: rew very dim. Even if he did find birds 
e would have no sport for I would 
1 ave to run him down, rate and lick him 
ito a semblance of control, and spend 
fuch good time coiling and uncoiling 
lie check rope which must he used, if 
; ever pointed, to keep him from bre’ak- 
: g shot and running after the covey, 
owever, the young setter borrowed no 
ouble and seemed a trifle more inclined 
investigate the early morning mes- 
ges traced out for him by the little 
“ople of the wild. Once he stopped to 
g out a field mouse. Later he flushed 
lark and chased it across the field, 
inding that it could not be caught he 
turned to see if possibly there "might 
)t be another lark that was not quite 
fast. Within a short time I noticed 
at he seemed very much interested in 
aew scent which seemed to hang rather 
avily on the damp ground. His tail 
ived rather vigorously from side to 
le, with a rather peculiar up and down 
.urish, and his whole body seemed to 
trying to follow the dictates of his 
imated caudal appendage. 
“I believe he smells birds,” I sang out. 
ien I remembered the lark and my 
ith weakened. But we continued to- 
irds the pup. Then it was that the 
expected happened. Pat halted in a 
ther nonchalant pose, except for his 
1. That interesting semaphore signal 
the bird dog had ceased its motion, 
lere was a funny little kink in its mid- 
j and a slight upward curve to its 
! ;t half. 
'‘Bet its a snowbird” said my brother, 
t no snowbird flew up as we ap- 
oached. 
From the stubble in front of Pat there 
3se one of the largest coveys of quail 
have ever seen. Sad to relate only 
e stayed behind to teach Pat what 
| >ead ’ meant. My brother, as brothers 
en do,, claimed that this bird had fal- 
i to his antiquated old single barrel 
d possibly it did. At any rate a man 
ist be excused if he misses, even with 
jj th barrels, when he has not shot for 
jjlong time, and especially when he is 
■prized by the bursting of a feathered 
nb when looking for snowbirds. To 
f urn to our fallen flyer, we initiated 
tit into the meaning of “Dead” and 
. ually got him to retrieve, after a 
If hion, a few times, without making a 
*! al wreck of the neatly killed bird, 
ij ter this we started for the woods. 
i. our country quail have learned the 
‘j value of taking to the woods and 
|j tsh and after the covey flushes few, 
i' any, singles are ever found in the 
|i m. Therefore we entered the forest. 
? found it fairly open and the leaves 
• I damp from the fast-departing frost. 
I a short time Pat had picked up a hot 
i ib Soon he pointed again. We failed 
flush and once more he picked up 
1 trail.. His masters followed with 
ii ’ves tingling and muscles ready to 
■ ing to action. Lord what a glorious 
1 m.ent. Any second might bring a 
‘i ihing target into view, flashing in and 
between the trees at express train 
| ed and requiring a quick eye and well- 
l | >fdinated muscles to get the gun on it. 
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