. My strange rescue, and other stories of sport and adventure in Canada. rybody wasasleep, they should meet behind the turkey-shed, bringingwith them three gunny sacks and a dark lantern. Havinggot the gobblers safely into the sacks, they would thencreep round the back way to the building in which thesquires ofiice was situated, climb in through a lower win-dow, and so upstairs to the room in which the turkeyswere to be left. Youve a great head, Hal, said Jack Wilding admir-ingly, when all this had been detailed, and you can counton us every time—cant he, boys ? You bet he can, chorused the cr
. My strange rescue, and other stories of sport and adventure in Canada. rybody wasasleep, they should meet behind the turkey-shed, bringingwith them three gunny sacks and a dark lantern. Havinggot the gobblers safely into the sacks, they would thencreep round the back way to the building in which thesquires ofiice was situated, climb in through a lower win-dow, and so upstairs to the room in which the turkeyswere to be left. Youve a great head, Hal, said Jack Wilding admir-ingly, when all this had been detailed, and you can counton us every time—cant he, boys ? You bet he can, chorused the crowd. A satisfactory plan of campaign having thus beensettled upon, the meeting was adjourned until Monday mid-night, then to assemble behind Mrs. Grundys turkey-shed. The eventful night came ; and as midnight drew near,one by one the boys gathered with throbbing hearts at therendezvous. At length all but Tommy Short, whose courage hadfailed him, and Bob Henderson, whose father had nabbedhim in the act of slipping out, and sent him back to bedwith a spank, turned THEY WERE TOO BEWILPERED BY THE BLAZE TO MAKE ANY NOISE. Page SS7 MRS. GRUNDYS GOBBLERS 227 It was an intensely dark night and blowing half a gale,all of which was in favour of the enterprise. The sheddoor was found to be simply secured with a wooden latch,and lifting this the conspirators tip-toed inside; and thenCharlie Thompson, who carried the dark lantern, suddenlyturned its glare full upon the startled gobblers as theynodded solemnly side by side upon their roost. They were too bewildered by the blaze to make anynoise, and before they could recover their self-possessionsufficiently to exclaim at so extraordinary an apparition,the other boys had stepped behind them, and with quick,deft movements slipped the big sacks over their heads,thus reducing them at one bold stroke to helpless captives. The poor turkeys struggled and gobbled a good dealin their narrow quarters, but all to no purpose; andfull of terror,
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