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FOREST AND STREAM 
February, 1921 
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WitKoujTh moonlit, winter^scene, - ' v/f ‘ 
Vvbite, gleaming fields, boughs bent with snow* 
Within, an atmosphere serene, 
♦v«i J e mystic spell of long Ago 
<s.« <7 ~j^>A half- burnt backlogs fitful blaze, 
JfrKs Vk Its _smoke-wreaths curling to the. flue. J /Jr 
yk us smone-wreairp curling *o me uu 
L +*J*-f A room for dreams of other days 
When fields were green and skies were blue. 
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?/ A r cloud-flecked morn in early spring 
| w £•> With gentte breezes from The west 
' h\“ fe That stir the woods to murmuring 
from winter’s rest. 
. . from out the sky. 
Below a Quail’s persistent call, 
A fox exploring cautiously 
And squirrels racing on the wall. 
Along the Colton Hollow brook 
Two “tinte lads steal in and 
With pole and line ana bailee. 
Intent on catchino sneckled trout. 
Invites to me 
At last tkey reack the Old Beep Hole 
Where heavy trout are wont to lie 
Whose weight would strain the stoutest pole 
v. That ever cast a worm or fly; 
k And one~a whale- with savage dash 
AV Leaps up the lowering bait to seize. 
^' sV “Tien turns and leaves with woeful splash, 
a broken line swayed by the breeze. 
The lads have taken larger fish, 
oea salmon from the. Grand Codroy 
Thom lake 6 t. John lithe ouananiche, 
And muskellunge near old fTtzroy. 
TRevVe lost some large ones too, ancf > 
A though they’re growing old and j 
Somehow- they, never can forge! 
That first big trout that goT awa 
Decoration 
(hi r\a Iw&ne/. 
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