. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . edin two or three blankets, to say how the stuff might bedivided. The squaws didnt dare make too great a show ofthemselves; but now and then you would see oneedge up to a,.package of paint, or a paper of beads,as if tempted to take possession boldly without asking IO4 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA leave. The children looked on the treasures froma distance, knowing only too well what would bethe result if they dared lay hands on the poorestarticle. Jethro and I had great sport watching the brownpeople,—and at the same time I must confess thatit wo
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . edin two or three blankets, to say how the stuff might bedivided. The squaws didnt dare make too great a show ofthemselves; but now and then you would see oneedge up to a,.package of paint, or a paper of beads,as if tempted to take possession boldly without asking IO4 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA leave. The children looked on the treasures froma distance, knowing only too well what would bethe result if they dared lay hands on the poorestarticle. Jethro and I had great sport watching the brownpeople,—and at the same time I must confess thatit would have pleased us right well to have some of the goods for ourown,—until thesun had set,\vhen the sav-ages, each man staggering un-der a burden,went to theirvillages, leav-ing us lads toattend to ourchores for thenight. It was wellthat the Indianscarried theirgoods away early, for otherwise Jethro and I wouldhave been keen to stay until the last man had dis-appeared, even though there was good reason whywe should get into bed at an early TRAPPING WILD TURKEYS 105 TRAPPING WILD TURKEYS Now was come the season when wild turkeys wereplentiful, if one was willing to seek them at someconsiderable distance from the town, and because ofour peoples being so busy with their building, theycould not spend very much time hunting; thereforeturkeys, or any kind of game, were in good demandat a fair price, such as a sixpence for a plump birdof twenty pounds or more. Some of our Indian friends had told us how tomake a turkey trap, and Jethro and I had laid ourplans to go far into the forest on the morning afterthe day of buying the land, starting at the first gleamof day, to build it. Therefore it stood us in hand toget to bed early, otherwise we should not be in bestcondition for the work. In case you have never trapped wild turkeys, Ican tell you how to set about it in the simplest andbest manner, for we caught many a big gobbler duringthat fall, before the winter snows came to
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