New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1916, Page 6

LYING SANTA CLAUS TO ' NATURE'S WILD CHILDREN (By Burlingham Schurr. pon the top of a mountain several from the city I stood at day. the v late December d just set, leavi aglow with an unusual id coloration of golden. blood-red, sing the trces on distant hills and enveloped in upon the bright- uty of the sky which na- fire had so wonder lavishly Binted, and beheld in all my sur- Pundings nothing but the handi- 5tk of the Great Creator, something fithin me caused me bend my pad- in thankfulness that I was the living and was able to upon the mountain and behold about me. I lifted and looked into the western watched its brightness die 3 nd not until the 1 vision of he sun’s golden trail had disap- Pared did 1 realize that darkness upon me. camp had 1y anc to ronz ana pis wonderwork ¥ eves and been made early in that was nec- myself comfortable some wood on the fire. s 1 did, and as the wood blazed T hisied myself prepari supper. ere is nothing which tastes better en in the open and on a cool eve- jng than plenty of fried bacon, flap- cks and good coffee. I ate with kt and was particularly grateful no e was present to comment on my petite. As soon as the wants of e inner man had been satisfied, [ t away the dishes and cooking pnsils, threw a log on the fire and down within my lean-to facing blaze. The air was rather keen t I was dressed warmly and did ft feel uncomfortable in the least. e fact was, I could not be more tented or feel more cheerful. [Most of the day I had spent in cting bird shelters and in placing Pt on trees in favorable places for p feathered inhabitants, and I knew ny a bird-heart would be. glad- ed on discovering that necessities re so easily obtainable during the ter. In some hollow stumps I [ placed a few handfuls of corn . it would be strange indeed if pirrels did not find it. to make as to put Naturalist.) He jerked his tail, turned about o flash and scampered away a feet Well he knew did grew the mountain, and, per¥ he aware the n st farm as three miles away. much corn and into a hollow protected from He corn on much How that corn, clean corn t where it v and rain? believed man for it as aid z00d, tump the snow and accountable placed there To enter 50 was suspi- | to be that it for a pur- and partake the tempting food meant to be captured in a trap or be killed. He did not relish any such thought and he ried up a hemlock tree, perched him- | on a lofty branch and voiced his disapproval in a series of barking and chattering. But his curiosity had been aroused and he soon came head foremost down the trunk to the ground. At the foot of the tree he paused to pick up a twig which he nervously nibbled. Casting the twig aside he ventured forward toward the stump, stopping now and then to vigorously push something into the dead leaves ! with his paws, qr to up and listen for danger. Arriving at the entrance of the hollow stump he imagined he had a bite back of ear which needed considerable scratching. At last, becoming bold, he put his head into the opening and again a the golden corn. Dare he take just one kernel? He scratched his neck, | sniffed of the corn, gave a low growl and bark, snatched a piece and leaped outward and on to the stump. How his heart pounded! Realizing that nothing had happened to him he sat up on his haunches and turned the kernel over and over in his paws, all the time keeping a sharp lookout for danger. When he tasted of the corn he realized it was good and | 4 proceeded to eat the heart out of it. With what joy he went to get a L was and cruel of cious held scur- sit an closed my eves and fancied T saw | shining into an saucy red squirrel with ck eves poke his head ming of an old stump and behold wealth of big kernels of golden, ow corn. He was astonished! Holiday ! abundance xcursions| To Montreal and Quebec ecember 22, 23, 29 and 30 Return Limit January 8 ROUND TRIP FARES ' FROM New Britain o MONTREAL . . .$12.39 o QUEBEC ......$1494 An opportunity to see the Do- pion EN FETE, to enjoy the ex- larating outdoor sports that the orious Canadian winter makes pssible—tobogganing, snowshoe- g, Skiing, ice carnivals. Tickets, limited to cOntinuous ssage except on Canadian lines Canada. For further information see Ticket Agent .Y, N. H & H. R. R. | down quite a bit and instead of the | | ) | voiced his i {so T would get all the heat possible. ond and a third piece! No Tonger did he bother his head over how the | ¢ corn got there—enough to know it | was there, and plenty of it, and that | it was his. He was a happy squir- rel. | Then T pictured I saw covered with deep snow cock ruffed grouse wa scrateh for food beneath close to a pile of brush where the | sSnow was not quite so heavy. IHe could not dig through the snow very | ccessfully, so he sampled buds on nearby Dushes. In his quest for .