PUBLISHER’S NOTES. 
waited so many years, and the successful 
issue of which would have gone so far 
_ toward the fulfillment of a life’s purpose, 
was worse than useless. A great tempta- 
tion assailed the hunter. 
Wetzel’s face was white when he raised 
the rifle; his dark eye, gleaming venge- 
fully, glanced along the barrel. The little 
bead on the front sight first covered the 
British officer, and then the broad breast 
of Girty. It moved reluctantly and searched 
out the heart of Wingenund, where it lin- 
gered for a fleeting instant. At last it 
rested on the swarthy face of Miller. 
“For Betty,’ muttered the hunter, be- 
tween his clenched teeth as he pressed the 
trigger. 
The spiteful report awoke a thousand 
echoes. When the shot broke the stillness 
Miller was talking and gesticulating. His 
hand dropped inertly; he stood a second, 
his head slowly bowing and his body sway- 
ing perceptibly. Then he plunged forward 
like a log, his face striking the sand. He 
never moved again. He was dead even 
before he struck the ground. 
Blank silence followed this tragic shock. 
Wingenund, a cruel.and relentless Indian, 
but never a traitor, pointed to the small 
bloody hole in the middle of Miller’s fore- — 
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head, and then nodded his head solemnly. 
The wondering Indians stood aghast. 
Then with loud yells the braves went for 
the cornfield; they searched the laurel 
bushes; but they discovered only moccasin 
prints in the sand, and a puff of white 
smoke drifting away on the summer breeze. 
I predict for this book a sale of 100,000 
copies. 
“Betty Zane” is published by the Charles 
Francis Press, of 30 West 13th Street, New 
York, and sells at $1.50. In ordering please 
mention RECREATION. 

Charles A. Sterling, Broadwater, Vir- 
ginia, has published a small book, giving a 
history of Hog island, on the coast of Vir- 
ginia. The object of the book is to inter- 
est sportsmen in a plan to organize a club 
and lease the shooting privileges on this 
island. It is said to be a popular resort 
for ducks, geese and brant, and I am in- 
formed the settlers on the island are near- 
ly all willing to lease the shooting rights 
on their lands, at nominal prices. Anyone 
interested in such a proposition would do 
well to communicate with Mr. Sterling. 
The book sells at 25 cents. 
PUBLISHER’S NOTES. 
EXPERT ENDORSEMENT. 
U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 
Station at Viento, Oregon. 
J. R. Buckelew, 
111 Chambers St., N. Y. 
Dear Sir: 
I have tried the Collan Oil on 2 pairs of 
shoes, with better results than I expected. 
On my heavy hunting shoes, which I wear 
when engaged on work along the rivers 
and in the wet, I put a heavy coat of the 
oil, or rather 3 heavy coats. First I applied 
it to them’ thoroughly, then allowed them 
to dry; after which I coated them in the 
same manner twice again. On all occasions 
I was careful to get the oil well into all 
the seams, along the top and sides of the 
sole and on the bottom of the sole. Since 
its application 2 weeks ago I have had oc- 
casion to wade almost to the tops of the 
shoes in the Columbia and Little White 
Salmon rivers, and have worn the shoes 
through mud while it was raining hard. 
During this time they have not leaked at 
all, and have remained soft and pliable; so 
I can say the use of the oil is gratifying, 
for I have hitherto been forced to wear rub- 
ber boots on almost every occasion. 
Truly yours, 
(Signed) J. N. Wisner. 
TWO HANDSOME CALENDARS. 
The Horton Manufacturing Company, 
Bristol, Conn., is sending out a beautiful 
calendar for 1904. It represents a 20th cen- 
tury girl in the act of stepping out of a 
birch bark canoe on the shore of a river, 
holding in one hand a 5 pound black bass, 
which she is supposed to have just taken 
from the water, and in the other hand one 
of the famous Bristol steel rods. The work 
is beautifully lithographed in natural col- 
ors, and a glance at the picture will set the 
nerves of any angler tingling. Every lover 
of the woods and the waters should have 
a copy of this calendar. 
Another beautiful work of art in the cal- 
endar line comes from the Harrington & 
Richardson Arms Co., makers of the well 
known revolvers and shot guns, Worcester, 
Mass. The picture in this case represents a 
typical American beauty, with golden hair, 

