FOLLOWING 
THE DEER^ 
bounded away, and a tiny splash of 
deeper red on a crimson maple leaf. 
So 1 left the deer to the early hunter 
and wandered away up the hill for 
a long, lazy, satisfying day in the 
woods alone. 
Presently I came to a low brush 
fence running zigzag through the 
woods, with snares set every few 
yards in the partridge and rabbit runs. 
Over the third opening a fine cock 
partridge swung limp and life- 
less from a twitch-up. The cruel 
wire had torn his neck under 
