. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 197 to generalize or to "think thoughts," but to see what was going on. Ah, there at my feet was a hole in the ground, its doorway worn smooth by who knows what kind of little feet! If the creature would only just show itself I should have a story to tell. It wouldn't do to sit down and watch, so I stood. The snow was deep and cold and I couldn't wait, but looked about for a more promising lead. I had some trouble making my way among the young
. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 197 to generalize or to "think thoughts," but to see what was going on. Ah, there at my feet was a hole in the ground, its doorway worn smooth by who knows what kind of little feet! If the creature would only just show itself I should have a story to tell. It wouldn't do to sit down and watch, so I stood. The snow was deep and cold and I couldn't wait, but looked about for a more promising lead. I had some trouble making my way among the young thorn trees, the brier bushes and weeds. A well-grown burdock found me, and requested me to carry a bundle into the next field for it. This I flatly refused to do, emphasizing my refusal by snatching the prickly mass from my skirt and flinging it far from me. The burdock seemed quite as well satisfied, for it made no complaint of my discourtesy. Surely some forag- ing crows had visited that slope before me, for their tracks were fresh and clear in the snow. The crust was too thin to bear up even a crow. I fol- lowed one which had evidently retired alone to the very top of the knoll. There he seemed to have stopped and, after danc- ing a few steps, had gone down again in another direction. I could see just where he had made the. 'THE CAPS TORN OFF, THE CONTENTS RIFLED ". Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Miller, Mary Farrand (Rogers), Mrs. , 1868-. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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