. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. mous among the boys for telling stories, and these often•. n mish; \ knot ol boys was often seen gathered ind him to listen to his random talk, his wit, and his day dreams)Though a | liolar, he was an apt talker, and almosl any sul .Id furnish him a text. His father was a Maine lumber-dealer, and he had spent much timewith his lather in the logging camps and backwoods towns of thePine i 5tal His adventures in these regions, told in his drollthe wonder of his companions. I» in the backwoods? one of the hoys I him i ? • I ne i >
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. mous among the boys for telling stories, and these often•. n mish; \ knot ol boys was often seen gathered ind him to listen to his random talk, his wit, and his day dreams)Though a | liolar, he was an apt talker, and almosl any sul .Id furnish him a text. His father was a Maine lumber-dealer, and he had spent much timewith his lather in the logging camps and backwoods towns of thePine i 5tal His adventures in these regions, told in his drollthe wonder of his companions. I» in the backwoods? one of the hoys I him i ? • I ne i >ne hut ono What did you d< i a polite how from him, and then I remembi I I home, and went home immediately. It was this way—All of the boys of the class now gathered - was tl ? »m when he seemed about to tell one I atti Mij- ; pigeon-woodpeckers nesl whic i in ii.• of tin- old logging roads that had not been I i ? : -t was in a big hollow tree. The topof the I . blown off, leaving a trunk some twelve or fifteen fee| I THE JOURNEY These woodpeckers make a hole fortheir nest so large that you can run thewhole length of your arm into it. I hadlong wanted a few eggs from one of thesebirds nests. I had heard the lumber-mentell how white and handsome the eggsare. I was climbing up the tree very- fast,my heart beating like a trip-hammer, whenI heard a scratching sound inside the bigtrunk, and then a shaking at the top. Ithought it very mysterious. I stopped,and looked up. I saw something black,like a fur cap. 1 opened my eyes andmouth so as to take a big look, and justthen out popped a bears head from the topof the trunk, and looked over very inquir-ingly. I just looked once. He seemed torecognize me. He bowed. Then I re-membered that father had said I must comehome earl)\ I dropped to the ground, andI never picked up my feet so lively beforein my life. I flew. When I got safelyout of the woods, I thought of thewoodpecker. I never felt so glad forany bird in m
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