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RECREA TION. 



"When?" 



" This fall's shootin'." 

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" Mornin' boss. Brought the purp, for 

 fust exam. Les' go trou yore swamp. 

 Thar, see that? See him range? Hyo, 

 Spanker! See that? Ain't he a dandy? 

 Look thar! Lord, now, see him set!. Now 

 how's that? Broke, ain't he? Durn good 

 dog; an' well broke. Say boss, that's 

 wuth an extry V, eh? " 



" Let's go up to the point and see." 

 " His heart '11 be broke that thar ain't no 

 gun along. Fur gawd's sake! if hyer ain't 

 a hen timmer-doodle a-settin'. She must 

 'a' lost her fust outfit. Les' put her up." 



" No, no, don't disturb her. I'll make 

 a sketch of her as she is." 



" Ketch her. The law ain't off." 

 " No, I mean take her picture." 

 " Oh, I see. Her fortygraf. H'm, that 

 w r on't hurt her." 



" Wall I be gol-swashed if it ain't her 

 breathin' image. Most as good as a book 

 picture. I didn't know ye follered that 

 trade. Wall I be darned! Say boss! I'll 

 give you a March muskrat fur the fortygraf. 

 No? I guess it ain't for sale." 



"No." 



" Say, I'll make you a frame fur a dollar. 

 Bill Simms larned me to make the purtiest 

 frames you ever seen, out of pine cones an' 

 sawed butternuts; an' I beat him at it, 

 now. I pain't mine red. You could hang 

 it up. I've seen pictures framed that warn't 

 no better 'n that." 



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" Wall boss, to-morrow mornin' the 

 law's off. Hyar's the purp. He's a good 

 'n. Better not start in before the dew's off. 

 The birds won't har'ly be up to sport." 



" Come Spanker, now we're off. No 

 hurry, we'll easily get there by 9 o'clock. 

 Heel, Spanker. Good dog. Why! who 

 the deuce is this coming out of our swamp? 

 It's Bill Bylo, and the infernal thief has 

 some woodcock. Some? Why he's killed 

 them all; the old birds and the 4 young — 

 all there were on the place. You low-down 

 dirty sneak! To serve me a trick like that 

 when I paid you $25 to train my dog." 



" Ho, ho. Ya, ya, ya. An' I dun it too. 

 He's a good un. He's well broke. But 

 Lor' I warn't paid for trainin' his boss." 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY AN UNKNOWN CONTRIBUTOR. 



A 2.18 CLIP? 



Highly Commended by the Judges in Rf.creation's 

 Second Annual Photo Competition 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY S. F. GACHES. 



LOOKING FOR DANGER. 



" Is your new clergyman progressive? " 

 " I suppose so. He attends funerals on 

 his wheel." — Chicago Record. 



