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“HE LANDED ON JONES’ STOMACH AND JONES ON HIS BACK IN 8 INCHES OF 
WATER AND MUD.” 
ords. Fortunately the day was warm and 
they suffered no serious inconvenience on 
account of the dampness. As the sun 
dried Jones’ clothes it left on them the 
stain of the bottom of the lake, and they 
then had the proper color. 
All day long the red-heads flew past by 
2’s and 3’s and the sportsmen were wun- 
usually successful. After the evening 
flight they started homeward with a goodly 
bunch of ducks. When they reached the 

AN ALL NIGHT EXPOSURE. 
Editor RECREATION: I send you a pict- 
ure of a moonlight snow scene which I 
made on the night of January 23, 1890. 
I set my camera at a little before 9 o’clock 
p.m., at my North bedroom window up- 
shallow channel through which they must 
again wade, the Judge, camel-like, got 
down on his knees and instructed Jones 
to climb on his back that they might make 
the passage across the water. Jones looked 
at the water, then at the Judge and said, 
“I may be a dude, but I am not a fool,” 
and boldly waded across. 
Jones now says that hereafter when he 
desires a ride, he will mount a burro and 
not a donkey. 
stairs, and opened it. When I awakened 
it was still dark, and I went and closed the 
camera. It was then 6 o’clock, making 
the exposure about 9 hours and 45 minutes. 
The ground was covered with snow, 
about 4 inches of which had fallen that 
afternoon. The moon was almost full and 
shone through light drifting clouds, just 
bright enough to give a good light, but 
not enough to make heavy shadows that 
would otherwise have blurred in the long 
exposure. 
I have had my camera just 2 months and 
do all my own developing and printing. 
Roy Vertress, Pittsfield, Ill. 
Branson (recently married): “I tell you, 
old man, the word ‘wife’ is the most ten- 
der word in the English language.” 
Parker: “Oh, you’re new at the busi- 
ness. After you've been married 10 years 
you'll think the word ‘freedom’ is simply 
out of sight.” 
