. St. Nicholas [serial] . The goose wished to give a concert, and invited audience is not highly cultivated, and it has been the nightingale to assist her. hinted to me that they would enjoy the entertain- But, timidly said the nightingale, I under- ment more if you should sing the solos, while I tend stand you do not approve my style. the door, and keep up the fires. Not altogether, replied the goose. But the So the nightingale sang. 286 IN NATURE S WONDERLAND. [February, IN NATURES WONDERLAND; OR, ADVENTURES IN THE AMERICAN Felix L. Oswald. Chapter IV. The tumultuous sound of gall
. St. Nicholas [serial] . The goose wished to give a concert, and invited audience is not highly cultivated, and it has been the nightingale to assist her. hinted to me that they would enjoy the entertain- But, timidly said the nightingale, I under- ment more if you should sing the solos, while I tend stand you do not approve my style. the door, and keep up the fires. Not altogether, replied the goose. But the So the nightingale sang. 286 IN NATURE S WONDERLAND. [February, IN NATURES WONDERLAND; OR, ADVENTURES IN THE AMERICAN Felix L. Oswald. Chapter IV. The tumultuous sound of galloping increasedbehind us ; so the teamster brought our cavalcadeto a halt, and the fire-arms were made ready Is it robbers? cried \ - THE HERD OF MOUNTAIN SHEEP. laughed the teamster. -mountain sheep; lookback—see No, no, Cimaronestheir horns! A troop of bighorn sheep (Ovis montana) cametrotting up the road, wheeled around the corner,stopped, and eyed us with surprise. The leading ram snorted and stamped his fore feet, but the rearsheep pressed the frightened leader forward. Oh, dont shoot, Uncle,—please, whisperedTommy. Let us see how near they will foremost ram came within forty yards,when he got the scent of our wild beasts,—ofthe she panther, probably,—turned short about, andstarted off in full sheep stared, butwhen the second ramleaped back with a snortof horror, they took it forgranted that somethingor other must be fright-fully wrong, and the wholetroop plunged down hillwith a rush that sent thestones flying in every di-rection. One good-sizedbowlder rolled over aprecipice, and went bounding into the valley below andinto a patch of corn-field. The sheep kept on at a madgallop t
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