. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . e had lived for years., \ isiting the villagesin the vicinity in the summer season, but «/ retiring to her den and subsisting on nutsand roots during the winter. Many wildstories were told of her. It was said that shehad lived so long in the mountain, that thefoxes had become familiar with her, andwould come and lick her hands It was saidthe crows would sit on her head, and the rat-tle-snakes coil in her lap. Beside all thesetales, it was added that Old Sarah, as shewas called, was a witch, and many personsdeclared that they had seen
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . e had lived for years., \ isiting the villagesin the vicinity in the summer season, but «/ retiring to her den and subsisting on nutsand roots during the winter. Many wildstories were told of her. It was said that shehad lived so long in the mountain, that thefoxes had become familiar with her, andwould come and lick her hands It was saidthe crows would sit on her head, and the rat-tle-snakes coil in her lap. Beside all thesetales, it was added that Old Sarah, as shewas called, was a witch, and many personsdeclared that they had seen her just at dark,or before a thunder-storm, flying through theair on a broomstick. Bills narrative was cut short by the sud- » den rising of a partridge from a bush justbefore me. Another and another soon fol-lowed. These creatures, which are a kind ofgrouse, though we in America call ihempartridges, are very cunning. They arealways on the watch, and when they hear orsee any one coming, they run to the oppositeside of some rock, or thicket, or tree, and. OLD SARAHS QUEER FAMILY.
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