li... I- got hr.l.l on him. and 

 happened. 



1 - i.i BROOKE. N. ii. 



16. 



In- nolt strike. This « 

 i drove up from Graft 

 i how; I might get to (\ 



..-. Ih -n ( hip spoke up. "Well, dad. you 

 tin- -aw a iiinnia'; Well I seed ;. -t.:,:, hop 

 full gate, an you" oiler seen her chun it I 

 ••1I1' up thai llghtnin' 'fore went looulin I,,. ..' 



"t-t u s: hi'lile • in In- ,i,n. InM a h 



linn- I ,-ill t.-ll von how il 

 v,-., v U 



i-iiinl iu the 

 Id up all thai 

 il.'thsuii. be 



19. 



billing tin- .!.(•;■ with a sclthe 1 Kom-si »SD Srill.AM. June !. 18821 

 reminds me •>(' a sturv I heard told bv iloraee tiieclcv during his 

 visit to Hamilton county. New York. in. I think, the summer ol "Td 

 win 11 h- li.-it.d V.'ilmurt Take and spent several days wiili ourpartv 



A Dutchman in Pennsylvania wiiscleaning the big Moor of his bain, 

 Tin- great doors were wide open, and lie was busily pitching the 



11 -uo'veiiul.'a il.'-'r I'eH dead . 11 tin- pile .en -1 ie' Thorough!!- fright- 

 ened. Hi.- Dutchman dropped bis shovel and exclaimed, ■"Golly: I 

 didn't know it was loaded." A minute afterward a hunter, coming 

 'limed the deer and explained 



30. 



Men— -. Lai ii,.-. 1 :■ al ukl is -l.ioucd New KnglaLid coon hmi!. lb- 1 - 

 .viisiKimisi.-.kiiu mi-. \ casual glance at the party would have sal- 

 i-tied the most skeptical obsei ver tbat. as ,.,;, leader ..-nuiiked n liil- 

 wbipning the dogs "if a tox trail. ""Keuii. and nothin' but k-.-un. i. 

 what we a,, -arter." No: there could be 110 mistake. All of the Men-, 

 si n, bols and ear-marks wen- distinctly Hsil,!,-. -v.-a in n,.- i.alf— eib- I 

 light of tlie mo.ni. whidi only dimly outlined our tor.-m as w .• seram 



No: nothing hut a 'coon l.'in' could account for the limping gait! 

 scratched faces and torn clothing of the party, as. at our b.-t -p. ■■■'. 

 we hurried toward the perfect volcano ot barks, yells and ho- 



h.-s 



etc., to guide him home, but ,tiihout avail iio.nii,_ unjiued, und 

 Lev made his w n lioni.- iu-t u- il w 1, er. turuiug out for break- 

 fast. Hun-r... wet and Hi-fi. b" -a'diwiiin te. ,.-, ;„.. 1 ;_. t ■,-,,,. 

 rire.resi.idliisi.i. 11 hi- iiamls, hi, hands on his knees. looked 



il- 



iipn 



ed 



•ountl- 



lu-ii invbelt: many mirlii- 

 ich fun haie 1 enioyud. I.ut 

 -touched mvtieki. 



On Kiu-r.ii'ii luK-t. in Brilisll C'uluil|bia, dwells oin- logging camp 

 us.-, known far and wide hi 1 in- ,,„;„ -.a ■ I .• . 11.-,-. .-, hunter ... 



reveling in 



Contortions 



. . ... 

 1.0-ii.ga din thai fairly deal 

 piaiu I saw ibat his a stlnfc — .1, 1 . 



1 watched tin- ludicrous 

 '. face. v. bicli plainly niirro:-. 

 irimiuagl I t«o. was happv After 1 



