Outing . attain tothat sense after years of narrow life andcramped ideals. I was of the latter. What a marvelous summer it was! On-ward we paddled, through lake and streamand lake again; through foaming rapidswhere the trees hung darkly over, andthrough smiling rivers where the sun shonebrightly on the meadowy shore. Throughpleasant summer heat that once seemedunendurable, exulting in the storm thatonce seemed awful—ever onward, pursuingthe Magic Bass. And when at last wewere home again with the color of Indiansand hearts of great content, I said toJack: Well, old fellow, we didnt get ourMagic
Outing . attain tothat sense after years of narrow life andcramped ideals. I was of the latter. What a marvelous summer it was! On-ward we paddled, through lake and streamand lake again; through foaming rapidswhere the trees hung darkly over, andthrough smiling rivers where the sun shonebrightly on the meadowy shore. Throughpleasant summer heat that once seemedunendurable, exulting in the storm thatonce seemed awful—ever onward, pursuingthe Magic Bass. And when at last wewere home again with the color of Indiansand hearts of great content, I said toJack: Well, old fellow, we didnt get ourMagic Bass after all. The ones we did getwere so beautiful that I almost forgot tolook for him. But next spring we will goagain, and I think we will find him. Heresto winter! May it pass speedily. Jack was silent for a long time. Thenwith a smile: I think they were all Me-da Mon-nuh-she-gan, Doctor, he said. GENERAL ISAAC SHELBY THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKYBY LYNN TEW SPRAGUE DRAWING BY STANLEY M. ARTHURS. ARLY in the month ofJuly, 1780, a band ofmounted frontiersmenwas pushing rapidlyover the rough trail ofthe mountains that di-vide Tennessee from theCarolinas. They were dressed in fringedhunting suits, wore moccasins on theirfeet, and coonskin caps upon their carried in his belt a big, keen-edgedknife and a tomahawk, and had slungacross his back a long-barreled rifle. And the leaders of such companies oftried heroes were chosen because theywere themselves arch-heroes, and the fit-test to lead. He who marched at the head of this bandwas still young, and though stern of visage,not far from handsome. His fine headwas carried high; the large, strong andregular features were instinct with highspirit, intellectual force, quick resolution,and ready courage; the keen eyes alert withpride and penetration. He was tall anddark and spare and straight, long-limbedand clean-cut—not an ounce of useless adi-pose did his large frame carry. He was allsuppleness and brawn. A man by
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