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FOREST AND STREAM 
September, 1921 
Let Us Tan Your Hide. 
And let us do your head mounting, rug, robe, 
coat, and glove making. You never lose any- 
thing and generally gain by dealing direct with 
headquarters. 
We tan deer skins with hair on for rugs, or 
trophies, or dress them into buckskin glove 
leather. Bear. dog. calf, cow, horse or any 
other kind of hide or skin tanned with the hair 
or fur on, and finished soft, light, odorless, and 
made up into rugs, gluves, caps, men's and 
women’s garments when so ordered. 
Get our illustrated catalog which gives prices 
ot tanning, taxidermy and head mounting. Also 
prices of fur goods and big mounted game heads 
we sell. 
THE CROSBY FRBSI AN FUR COMPANY 
Rochester, N. Y. 
WEISS 
Alpine Binoculars 
Write for special offer 
Weiss 
Instrument Co. 
1733 Arapahoe St. f 
Denver, Col. 
RUSSELL'S 
“NEVER LEAK" 
Thebuilt-for-hard-knocks 
boot that sportsmen 
swear by — soft, easy-fit- 
ting and as near water- 
proof as a leather boot 
can be. 
SHOOT WITHOUT NOISE 
Buy a 
MAXIM 
SILENCER 
THE 
^ MOST 
^ INTERESTING 
r/ OF flL1 - 
^{vO v CUN ACCESSORIES 
REDUCES NOISE AND 
RECOIL AND ELIMINATES 
FLASH 
FOR YOUR 
RIFLE OR 
TARGET 
PISTOL ^ 
f ONE OF THE WONDERFUL 
INVENTIONS OF OUR ^ 
TIME. MADE IN EVER Y-^2fcS 
CALIBER FROM ^ | 
.22 to 45 
Ask ony 
hardware or 
sporting floods 
dealer to show you 
one. or send 6c. in 
stamps for catalog and 
BOOKLET of astonishing 
experiences of Silencer users. 
THE MAXIM SILENCER CO. 
69 Homestead Ave., Hartford, Coni 
Filson 
Hunting 
Coat 
— It’s some coat, tool Like all the Filson 
Outing Garments it’s made to wear and servo. 
Has nine roomy, accessible pockets, so placed 
that you can carry a heavy load without In- 
convenience. so evenly is the weight distributed. 
You travel light, but carry all the thing* you 
need. Has specially padded shoulders (slicker 
cloth beneath khaki) that makes the favorite 
gun or rifle carry easy, prevents sore bones and 
sheds the moisture. 
Catalog No. 7 is free for the asking. It con- 
tains description and prices of outing apparel 
for pien and women. 
c. c. filson co. 
1011 First Ave. SEATTLE. WASHINGTON 
Field Glasses 
Binoculars— Telescopes 
Pre- War Prices 
FREE TRIAL 
Catalog Free 
THE AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY 
Dept. FS-5, 1121 First Street 
New Orleans, U. S. A. 
WILBUR SHOTGUN PEEP SIGHT, 
deadly addition to the modern shotgun. Make* good 
shots of poor ones. Fast enough for inap ehootlng, 
ducks, or at traps. Automatically show* hew to 
lead correctly — No More Gueis Work. Made of 
blued steel, clamps rigidly on breech of gun barrel!. 
12, 16, 20, 28 gauges. Double gun« only. Postpaid, 
$2.50 Including booklet “Wing Shooting Made 
Easy." Booklet alone sent on receipt of ton uenta. 
Teaches the art of wing shooting. 
WILBUR GUN SIGHT 
111 Wtst ink St. P. 0. Box IIS, Tines Soane, New York 
TALES THE RIVER 
TOLD TO MATT 
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he trailed behind you while yet too 
young to have a gun and saw you pick 
at leisure the passenger pigeons from 
the tops of the very tall pin-oaks in 
the swamps, and with the gun which 
your boyhood friend, Mr. Adams, sent 
you as a Christmas present when you 
become old enough to care for it. 
The pool and stretches of bay over 
which your eyes roam and to which you 
so lately came a stranger and have en- 
joyed the delights of its denizens, both 
on the hook and at the table, all these 
in future years are to add to your 
pleasures, for the man is the offspring 
of the boy. 
P ULLING against the stream they 
made slower progress than on their 
way down, and it was past noon 
when they arrived at the boat owner’s 
home. Their team was waiting for 
them, and it was not long before their 
equipment was loaded and they were 
headed for home. Matt, as when com- 
ing down, was perched on top of 
the duffle, with his quick eye taking 
every moving object under observation 
and most of the time whistling quietly. 
As they passed the spot where they 
had encountered Ned Southard, Matt 
gave one of his peculiar cat-like calls 
to attract attention and then queried: 
“Wonder if his breeches ’d stand ’nother 
dustin’ ’thout cuttin’ through? Gosh, 
but that ol’ whip set up close.” Then, 
suddenly changing his mood he said: 
“Hope Aunt Mary’s well.” 
That, to him, very important person- 
age was at the gate as they drove up. 
Matt jumped to the ground and kissing 
her warmly said: “Gee, that ham o’ 
yourn was great.” Aunt Mary, as was 
easy to see, was greatly pleased to see 
that all was well with them, but she 
could not refrain from her custom of 
rebuke and said rather sharply: “Matt 
Buckley, ain’t you ever goin’ to get over 
talking about what you’ve had to eat 
or goin’ to have?” 
As the boy piled his traps inside the 
gate he kept up a run of talk until the 
aunt, putting her hand squarely over 
his mouth, said: “Now let somebody 
talk that can say somethin’,” and turn- 
ing to the men asked: “How’s he be- 
haved?” “Don’t worry about Matt,” 
said Mr. Adams in a very kindly man- 
ner, “he’ll do among men any time.” 
As they started away Matt said: “I’m 
goin’ for frogs to-morrow; got to make 
up for the time I been away.” Mr. 
Woodhull said: “We’ll be out for catties 
before the week is done.” And then he 
drove away. 
Boy like, Matt tried to tell his aunt 
all at one time of the many new and 
fine things he had seen and done while 
away, and, when it came to the striped 
bass, there was no way in which he 
could express to his satisfaction his 
view of it, so he wound up with: “He 
was jest a wallopin' han’som’ fish an’ 
he eat better’n chicken fried.” 
He was in the woodshed putting away 
his beloved poles and cherished landing 
net, now to be doubly precious to him 
In Writing to A dvertisers mention Forest and Stream. It will identify you. 
