Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions

we put dry leaves in the kettle and made quite a blaze. By its light Tish read that bears in the summer are full fed and really frolicsome and that t

tree; but Tish's calmness was a reproach to us both, and after we had emptied the kettle and made quite a fire to keep off animals, we unrolled our blankets and prepared for sl

perhaps four feet from the ground a ghastly red glow was moving rapidly away from us. It was not a torch; it was more a radiance, and it moved not evenly, but jerkily. I could

e very cheerful that morning, for if we could capture rabbits and skunks, we were sure of other things, also, and soon we would be able to add fish to our menu. True, we had not had much time to commune with our souls, and Aggie's arms were so sunburned th

evous and that all bears were thieves. (See the "Young Woodsman.") But I recalled the glow of the night before, and more than once I caught Aggi

her arms, so Tish and I put up the tent. The "Young Woodsman" said it was easy. First you tied three long poles together near the top and stood them up so they made a

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er to roasting it. It was not very good, but we ate some, being ravenous. The method was simplicity itself-

I had found. But we caught no fish. We had more rabbit for supper, with some puffballs smoked and a few huckleberries. But

day, and it seemed likely we were not to be again disturb

k that evening and watched them playing leapfrog, and talked about frying them on

irit after he's been immersed for an hour, but a worm will

bring a spa

worms that she said the game warden of som

a rough piece of bark or plank across the top. This man claims, and it sounds reasonable, that

ie and I prepared several hooks and lines. The fish were jumping busily,

d it to the fact that it was very late and that the worms were probably settled do

ent down to the beach to examine the lines that had been out all night, and found nothing. She was returning rather dispirited to tell us that it

ght have been jumping and leaped out on to the beach by accident, but, as Tish said, they would hardly have landed all together and into a kett

and not caring whether the tent was set up again or not, that we fell to wondering about the fish. Tish fancied it mig

ome a mania with her, and there were so many of them that as they grew accustomed to us they sat round our camp in a ring and criticized our housekee

had brought up from the beach. We had seen nothing more of the bear, and if we had b

ut of the woods just be

voice. "But may I have a little of

" said Aggie. "T-Tish

ffect. Tish ha

nd, but we could see no one. After Aggie's speech about t

The revolver is here and loaded-as nice a little

ber revolver, but in the excitement she got it mixed with her bust measure

out, where we can see you. If you look rel

e, as if the stranger

d with reluctance in his voice.

I thought I could see in the shadow of a tree a lightish f

!" she

ht the stranger unawares. He ducked behind the tree, but the flare of light had caught him

out:-"Why in the world didn't you warn me?" it said, aggriev

r backs at once and

e said, without turn

hat he had come out and got the brand, and when he

is any more than you do. I've got for

w fainter, fainter still, died away altogether. We turned then with one accord and gazed through the dark arches of the for

whereas about the kettle there had been a glow and radiance that was almost triumpha

"Daring to come here like t

romantic, sat staring a

ed so from mosquito