| something to satisfy the inner bird, he went close to the brush heap, and, | lo, what did he behold, but a la i open space under the pile of branch- es—a regular shelter, and tered | § about in the dead leaves was an|j of grain. And not only ! j that, but suspended from the roof of | 1 this haven were several big ears of dried corn, not so high but what a grouse could e peck the ker- nels from the cobs. The {hought never dawned upon him and he en- | tered unafraid and ate his fill. Ile approval of ti bird- sanctuary in such terms that it must have fell upon the ears of others of his kind, for straight in the direction of the shelter like bullets two birds flew with a whi -r-r. I must have dozed for when I opened my eves the fire had burned the ground and that a attempting to an oak ce 1 weather being calm the wind blowing considerable. To build camp in the open in December must select a well protected place or suffer the consequences. My lean- to was in a hollow where the wind would be little felt and my fire was made against a rock ledge close by was) a one 1 arose and threw some wood on the fire and as soon as it blazed up I put on a couple of good-sized logs. Taking off my outer coat I folded it to serve as a pillow, pulled my cap well down upon my head, wrapped myself up in two woolen blankets, Indian fashion, and lay down upon some hemlock boughs within my shelter for a good sleep, On the morrow would be the 24th, —Christmas eve, and I would make a few more Yuletide gifts to the wood- | land dwellers in the form of suet and grain, and by putting up more shel- ters. The wind blew more and more, McDONOUGH'S CIGAR STORE The Christmas Display of IGARS lIs complete and ready for your inspection. We are showing the greatest variety of Cigars to be found in he city. Also a wonderful line of Meersham and Briar Pipes, Cigars and Cigarettes, Humidors, Cigar Cases, igar and Cigarette Holders, Tobacco in Ib and half b sizes. Everybody’s Choice here. PIPES cDONOUGH’S CIGAR STORE 51 CHURCH STREET | Toud, deep-toned wh jinto a out goods great industry. ending October this line of goods exported to Grea tion contrac livery strive for not a friendly friend sentations fyin usually yields to the purer blood and greater strength which NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1916. gaining in velocity every minute; and to this music and the snapping and whipping of branches in neighboring s 1 was lulled to sleep. 16 time during the night I awoke What caused me to d toward the fire 11l right and burn- 1 listened. The wind had died out, oniy a sort of far-away murmur being detect- Suddenly upon my ears fell a |f§ 0, hoo, hoo, hoo, | whooo. It was the voice of | § a great horned owl, and 1 ws at | K 11 disturbed, but rather pleased to ! hear it. Whoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, whooo, whooo, it again called lay back to finish my sleep. When 1 opened my eves morning as snowinz fu heheld, i a everythin tre Sc and sat up. sofl ed. whooo, it as 1 the and I new world for had been transformed into | white. 1 hurriedly made breakfast, tthered my belongings, made them pack and started down the mounta By ten o’clock, and under | the difficulty of working in a snow storm, T finished the work T had set to do. As 1 turned my face homeward after ening to a tree st picce of s a little ball of and fe cd from s of of an eve -dee-dec,” he s and T eeting was a real, whole- h from the for ¥ ickadee-dee, Merry Ch BLOW T0 KNITTING Brita in to me the ¢ arted knew h Great Vs War Ban on Tmpor- tation of Knitted Goods Hits Ja- pancse Industry, Tokio, Dec. 20.—Great war ban on importation will probably blow to the During 31 Britain's knitted to be a Japanese knitting the ten months the total value of of prove In addi- s entered into call a de- of additional goods up to next June, amounting to $6,000,000. porters have held conferences irging the Japanese government to the rescinding of the or- is claimed thdt the order is measure of an allied and that it will injure the hip between the two countries. feared here that similar 1 affect other lines of Janan- Britain reached $9,000,000. ler. It nation ese manfacture. The ‘immediate effect of the Brit- sh order will be the suspension of 1y factories and the throwing out of employment of thousands of work- men. As a result of the Japanese repre- | the PBritish government has announced that the enforcement | ™ »f the prohibition order would be ) postponed until January 1. The pre: s expressing hope that the author will further be persuaded to take | consideration the situation fa the manufacturers and workers | Japan and see whether there is | ome way of permanently modi- absolute prohibition. nto ng n 10t RHEUMATISM SCOTTS EMULSION creates. Its rich oil-food enlivens I the whole system and strengthens the organs to throw off the injurious acids. Many doctors them- selves take Scott’s Emulsion and you must stand firm against substitutes. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfeld, N. J. 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