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RECREATION. 



his feet, ran a few steps, sent the leaden 

 pellets on their winged mission, and the 

 proud strut and mellow yelp ceased for- 

 ever. An 18-pound gobbler, a feathered 

 statue in bronze, distinguished from his 

 domestic relatives by his black hues and 

 brown corona, what a Thanksgiving feast ! 

 The prize is worth the struggle. 



The early part of the following week 

 found me, with my big turkey and an- 

 other handsome mess of quails, restored 

 to civilization behind a locomotive shriek- 

 ing through the night toward home, while 

 my brain saw a vision of gustatory delight 

 with only one overhanging cloud — I wish 

 I had shot the turkey myself ! 



WITH DOG AND GUN. 



MAUDE E. S. HYMERS. 



Gray skies, dun clouds, and a sift of snow, 

 The bite of frost in the spicy air, 



Then I hate the town with its pulses slow, 

 And its pleasures tame as its virtues rare ! 



I long for the forest pastures free, 



For the heat of the chase when the sport 

 is on ; 

 For the rank of the huntsman's livery, 

 And those royal companions, a dog and 

 a gun. 



Oh, the nameless scent of the woodland 

 mold, 

 The voice of the wind in the branches 

 bare ! 

 The flash of wings from a truant bold, 

 The skirl of the chipmunk's saucy dare ! 



Oh, the red blood's leap in the quickened 

 veins, 

 The steel nerves taut when the ruffed 

 grouse run ! 

 The lowliest subject a monarch reigns 

 O'er realms unbounded, with dog and 

 gun ! 



Oh, the far, faint call of a mateless quail, 



The tint of gray on a wafting wing; 

 The high "Honk, honk!" of a feathered 

 sail, 

 My pointer's eloquent whimpering ! 

 Oh, the shadowed aisles of the forest dim, 

 The path of the stars when the day is 

 done, 

 The crooning of Nature's cradle hymn ! 

 Give me these and freedom with dog and 

 gun. 



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AMATEUR PHOTO BY HARRY G. HIGBEE. 



SATISFIED. 

 Highly commended in Recreation's Fifth Annual Photo Competition. 



