. Pastoral days; or, Memories of a New England year. Natural history. AUTUMN. 113 And we believed him, for his aim was true, and his whole expres- sion was not that of a man who was trifling. I never shall forget the uncomfortable sensation that I experienced as I looked into the muzzle of that double-barrelled shot-gun, and saw both hammers fully raised too. And I can clearly see now the squint and ":;-, the glaring eye that glanced along those barrels. ' S%ls^ ⬠There was a wonderfully persuasive power lurking V^.:i£A 4 ni those horizontal tubes ; so I at once hastened ,â -<#3kn!j&
. Pastoral days; or, Memories of a New England year. Natural history. AUTUMN. 113 And we believed him, for his aim was true, and his whole expres- sion was not that of a man who was trifling. I never shall forget the uncomfortable sensation that I experienced as I looked into the muzzle of that double-barrelled shot-gun, and saw both hammers fully raised too. And I can clearly see now the squint and ":;-, the glaring eye that glanced along those barrels. ' S%ls^ ⬠There was a wonderfully persuasive power lurking V^.:i£A 4 ni those horizontal tubes ; so I at once hastened ,â -<#3kn!j"' to inform the deacon that we were " not going to ; " Wa'al," he drawled, " it looked a leetle thet way, I thort, a spell ago;' and he still kept us in the field of his weapon, till at length I exclaimed, in desperation, " For gracious sake ! point that gun in some other way, will you ?" " Wa'al, no ! I'm not fer pintin' it enny- whar else jest yitânot until you've sot them ar bags daown agin, jist whar ye got 'em, every one on ; The bags were speedily replaced, and he slowly lowered his AFTER THE SHELL-BARKS. " Wa'al, naow," he continued, as he came up in our midst, " this is putty bizniss, airit it ? Bin havin' a putty likely sort o' time teu, I sh'd jedge from the looks o' these 'ere bags. One â two â six on 'em; an' I vaow they must be nigh on teu a half bushel in every pleggy one on 'em. Wa'al, naow"âwith his peculiar drawlâ"look <xah : you're a 15. 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 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York, Harper & Brothers
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