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glance showed it was, or rather had been, 

 Pete's wheel. I felt better, and the Major 

 was really cheerful. He even attempted a 

 vile pun. He said the wheel probably came 

 over in the steerage, when it crossed the 

 Atlantic, but it never took such a steerage 

 trip as that before. 



A withering glance from the victim 

 checked his mirth, and when we returned 



to where Pete had dropped his fish, and 

 saw that a stray dog had lunched on his 

 catch, the Major showed some sympathy 

 for poor Pete. 



The Major and I rode home on our 

 wheels, but Pete had to hire a tiller of the 

 soil to drive him, and the remains of his 

 bike, to town. He will never again cache 

 his silent steed in a cow pasture. 



HEAD OF ELK KILLED IN OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS, WASH. SPREAD OF HORNS, 

 From a photo kindly loaned by Mr. W. F. Sheard, Tacoma, Wash. 



INCHES. 



I hope you will continue to give it to the 

 game hogs and fish hogs, good and strong. 

 They are plentiful in this part of the coun- 

 try, as well as in other parts. 



W. A. Baker, Hancock, Mich. 



