Our young folks [serial] . ing to pick uphis scattered half-dollars. He s murdered somebody for it ! cried Hank, peering in the directionof the hollow log. I heered him ! Hold on to him, boys ! and he ranto make discoveries. Dont ye do that ! said Jack, as Hod rushed to help him pick up thecoin. My dog will have hold of ye again ! Watch, Lion ! Take that out o yer pocket, Hod ! said Cub, seizing his youngestbrother by the neck. Melons is fair game, but now ye re stealin. Noneo that while I m around ! Hank, meanwhile, had reached the hollow log, beside which the hat andcane were; when, hearing
Our young folks [serial] . ing to pick uphis scattered half-dollars. He s murdered somebody for it ! cried Hank, peering in the directionof the hollow log. I heered him ! Hold on to him, boys ! and he ranto make discoveries. Dont ye do that ! said Jack, as Hod rushed to help him pick up thecoin. My dog will have hold of ye again ! Watch, Lion ! Take that out o yer pocket, Hod ! said Cub, seizing his youngestbrother by the neck. Melons is fair game, but now ye re stealin. Noneo that while I m around ! Hank, meanwhile, had reached the hollow log, beside which the hat andcane were; when, hearing groans from within and seeing a pair of bootssticking out, he began at once to remove the rubbish from the and Tug went to his assistance ; and, each laying hold of a leg whileHank pulled energetically at a coat-tail, poor old Peternot, half smothered,fearfully rumpled, and frightfully cross, was hauled out by the heels hori-zontally. J. T. Trowbridge. 18/2.] Mountains and Glaciers. 139 MOUNTAINS AND The Matterhom. TT was our first meeting at the Professors after his summer vacation,*- and he had been telling us about his visit to the White Mountains. Whats the use of mountains, any way ? said Croll Wagner, whoalways takes the most prosaic views of things. Theyre good to climb, replied Cale Betson, in his spirited d think so, if you had ever been to the top of Mount Washington,as the Professor and I have. 140 Mountains and Glaciers. [March, When were you there ? asked the Professor. A year ago last June. And you climbed the mountain ? Well, I might have done it, but you see, said Cale, blushing, they vegot a railroad to the top now, and so whats the particular use of footingit ? Going up by steam is only an improved sort of climbing. We Americans carry our improvements everywhere, remarked theProfessor, with a smile. I can remember when there was only a footpath,and hardly that, on Mount Washington. Then there was a bridle-pathover the rocks and
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