The big honkers wheeled and were! | 
heading for either Billington Sea or 
South Pond—either place would have 
been fatal. Suddenly from Wall’s 
stand a single gosling sailed out. The 
geese did not turn. George loosed an- 
other and as he scaled majestically 
out like a big warship going into 
action, the geese came about with sails 
trimmed, then followed in to shore. 
In another second Frank and George 
touched her off: Whiff, wang! In- 
stantly the ranks were thrown into 
confusion. How those long necks 
jerked and yanked from side to side 
as the big birds withered under that 
hot fire. Five Canadas were down in 
various attitudes of dejection, two 
dead and three stung so badly they 
could not rise. The “P. M.” grunted: 
“Ought to have some goslings at this 
stand,” said he. “How about your 
coot tolers?” I suggested. “If they’d 
ever seen them they’d have dropped 
dead anyway.” 
Outwitting the Sand Hill | The Gift That a Man 
Crane 
(Continued from vase | Takes to Choose Himself 
out what it was, for he hovered over us 
for about a minute or two, and even Your family and friends will no doubt surprise you 
came back the second time to satisfy with many useful gifts. But there’s one thing that 
his curiosity, this time he was only aman prefers to choose himself—a good shot gun. 
about six feet above us. 
This slough was not large, being 
about sixty feet from shore to shore, 
the water in it was about a foot deep, 




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coming. The three circled falling in 
line, and the whole flock kept coming 
nearer and nearer, until they came to 
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